Nurse Assessor

Job summary

Provide specialist assessments and reviews of health care needs for NHS Funded Care and Continuing NHS Health Care patients in liaison with Primary Health Care Teams, Social Services, Independent Sector and Voluntary Sector.

Work with the Team Leader to provide professional nursing advice to care homes (nursing), District Nursing Services and partner organisations on a range of physical and mental health nursing issues.

Work in collaboration with partner organisations and other professionals to ensure patients' health care needs are met appropriately within the care home and community setting.

Main duties of the job

Assess and review the patient's eligibility for NHS Funded Nursing Care in care homes and patients own home as appropriate.

Review the health care needs of patients receiving Continuing NHS Health Care in care homes and community setting.

Make recommendations following Specialist Nursing Assessment.

Refer for a multidisciplinary team assessment those patients' whose physical and mental health care needs have changed.

The post holder will be expected to undertake Best Interest Assessor training.

Through assessment, identify patients who are at risk and act accordingly / manage any issues related to the findings.

Daily conflicting demands which can result in a change of focus and disruption to working pattern

Report any concerns related to patient care following review or assessment to the team leader/ line manager within the Long Term Care Team. Work in partnership with Social Services, CIW, Adult Protection and Social Services as required.

Undertaking complex and challenging meetings with patients/families/outside agency colleagues/staff

Maintain robust Specialist Nursing Assessments/Reviews and care planning records in line with relevant Health Board and Welsh Government policy.

Participate in the joint monitoring of care homes and provide comprehensive and

detailed reports within the designated timeframe.

Take a lead role in the protection of vulnerable adults process (POVA).

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.