Job summary
Join our diverse and friendly Continuing Healthcare Team and work collaboratively with Health colleagues to support assessments for both NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) and under the Care Act 2014, including assessments for those leaving hospital and in the community.
No two cases are the same and youll enjoy a diverse and manageable caseload, working across all client groups from younger adults, physical disabilities, mental health and older adults. Working within this complex and challenging area of health and social care law, youll have the opportunity to really stretch your social work skills and to make the most of personal development opportunities.
As a qualified Social Worker or Registered Nurse, youll ideally have experience of working in NHS CHC. If you dont have this background, youll need to have a strong desire and commitment to learn and develop your skills and knowledge, in the NHS CHC arena. Inquisitive and with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, youll really enjoy collaborating with colleagues to achieve successful outcomes within this dynamic multi-disciplinary environment.
Whether you are an experienced Social Worker or Nurse, looking to stretch yourself and take on a new challenge, or recently qualified looking to kickstart your career within NHS CHC, we can offer you a unique experience working alongside colleagues with a diverse range of skills, within a supportive space.
Main duties of the job
Youll use professional knowledge, skills, and interventions in line with code of practice, statutory duties, professional practice, departmental policies and procedures and best value.
In this role youll:
- Assess the health and social care needs of adults including within the
- NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessment pathway.
- Undertake Care Act assessments and engage and support full Multi-Disciplinary Team NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments, in line with current policy and guidance relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare, NHS funded Nursing Care and local policy.
- Support the planning and arrangements, provision, or purchase, of appropriate services/care to meet a persons assessed and eligible Care Act needs.
- Work in partnership with health and social care users, carers, relatives and other agencies, to ensure a full and holistic assessment of need,including identifying current service requirements.
- Contribute to the training and development of all staff regarding policy and guidance around NHS Continuing Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care.
You will be required to travel to various locations within Hampshire (and the Isle of Wight or other local authority), to attend face to face assessments, meetings and training and it is essential that you have a current drivers licence and access to a reliable vehicle on a regular basis.We are happy to consider flexible working hours, but will need to balance work patterns with the business needs.
About us
Our vision, is to help people to live long, healthy and happy lives, with
the maximum possible independence.
Our values are:Person centred
Person centred
- Has a person centred and strengths -based approach that empowers
service users and carers to live independent lives.
Resilience
- Successfully manages change and develops and maintains their
wellbeing and resilience.
Accountability
- Takes responsibility for work, actions and development; and
acknowledges individual and shared accountability.
Working together
- Builds supportive internal and external working relationships through
positive communication and constructive feedback.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assessment:
- Establish the assessed persons eligibility under both the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and funded Nursing care (revised 2022) and the Care Act 2014 eligibility criteria.
- Work with a variety of health and social care partners to ensure a robust and holistic CHC assessment and outcome. Support individuals and their families and representatives to understand the CHC journey and remain fully involved in the process.
- Use professional skills, knowledge, and experience and a range of interpersonal and specialist communication skills to gather information and complete and record a Care Act assessment, proportional to need.
- Ensure an assessment is offered to a carer/s in relation to their caring role and completed if requested.
- Work jointly within the health and social care systems to establish and maintain robust NHS CHC assessments and implement current policy and guidance relating to the NHS CHC processes in a timely manner.
- Work in line with the Safeguarding Policies and report any concerns in line with these policies.
- Ensure that where a person lacks mental capacity to make a decision, a Best Interest Decision is made on their behalf, unless there is another person with evidenced authority to make the decision.
- Ensure that appropriate service provision is identified which is within the local health and social care systems resource framework and adheres to Best Value Principles and Choice and Equity policy.
- Joint resolution in relation to CHC decisions and outcomes.
- Offer support and guidance to individuals, carers and families and other professionals, regarding both the NHS CHC process and provisions that can be offered under the Care Act including paying for care.
- Maintain case records that comply with current legislation and system policies and procedures. Capture and analyse information clearly as required.
- Communicate effectively with professionals and individuals and their representatives to keep them appropriately informed and involved, within the bounds of confidentiality and appropriate consent.
- Maintain good computer skills.
- Participate in the audit and evaluation of processes supporting NHS CHC and out of hospital pathways.
- Work in line with the Safeguarding Adults Policy and Safeguarding Children Policy and report any concerns in line with these policies. Undertake mandatory training in these areas.
- Be familiar with the Prevent Agenda and will raise concerns in line with the Safeguarding Adults Policy.
Professional and Personal Development:
- Contribute to the development and delivery of training programmes including joint training programmes with Hampshire County Council Adults Health and Care department regarding all processes and policies, local and national, regarding all current NHS Continuing Healthcare & Funded Nursing care policy and guidance.
- Undertake training, providing support and supervision to junior members of the team if applicable.
- Identify own learning needs to inform personal development plan taking responsibility for own personal and professional development.
Conduct:
- Comply with the Organisations Code of Conduct. Take lead corporate roles in defined areas.
- Comply with corporate governance structures in line with the principles and standards set out by the Organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assessment:
- Establish the assessed persons eligibility under both the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and funded Nursing care (revised 2022) and the Care Act 2014 eligibility criteria.
- Work with a variety of health and social care partners to ensure a robust and holistic CHC assessment and outcome. Support individuals and their families and representatives to understand the CHC journey and remain fully involved in the process.
- Use professional skills, knowledge, and experience and a range of interpersonal and specialist communication skills to gather information and complete and record a Care Act assessment, proportional to need.
- Ensure an assessment is offered to a carer/s in relation to their caring role and completed if requested.
- Work jointly within the health and social care systems to establish and maintain robust NHS CHC assessments and implement current policy and guidance relating to the NHS CHC processes in a timely manner.
- Work in line with the Safeguarding Policies and report any concerns in line with these policies.
- Ensure that where a person lacks mental capacity to make a decision, a Best Interest Decision is made on their behalf, unless there is another person with evidenced authority to make the decision.
- Ensure that appropriate service provision is identified which is within the local health and social care systems resource framework and adheres to Best Value Principles and Choice and Equity policy.
- Joint resolution in relation to CHC decisions and outcomes.
- Offer support and guidance to individuals, carers and families and other professionals, regarding both the NHS CHC process and provisions that can be offered under the Care Act including paying for care.
- Maintain case records that comply with current legislation and system policies and procedures. Capture and analyse information clearly as required.
- Communicate effectively with professionals and individuals and their representatives to keep them appropriately informed and involved, within the bounds of confidentiality and appropriate consent.
- Maintain good computer skills.
- Participate in the audit and evaluation of processes supporting NHS CHC and out of hospital pathways.
- Work in line with the Safeguarding Adults Policy and Safeguarding Children Policy and report any concerns in line with these policies. Undertake mandatory training in these areas.
- Be familiar with the Prevent Agenda and will raise concerns in line with the Safeguarding Adults Policy.
Professional and Personal Development:
- Contribute to the development and delivery of training programmes including joint training programmes with Hampshire County Council Adults Health and Care department regarding all processes and policies, local and national, regarding all current NHS Continuing Healthcare & Funded Nursing care policy and guidance.
- Undertake training, providing support and supervision to junior members of the team if applicable.
- Identify own learning needs to inform personal development plan taking responsibility for own personal and professional development.
Conduct:
- Comply with the Organisations Code of Conduct. Take lead corporate roles in defined areas.
- Comply with corporate governance structures in line with the principles and standards set out by the Organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration:
- Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Newly Qualified Social Worker.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge
- Understanding and knowledge of the NHS National Framework for Continuing Healthcare and funded Nursing care (revised July 22) and associated legislation and guidance, including the Mental Capacity Act.
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues in health and social work practice and the principles of safety, dignity and empowerment.
- Understanding of Best Value principles and need for resource constraints.
- Understanding of Confidentiality and GDPR.
- Understanding of health and social work issues and legal frameworks, statutory duties and role in the wider community.
- Knowledge of multi-agency services available for adults/older persons in the community setting.
- Experience:
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary health and social care environment.
- Skills:
- Good verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate on all levels equitably with other health and social care. professionals, providers, individuals and their representatives.
- Good written communication skills, data entry and presentation skills.
- Capable of constructing and delivering clear information/ instructions to staff and service users.
- Strong relationship management skills.
- Able to assess risks and needs.
- Able to analyse information and recognise problems and find solutions.
- Advanced person-centred assessment skills for clients with complex health and social needs.
- Able to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task.
- Effective team working skills.
- Able to work autonomously across organisation boundaries.
- Organised and able to manage time and conflicting demands.
- Able to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Professional, calm manner and work efficiently across a varied workload.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Positive and flexible approach to work. Able to view challenges as opportunities, be resilient and adaptable to changing situations and demands.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration:
- Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Newly Qualified Social Worker.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge
- Understanding and knowledge of the NHS National Framework for Continuing Healthcare and funded Nursing care (revised July 22) and associated legislation and guidance, including the Mental Capacity Act.
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues in health and social work practice and the principles of safety, dignity and empowerment.
- Understanding of Best Value principles and need for resource constraints.
- Understanding of Confidentiality and GDPR.
- Understanding of health and social work issues and legal frameworks, statutory duties and role in the wider community.
- Knowledge of multi-agency services available for adults/older persons in the community setting.
- Experience:
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary health and social care environment.
- Skills:
- Good verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate on all levels equitably with other health and social care. professionals, providers, individuals and their representatives.
- Good written communication skills, data entry and presentation skills.
- Capable of constructing and delivering clear information/ instructions to staff and service users.
- Strong relationship management skills.
- Able to assess risks and needs.
- Able to analyse information and recognise problems and find solutions.
- Advanced person-centred assessment skills for clients with complex health and social needs.
- Able to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task.
- Effective team working skills.
- Able to work autonomously across organisation boundaries.
- Organised and able to manage time and conflicting demands.
- Able to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Professional, calm manner and work efficiently across a varied workload.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Positive and flexible approach to work. Able to view challenges as opportunities, be resilient and adaptable to changing situations and demands.
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).
