Nurse Assessor/Case Officer
NHS AfC: Band 6
- CHC Assessor / Case Officer
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Permanent
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- Part time
- Flexible working
- 134-7558827PM
- Parkhouse
- Carlisle
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum
- Yearly
- 02/11/2025 23:59
Are you passionate about health and social care and looking for a role that offers flexibility and growth? At North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, we value work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including hybrid working. Enjoy a supportive team environment, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development. Apply now to make a difference in our community!
Flexible Working Options: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including part-time and job share. We encourage applicants to discuss their preferred working patterns during the interview process.
Hybrid Working: This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, allowing you to split your time between our ICB offices and home. We aim to provide a supportive and adaptable working environment that meets the needs of our staff, service delivery and the patients within our Region.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and pension scheme
- Opportunities for professional development and training
- Supportive team environment
- Enhanced work-life balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Employee Benefits – Salary Sacrifice Schemes such as Lease Cars, Home Electronics, Cycle to Work
Job overview
NHS North East North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a key part of the NHS in our region, working to improve the health of our local population. We are seeking experienced qualified nurses to join our All Age Continuing Care Service based in Carlisle.
We have exciting opportunities available within the ICB for Band 6 Nurse Assessor/Case Officers, in the North Cumbria All Age Continuing Care team. The team is part of the North East and North Cumbria ICB North region covering the areas Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle Gateshead and North Cumbria. The posts are open to nurses with RGN, RNLD or RMN registrations. Reporting to the All Age Continuing Care Clinical Lead Nurses, you will be part of a dedicated team working within the health and social care system.
NENC ICB offers a competitive salary, access to the NHS pension scheme, annual leave plus bank holidays.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Committed to high quality patient and family experiences, you will be working collaboratively alongside other partners and stakeholders to ensure individuals needs are appropriately met. You will be responsible for the specialist Continuing Healthcare assessments, reviews, and case management of the health needs of individuals either in their own homes, residential, specialist accommodation or nursing accommodation and act as a point of contact, referral, and advice, completing regular reviews for health funded individuals and ensuring compliance with NHS National Framework Guidance. Case Management may also include safe commissioning of safe services for individuals, supporting with Court of Protection & Deprivation of Liberty processes, engagement in safeguarding, appeals, professional disputes and complaints, support to find appropriate placements etc.
Working for our organisation
Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.
The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.
With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.
The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be expected to have excellent communication skills, be able to work with families, carers, and other stakeholders in a complex and challenging but supportive work environment. Whilst experience of involvement in the All Age Continuing Care processes is desirable, this is an excellent opportunity for nurses to increase their knowledge and understanding and enhance their skills whilst being part of an experienced and supportive team.
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse on NMC register
- Evidence of degree level study or equivalent
- Evidence of working within a Multi Disciplinary Team
- Evidence of assessing individual patient needs, using recognised National CHC assessment tools
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within CHC arena and specifically Appeals and retrospective service
- Community nursing experience
- Experience of Independent Sector Nursing
- Experience of delivering training
- Training qualification/ENS 998 or equivalent
The use of Artificial Intelligence: Whilst the ICB are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
UKVI Sponsorship: Please note that North East and North Cumbria ICB do not hold a UKVI sponsorship license. Therefore, we are unable to proceed with applications that require sponsorship.
Reasonable Adjustments: If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Fit & Proper Person Regulations: Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Owen
- Job title
- Clinical and Operational Manager
- Email address
- Sharon.owen7@nhs.net
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Northumbria House
Unit 7/8 Silverfox Way
Cobalt Business Park
NE27 0QJ - Telephone
- 0191 203 1415
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