CHC Nurse Assessor
- Employer
- Finegreen
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £300.00 per day
- Closing date
- 31 Oct 2019
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- Sector
- GP Federation
- Job Type
- Contract
- Category
- Nursing
Job Details
Main Responsibilities:
- Work under the guidance and support of the Clinical Team Leads to implement the National Service Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS funded Nursing Care for residents in the location;
- Promote best practice and provide professional advice to nursing homes and other providers, promoting good relationships and liaising with colleagues from other disciplines both internally and externally to the CCG;
- Undertake statutory reviews and ensure that client’s needs have been met and progressed through the appropriate care pathway within agreed timeframes;
- Ensure all reviews, reassessments include appropriate reports and evidence to support the level of care need identified within the Health Needs Checklist / Decision Support Tool / Needs Portrayal process;
- Work with provider services to assist in the development of competent assessors to undertake assessments and reviews;
- Provide contemporaneous records on all clients and reports as necessary adhering to NMC standards for record keeping;
- Responsible for collating evidence and information for the Decision Support Tool and liaising with the multidisciplinary team for a team recommendation to be made for eligibility for Continuing Healthcare funding;
- Manage day to day communication with other team members within the continuing healthcare team;
- Coordinate and facilitate ‘fast track’ patients in line with operational policy and within agreed timescales. Ensuring the patients that are eligible receives a package of care or placement appropriate to their needs ensuring best value;
- Responsible for recording client contacts and communications via file notes to be dated and signed and kept in master client file;
- Work within the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare and NHS-Funded Nursing care.
- Must have a current registration with the NMC as an RGN;
- Ability to conduct nursing needs assessments, analyse the information collected in order to make an informed recommendation as to eligibility for Continuing Healthcare or for Funded Nursing Care;
- A high level of professionalism, passion and dedication to deliver timely standards of work under challenging deadlines, with a solid capacity for attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
Company
Put simply, we help our clients to recruit the best possible people to lead, manage and direct their organisations. Since launching in 2005 we have become an award winning, market-leading consultancy focusing on both public and private sector Healthcare recruitment.
Leadership skills have rarely been at such a premium - as organisations across both public and private sectors attempt to improve services and standards at a time of widespread change and unprecedented financial constraints.
Like other leading executive recruiters, Finegreen has developed a pool of talent built up over many years, along with established networks, to ensure that right-match candidates get to hear about relevant positions. Where Finegreen differs from many others, is in its willingness to spend quality time with clients - to gain an in-depth knowledge of roles being filled and their importance to an organisation.
Over the last 17 years in the Healthcare market, Finegreen has developed into a Virgin Fast Track top 100 company - and was voted Recruiter of the Year at the Health Investor Awards, Top small to medium sized business at the Best Business Awards, and featured in Recruiter’s Top 10 Public Sector Recruitment providers.
- Website
- http://www.finegreen.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0345 130 4006
- Location
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Finegreen
Manchester
Lancashire
M12 6JH
United Kingdom
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