Nurse Assessor/Case Officer

Northumbria Group.; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Professional development

Flexible & hybrid working

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is seeking a Band 6 All Age Continuing Care Nurse to join our All Age Continuing Care service. You will work autonomously as a Nurse Assessor / Case Officer, coordinating holistic assessments and supporting care planning with providers and multidisciplinary teams.

The role emphasizes person-centred, outcome-focused care and collaboration across organisational boundaries, with flexible and hybrid working options and opportunities for professional

Qualifications

• Professional qualification and current registration with the NMC or SWE.
• Qualified to postgraduate level or equivalent level demonstrable experience.
• Valid UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive health and needs assessments in line with the National Framework.
• Provide case management and oversight.
• Contribute to eligibility recommendations and provide professional clinical advice.
• Coordinate and review complex care packages, ensuring quality and value for money.
• Work closely with colleagues across health and social care.
• Support individuals and families, providing clear information and managing sensitive discussions.
• Maintain accurate, timely and legally compliant records.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and audit activity.

Skills

NMC/SWE registration

Education

Postgraduate level qualification

Job description

Are you passionate about health and social care and looking for a role that offers flexibility and growth? At North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, we value work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including hybrid working. Enjoy a supportive team environment, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development.

Flexible Working Options: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including part-time and job share. We encourage applicants to discuss their preferred working patterns during the interview process.

Hybrid Working: This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, allowing you to split your time between our ICB offices and home. We aim to provide a supportive and adaptable working environment that meets the needs of our staff, service delivery and the patients within our Region.

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Supportive team environment
• Enhanced work-life balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Employee Benefits – Salary Sacrifice Schemes such as Lease Cars, Home Electronics, Cycle to Work

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and compassionate Band 6 All Age Continuing Care Nurse to join our All Age Continuing Care service. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting patients with complex health needs, ensuring they receive safe, effective and appropriate packages of care in line with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and Complex Care Pathways.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role where your clinical expertise and values can make a genuine impact, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about this role please contact Catherine Poxon (Clinical Lead Nurse) on Te: 01642746848. Alternatively please e‑mail [e-mail]

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

As a All Age Continuing Care Nurse, you will work autonomously as a Nurse Assessor / Case Officer, managing a defined caseload. You will be responsible for coordinating holistic assessments, contributing to eligibility decision‑making, and supporting the planning, review and monitoring of care packages and complex care pathways in partnership with providers and multi‑disciplinary colleagues.

You will ensure that care is person‑centred, outcome‑focused and represents best value, while maintaining quality, equity and consistency across the system. The role requires strong clinical judgement, effective communication skills and the confidence to work across organisational boundaries.

Working for our organisation

Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.

The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.

With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.

The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive health and needs assessments in line with the National Framework.
• Provide case management and oversight.
• Contribute to eligibility recommendations and provide professional clinical advice.
• Coordinate and review complex care packages, ensuring quality and value for money.
• Work closely with colleagues across health and social care.
• Support individuals and families, providing clear information and managing sensitive discussions.
• Maintain accurate, timely and legally compliant records.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and audit activity.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Professional qualification and current registration with the NMC or SWE
• Qualified to post graduate level or equivalent level demonstrable experience.
• Valid UK driving licence.

Experience

• Extensive experience of working with adults and children in a social care or health care setting.
• Significant experience of working in partnership with service users, carers, service providers and other professionals.
• Significant experience of developing Self Directed Support Plans to meet individual need.
• Significant experience and expertise of assessing, planning and implementing care packages and liaising with providers.
• Experience of interpreting national and local policies related to All Age Continuing Care and case management.
• Experience of reviewing costs associated with care packages and making recommendations.
• Experience of line management, appraisal, mentorship and coaching, etc... working withing relative organisational policies.
• Experience of ensuring compliance with documentation and accuracy of collation of information.
• Experience of participating in audit and service improvement.
• Experience of working autonomously within national policy and organisational policies.

The use of Artificial Intelligence: Whilst the ICB are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a riskto the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

UKVI Sponsorship: Please note that North East and North Cumbria ICB do nothold a UKVI sponsorship license. Therefore, we are unable to proceed with applications that require sponsorship.

Reasonable Adjustments: If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Fit & Proper Person Regulations: Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.