Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Are you a registered children's nurse or learning disability nurse with relevant children and young person experience?
Would you like to work in a flexible and friendly team working core hours Monday to Friday?
We do not work ANY Bank holidays within the year and YES this does include Christmas!
If you are interested by the above alone, then feel free to call me and have a chat, or come and see what we do to see if this job is for you!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated compassionate registered Children's or Learning Disability Nurse to join All-age Continuing Care. A team driven to transform current practice and making positive changes to children, adults, and their families.
An experienced and highly motivated Registered Nurse with an excellent knowledge base of complex health needs is sought to work as a member of the All-age Continuing Care Team, working to improve the outcomes for health care in Lincolnshire.
If you are a self-motivated and collaborative professional, who possesses excellent communication skills, has an eye for detail and supports the philosophy for delivering high quality services to people, this would be the ideal opportunity for you.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a Registered Nurse who has excellent clinical knowledge as well as communication and assessment skills. The post holder needs to be proactive, resilient and able to work autonomously and also work as part of the wider All-age Continuing Care Team. They will ensure that health care needs of both children and adults eligible for NHS Continuing Care or NHS Continuing Health Care are identified and met in accordance with the National Frameworks.They will have an opportunity to build cross agency relationships, whilst working as a multidisciplinary team with colleagues from external agencies. This community based position offers a Registered Nurse the opportunity to enhance assessment and decision-making skills in a challenging but supportive environment.
The case manager will carry out assessments of need, reviews and attend statutory meetings for individuals with life limiting conditions and complex health needs. They will ensure the needs of adults with learning disabilities are recognised and supported under the Section 75 agreement of the NHS Act 2006. Keeping the relevant National Framework, NMC Code of Professional Conduct at the forefront of decision making, whilst working within established policies, procedures and protocols ensuring quality standards and performance as directed by the Children's Clinical Lead and Head of All-age Continuing Healthcare Clinical Services. In addition, they will be expected to provide support across Lincolnshire ICB.
About us
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), is a statutory organisation bringing the NHS together locally to improve population health and establish shared strategic priorities within the NHS.
The ICB is part of a wider Lincolnshire Integrated Care System which has four key objectives:
1. Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare.
2. Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access.
3. Enhance productivity and value for money.
4. Help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
By working together with the ICB, the wider system will deliver its agreed vision of 'Better Lives for the people of Lincolnshire'. Lincolnshire ICB will use its resources and powers to achieve demonstrable progress on these aims, collaborating to tackle complex challenges including:
o Improving the health of children and young people.
o Supporting people to stay well and independent.
o Acting sooner to help those with preventable conditions.
o Supporting those with long-term conditions or mental health issues.
o Caring for those with multiple needs as populations age .
o Getting the best from collective resources so people get care as quickly as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Supporting the clinical lead nurse and head of Continuing Healthcare in the development of a range of services for children and adults with complex health needs, including learning disabilities and Autism.
- Work as an autonomous nurse within a multi-agency setting .
- Collating and undertaking comprehensive and coordinated assessments for decision making for eligibility for All-age Continuing Care as part of a multidisciplinary team with families, and agencies from health and social care.
- Undertaking specialist assessments for children and adults to determine packages .
- Supporting young people and their families through transition to adult services for their package of care.
- Supporting the clinical lead and head of service to develop transition pathways.
- Validating comprehensive and coordinated assessments completed by external agencies for adults with learning disabilities in relation to the Section 75 agreement of the NHS Act 2006.
- Representing All-age Continuing Care in interagency disputes for adults and children with learning disabilities, by attending relevant panel meetings.
- Promoting Personal Health Budgets and assist individuals to utilise their Personal Health Budget in accordance with national guidelines.
- Providing professional nursing advice to acute hospital trusts, residential homes and social services with regards to All-age Continuing Care and Personal Health Budgets.
- Support with All-age continuing care training.
- Case managing All-age continuing care packages, ensuring timely reviews are conducted and ensuring care packages continue to be effectively commissioned and are cost effective for the NHS.
- Assisting in maintaining a database for all individuals assessed for All-age continuing care.
- Developing strong working relationships with partner agencies including acute hospital trusts, local authorities, the independent sector and others.
- Provide support across Lincolnshire ICB.
- Act as an advocate for patient and carers who are identified in the complex and vulnerable client group in partnership with local authorities and healthcare providers to ensure needs are met in the appropriate setting.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Supporting the clinical lead nurse and head of Continuing Healthcare in the development of a range of services for children and adults with complex health needs, including learning disabilities and Autism.
- Work as an autonomous nurse within a multi-agency setting .
- Collating and undertaking comprehensive and coordinated assessments for decision making for eligibility for All-age Continuing Care as part of a multidisciplinary team with families, and agencies from health and social care.
- Undertaking specialist assessments for children and adults to determine packages .
- Supporting young people and their families through transition to adult services for their package of care.
- Supporting the clinical lead and head of service to develop transition pathways.
- Validating comprehensive and coordinated assessments completed by external agencies for adults with learning disabilities in relation to the Section 75 agreement of the NHS Act 2006.
- Representing All-age Continuing Care in interagency disputes for adults and children with learning disabilities, by attending relevant panel meetings.
- Promoting Personal Health Budgets and assist individuals to utilise their Personal Health Budget in accordance with national guidelines.
- Providing professional nursing advice to acute hospital trusts, residential homes and social services with regards to All-age Continuing Care and Personal Health Budgets.
- Support with All-age continuing care training.
- Case managing All-age continuing care packages, ensuring timely reviews are conducted and ensuring care packages continue to be effectively commissioned and are cost effective for the NHS.
- Assisting in maintaining a database for all individuals assessed for All-age continuing care.
- Developing strong working relationships with partner agencies including acute hospital trusts, local authorities, the independent sector and others.
- Provide support across Lincolnshire ICB.
- Act as an advocate for patient and carers who are identified in the complex and vulnerable client group in partnership with local authorities and healthcare providers to ensure needs are met in the appropriate setting.
Person Specification
skills and knowledge
Essential
- Active UK Nursing registration child or Learning disabilities
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Knowledge of adult and child safeguarding process and responsibilities.
- Aware of Caldicott principle and information governance.
- Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act.
- Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing time scales
- Effective communication skills.
- Clinical knowledge base in order to ensure comprehensive holistic assessment for All-age Continuing Care.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the national policies and guidance relevant to the National Framework for Continuing Care and Continuing healthcare.
- Expert knowledge of All-age Continuing Care pathways including screening, assessment and decision making processes, review and current appeals.
- Good knowledge of NHS and Social Services guidance, Continuing Care and Continuing healthcare national frameworks.
Person Specification
skills and knowledge
Essential
- Active UK Nursing registration child or Learning disabilities
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Knowledge of adult and child safeguarding process and responsibilities.
- Aware of Caldicott principle and information governance.
- Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act.
- Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing time scales
- Effective communication skills.
- Clinical knowledge base in order to ensure comprehensive holistic assessment for All-age Continuing Care.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the national policies and guidance relevant to the National Framework for Continuing Care and Continuing healthcare.
- Expert knowledge of All-age Continuing Care pathways including screening, assessment and decision making processes, review and current appeals.
- Good knowledge of NHS and Social Services guidance, Continuing Care and Continuing healthcare national frameworks.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
