Senior Practitioner

NHS Dorset; Marshfield; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board is seeking a Senior Practitioner to support Continuing Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care assessments across the cluster. The role offers a hybrid mix of office, remote, and face-to-face work with diverse teams across the ICB footprint.

The post requires cross-coverage, strong investigative and communication skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality care within financial constraints.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent experience.
• Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development.
• Workforce development knowledge and experience.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and Funded Nursing Care (FNC) assessments and reviews.
• Case manage individuals in receipt of NHS funded care and support.
• Review eligibility for NHS CHC, FNC and other NHS funded placements.
• Sign posting to relevant teams and organizations.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Degree-level education in relevant subject

Training in project/financial management or change management

Knowledge of health information systems development

Tools

Care Track

IEG4

Job description

Calling all Registered Nurses (Adult, Mental Health or LD) or Allied Health Professionals registered with the HCPC who have an interest in Adults Continuing Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care, including Fast track. The Senior Practitioner role is part of the All Age Continuing Care Team in the cluster ICB of NHS Dorset, NHS Somerset, NHS Bath, NE Somerset, Swindon & Wiltshire. The role operates Monday to Friday core hours, with no night shifts or weekends, with a hybrid approach of office work, remote working and face to face assessments with individuals across the cluster footprint. For an informal chat or more information please contact [e-mail].

Main duties of the job

This role is for a Senior Practitioner, with a requirementfor cross cover across the Cluster. Although there will be a primary allocationto a Place team, the expectation is that we will be moving towards one ICB andflexibility is required. Please refer to the Job description for the full roleduties.

About us

Under the Model ICB Blueprint and the 10 Year Health Plan,ICBs will adopt a morestrategic commissioning role, focusing on population needs, reducinginequalities, anddelivering the three shifts as defined in the 10 year health plan, all whileoperating within strict financial limits.

The new organisation will operate on a larger scale with arevised vision and purpose,managing a commissioning budget of around £8 billion. Our role as astrategiccommissioner is to transform our local NHS through exceptional commissioningand build an innovative health system fit for the 21st century that truly meetsour communities needs. Informed by high quality data and insights, we willradically re-imagine how we operate, making sure that every pound in oursystem delivers the best possible value for everyone we serve.

We will encourage and support our people to grow and developnew skills and embrace new agile ways of working. Everyone is encouragedto contribute ideas, seek feedback, and take part in creating a listeningand learning culture where insight leads to improvement.

We will work as a team of teams, collaborating acrossservices and professions to deliver the best outcomes for our communities.You will be encouraged, and expected to model inclusive behaviours,valuing diverse perspectives and helping to create a workplacewhere everyone feels respected, supported, and able to thrive.

Job responsibilities

Please also refer to the attached detailed JobDescription.

The purpose of the role is to undertake ContinuingHealthcare (CHC) and Funded Nursing Care (FNC) assessments and reviews onpatients who may be eligible or who may already be in receipt of funding thiswill include those in receipt of fast track funding at end of life and those inreceipt of a Personal Health Budget. This will also include the assessment andreview of individuals who are in receipt of joint funding (a package of carefunded by both health and social care) having previously undergone a CHCassessment whereby health needs were identified that were above the lawfullimits of the local authority to provide.

To undertake Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and Funded NursingCare (FNC) assessments and reviews for individuals who may be eligible or whomay already be in receipt of funding this will include those in receipt of fasttrack and joint funding at end of life and those in receipt of a PersonalHealth Budget.

To provide and receive highly complex, sensitive andcontentious information, communicating unwelcome financial decisions to membersof the public and using interpersonal skills to overcome barriers to acceptancewhere there may be hostility and antagonism.

To case manage individuals in receipt of NHS funded care andsupport, reviewing and reassessing needs, the service provision and supportrequired, this will include those in receipt of a Personal Health Budget.

To review and reassess individuals eligibility for NHS CHC,FNC and any other NHS funded placements.

To undertake required assessments in support of theDeprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) ,this may form a key part of the role.

To review any service, and care, commissioned in regards toquality and appropriateness to the individuals need, to ensure that theprovider is delivering the requirements of the contract.

To complete retrospective reviews as required and directedby team manager.

To represent the organization at NHE England IRP.

Sign posting to relevant teams and organizations.

Responsible for oversight /assurance of commissionedequipment.

Undertake assessments for retrospective and PUPoC cases.

Contribute to cases that are appealed or disputed.

Commission safe packages of care that meet an individualsassessed care needs in line with delegated financial limit.

Required to maintain constructive relationships with a broadrange of internal and external stakeholders.

Participate in relevant internal and external workinggroups/projects, services, and initiatives which may be highly complex,sensitive, political, and contain contentious information with the aim ofproviding information and analytical advice to the teams.

Use data collection systems that will provide accurate andtimely data e.g. Care Track/IEG4/Other collection tools agreed by leadershipcolleagues.

Communicate information, risks, issues and dependencies,including briefings and reports to teams and a range of internal and externalcolleagues.

We work as a team of teams, recognising that improvinghealth and care depends on strong collaboration across traditional boundaries.In this role, you will work flexibly beyond your immediate team, buildingrelationships, sharing knowledge and connecting people and priorities tosupport joined-up working. This includes being proactive in reaching acrossorganisational and team boundaries, contributing to shared goals, and taking awider system view of your work.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please also see attached Person Specification.
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development.
• Workforce development knowledge and experience.
• A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
• Relevant professional registration.

Experience

• Please also see attached Person Specification.
• Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support.
• Skills for managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Previous experience in project management and planning.
• Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
• Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
• Previous experience in similar role in public sector.

Skills, abilities and Knowledge

• Please also see attached Person Specification.
• Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate.
• Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
• Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where they may be a few courses of action.
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
• Used to working in a busy environment.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.
• Professional calm and efficient manner.
• Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.

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.

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board