CHC Nurse Assessor Neurorehabilitation

Job summary

The post holder will lead on the neurorehabilitation caseload; receiving referrals, liaising with GM and local teams and families, monitoring and reviewing patients to ensure patients are placed in the best cost-effective placements to meet their on-going rehabilitation needs, including stepping down patients to a long-term placement or home after the period of rehabilitation comes to an end.

The post holder will take a lead role in the identification of suitable care providers and will be responsible for ongoing review and reassessment of patients and commissioned packages of care. This will be with a view to ensuring that the package of care continues to meet assessed needs and that patients are progressing in meeting their identified rehabilitation goals.

The post holder will have experience in working in a community setting and working with specialist providers; will have had experience in working in Continuing Health Care / Complex Care and with individualized packages of care. The post holder will need an expert understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and experience in working within the relevant legal frameworks.

The post holder will be expected to work with a wide range of NHS and non-NHS health providers, including General Practice, and with the Local, Authority across the borough.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose

Bury CCG operate a Continuing Healthcare/Complex Case service on behalf of the registered population of Bury. The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating the process of determination of eligibility for NHS funding for people requiring neurorehabilitation for patients registered with Bury CCG.

The post holder will lead on the neurorehabilitation caseload; receiving referrals, liaising with GM and local teams and families, monitoring and reviewing patients to ensure patients are placed in the best cost-effective placements to meet their on-going rehabilitation needs, including stepping down patients to a long-term placement or home after the period of rehabilitation comes to an end.

The post holder will take a lead role in the identification of suitable care providers and will be responsible for ongoing review and reassessment of patients and commissioned packages of care. This will be with a view to ensuring that the package of care continues to meet assessed needs and that patients are progressing in meeting their identified rehabilitation goals

The post holder will monitor the budget associated with the neurorehabilitation caseload and provide a quarterly report on the caseload and budget.

About us

Our organisation

We are an ambitious and forward-thinking NHS commissioning organisation that plans and purchases a range of local health services.

We are committed to working with other NHS organisations and partners including Bury Council, the Bury Voluntary Community and Faith Sector and local people to ensure that the services we plan and purchase (commission) are high quality, meet people's needs and offer good value for money.

During the year 2020/21, we received a budget of £364.5 million which we used to plan and purchase a range of health services including those provided in hospitals, out in the community and for GP (primary care) services for our population of around 190,000 patients.

We have made significant progress to become One Commissioning Organisation with Bury Council, bringing together our commissioning functions to create the right environment to plan care and make decisions together to improve services, reduce inequalities and support people to remain well for longer.

CCGs have clinicians taking the lead on making decisions about local health services. We are committed to giving local health professionals the freedom to respond, innovate and develop services in a way that best meets local needs.

Our GP practices, known as our 'Member Practices', work with us to achieve a healthier Bury by commissioning services that meet local needs.

Read more about the CCG and our work in our latestAnnual Report(2020/21).