FNC Nurse Assessor X7

Job overview

This post forms part of the Continuing Healthcare (CHC) team which provides a single point of contact for all Continuing Healthcare referrals. The key function of this post is to assess patients who are referred to the service, in consideration of Funded Nursing Care and Continuing Healthcare. The role will involve assessing clients against the Continuing Healthcare Checklist and Funded Nursing Care review document, considering eligibility for full Continuing Healthcare assessment, reviewing suitability of care packages and ensuring quality standards of care and documented evidence by care providers. The role is undertaken under the supervision of the Nurse Assessors and Senior Nurse Assessors.

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•Undertake completion of Continuing Healthcare Checklists and annual reviews of eligibility for Funded Nursing Care as defined under the National Guidance for Funded NHS Nursing Care and The National Framework for Continuing Healthcare (October 2018).

•Recognise those clients with a change in care need, and refer to a senior for further assessment of eligibility.

•Ensure that all relevant care plans, risk assessments and care records reflect the needs of the client, are up to date, completed to an approved quality standard. Where these are missing or lacking in quality, you will provide feedback to the care provider to ensure this is resolved.

•Liaise with members of the client’s wider MDT to ensure reviews are undertaken with all relevant assessments and updates from those involved, and that these are obtained before a review is undertaken 

•You will follow up with care providers to monitor any improvements you have requested, and where these are not completed within the requested timeframe, you will escalate this within the Continuing Healthcare Team. 

•Report to providers and escalate any concerns or quality issues to the Safeguarding Lead or Quality Assurance Manager.

Working for our organisation

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.

Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:

• an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
• an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.

ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):

• to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
• enhance productivity and value for money and;
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.