Nurse Assessor

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board; London Borough of Bromley; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clinical Review Nurse - Continuing Healthcare (CHC) at NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (Bromley) will undertake CHC and FNC reviews, support CHC assessments and DST work, and manage CHC cases to secure timely, high-quality decisions.

You will lead engagement with clients, families and advocates, drive quality improvement for AACC and SEND, and collaborate across NHS and local authority partners to deliver statutory duties.

Responsibilities

• Lead CHC/ FNC clinical reviews of allocated cases.
• Conduct professional CHC/FNC reviews and related appeals, complaints and disputes.
• Provide clinical support to CHC assessments and DST activities.
• Undertake case management for CHC cases.
• Liaise with clients, families, advocates and providers on CHC cases.
• Promote personal health budgets (PHBs) for CHC eligible clients.
• Lead communications with clients, families and advocates to keep CHC decisions central.
• Lead quality improvement activities for AACC and SEND as required.

Job description

The role will lead key programmes and functions that support the delivery of the statutory duties of NHS South-East London Integrated Care Board (Bromley) in relation to (i) the National Framework for Children and Young People's Continuing Care and (ii) the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-Funded Nursing Care. The role will act as the Clinical Review Nurse - Continuing Healthcare (CHC) with a key responsibility to: (i) undertake effective CHC and Funded-Nursing Care (FNC) clinical reviews of allocated cases, (ii) undertake professional clinical CHC and FNC, and clinical work in relation to appeals, complaints and disputes, as required, (iii) provide clinical support to CHC assessments and Decision Support Tool (DST) activities as required and (iv) undertake case management to CHC cases, as required. The postholder will lead allocated AACC review activity to meet the needs of adults eligible for CHC services. The postholder will be a key part of the clinical team involved with allocations activity, ensuring CHC activity is delivered within nationally-set timeframes and ensuring that the quality of clinical outcomes for CHC clients is, at all times, as high as possible. The role will work across the NHS, local authority and other partners to support relevant AACC improvement programmes, The post holder will be responsible for:

• acting as a clinical review nurse for CHC with a responsibility to: -
• + undertake effective CHC and Funded-Nursing Care (FNC) clinical reviews of allocated cases.
• + undertake professional clinical CHC and FNC, and clinical work in relation to appeals, complaints and disputes, as required.
• + provide clinical support to CHC assessments and Decision Support Tool (DST) activities as required.
• + undertake case management to CHC cases, as required.
• + liaise with clients, families, advocates and providers in relation to CHC cases, as required.
• + promoting the use of personal health budgets (PHBs) for CHC eligible clients.
• programmes and functions that support the delivery of the ICB Bromley statutory duties in relation to (i) the National Framework for Children and Young People's Continuing Care and (ii) the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-Funded Nursing Care.
• supporting AACC clinical improvement programmes around quality, performance and service delivery for eligible clients in line with the postholder's responsibilities.
• supporting the delivery of processes and decision-making at relevant CHC decision-making panels, as required.
• leading communications with clients, families, carers and advocates to ensure that they are at the heart of CHC decision-making at every stage.
• leading on relevant quality improvement activities in relation to AACC and SpecialEducational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) as required.
• In 2025, the boards of NHS South East London ICB and NHS South West London ICB took the decision to enter into a clustering arrangement. This means that we share a chair, chief executive officer and an executive team, but we remain as separate, statutory organisations. This also means that the ICBs will share some teams, who will be working across both organisations. Some teams will also be working across both geographical areas and integrated care systems.

This is a period of change for the NHS. The Government's 10 Year Health Plan presents an ambitious vision for a future NHS, with emphasis on the three 'shifts' - from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from cure to prevention - all underpinning the new neighbourhood health service. ICBs are also changing, with a clear focus on strategic commissioning and delivering neighbourhood working. This is an exciting time to work within our ICBs. We currently have the opportunity both to shape the future of our clustered organisations, and to be part of a radical transformation of care for the local people and communities across south London. And while our two ICBs are different in some ways, improving lives for the people we serve is at the core of what we are both here to do.