Senior Nurse Assessor (Learning Disabilities)

South West London Integrated Care Board; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board is seeking an experienced Senior Nurse Assessor (Learning Disabilities) to join the All Age Continuing Care team. You will assess adults with learning disabilities to determine CHC or FNC eligibility and coordinate MDT assessments.

You will provide supervision to Band 6 Nurse Assessors, cover line management in absence, and contribute to policy and care planning while communicating complex decisions to families and professionals.

Qualifications

• Registered health professional with a specialism in learning disabilities or mental health.
• Degree or equivalent level of experience.
• Advanced clinical assessment skills.
• Operational service management experience including leading projects.
• Experience managing a caseload.

Responsibilities

• Assess and case manage adults with a learning disability for CHC and FNC eligibility, working with the LD Senior Nurse Assessors and facilitating MDT assessments for the most complex cases.
• Ensure 3- and 12-month reviews occur on time and that care plans are up to date and meet current needs, referring to other specialists as needed.
• Triage referrals, verify Checklists, FNC referrals from nursing homes and 3- and 12-month reviews, and quality assure assessments by AACC practitioners.
• Provide clinical supervision, leadership and senior support to Band 6 Nurse Assessors, including appraisals and supervision.
• Communicate sensitive information, including diagnosis and placement decisions, to people, families and professionals, and act as an advocate for vulnerable people.
• Develop and monitor clinical standards, contribute to audit plans and support investigations and learning.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Leadership

Caseload management

Education

Degree or equivalent

NHS registration

Job description

Senior Nurse Assessor (Learning Disabilities)

NHS South West London ICB is looking for experienced registered health professionals with a specialism in learning disabilities or mental health to join our All Age Continuing Care (AACC) team as Senior Nurse Assessors (Learning Disabilities).

You will assess adults with a known learning disability, in any setting, to determine their eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) or NHS-funded Nursing Care (FNC), coordinating the multidisciplinary team and working with each person and their family to identify a suitable care package. You will review CHC and FNC funded clients in line with the National Framework (revised 2022), and support care planning and the commissioning, review and monitoring of care packages so they remain safe, good quality and meet assessed needs.

Alongside your own learning disability caseload, you will provide clinical supervision and leadership to Band 6 Nurse Assessors, cover the line management of a small team of assessors in their manager's absence, and form part of the senior duty rota.

You will bring advanced clinical assessment skills, excellent knowledge of AACC national and local policy, experience of operational service management and of managing a caseload, and the ability to communicate complex and sensitive decisions clearly to people, families and professionals.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include:

Assess and case manage adults with a learning disability for CHC and FNC eligibility, working alongside the other LD Senior Nurse Assessors and facilitating MDT assessments for the most complex cases.

Make sure 3- and 12-month reviews take place on time and that care plans are up to date and meet people's current needs, referring promptly to other specialists (such as DoLS, Safeguarding, SALT, OT or community LD teams) where needed.

Triage Checklist referrals, verify Checklists, FNC referrals from nursing homes and 3- and 12-month reviews, and quality assure assessments completed by AACC practitioners.

About us

The core purpose of SWL ICB is to improve the health of our population and ensure access to consistently high-quality services. Overseeing a budget of £4.3bn we hold accountability for ensuring the best use of the health budget for SW London's population in order to improve health and healthcare, both now and in the future.

The core responsibilities of an ICB are to:

Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare.

Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access.

Enhance productivity and value for money; and

Support broader social and economic development in their area

The ICB provides system leadership for population health, setting the evidence base and long-term population health strategy. We work as healthcare payers to deliver this, maximising the value that can be created from the available resources. This involves investing in, purchasing and evaluating the range of services and pathways required to ensure access to high quality care, in order to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities within South West London.

Job responsibilities

Form part of the senior duty rota, managing fast track applications, complex case management and additional care requests.

Cover for a small team of Nurse Assessors in their line manager's absence, planning work, monitoring KPIs and performance, and escalating issues to the Clinical Lead.

Provide clinical supervision, leadership and senior support to Band 6 Nurse Assessors, including appraisals and regular supervision, and act as a specialist adviser on complex cases.

Communicate sensitive information, including diagnosis, prognosis and placement decisions, to people, families and professionals, and act as an advocate for vulnerable people.

Work with quality and safeguarding leads to identify and act on concerns about patient safety and quality of care.

Develop and monitor clinical standards, contribute to the AACC audit plan and peer review, and support complaint investigations and the sharing of learning.

Support the development of the AACC service and business planning, and support training and education for health and care providers.

Please refer to the Job Description for full details

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered health professional with a specialism in learning disabilities or mental health, with current professional registration
• Degree or equivalent level of experience
• Advanced clinical assessment skills

Experience

• Experience of operational service management, change management and service improvement, including leading successful projects
• Experience of managing a caseload

Knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of AACC national and local policy, and working knowledge of all aspects of AACC (Clinical, Brokerage, Contracting, Finance, Business Intelligence and Quality)
• Knowledge of service performance management and driving performance using complex data

Skills and ability

• Ability to analyse very complex, conflicting information from multiple sources and to write comprehensive reports that can be understood by health and social care professionals and lay people
• Experience of creating and presenting client information to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Able to make informed decisions on incomplete information, and to plan and manage own workload over short, medium and long-term timeframes to tight and changing deadlines
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures

Leadership

• Acts as a leader while being a good team player; able to challenge and support others appropriately and to promote equality of opportunity and good working relations

Values and behaviours

• Demonstrates commitment to NHS and organisational values, role-models behaviours that support equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion, and is committed to expanding knowledge of Continuing Healthcare

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£55,524 to £62,652 a yearPer Annum Inclusive of Outer HCAS