Senior Clinical Assessor - All Age Continuing Care Hampshire

Passionate about people? Thrive on advocating for your patients and negotiating the best outcomes? Great clinical assessment and case management skills? If this describes you...then read on!

We are excited to announce new opportunities within our Hampshire and Isle of Wight All Age Continuing Care service. We are looking for people who are passionate about patient care and improving life opportunities who share our behaviours of being person centred, honest, courageous, innovative, and collaborative.

As a Senior Clinical Assessor/Practitioner (RNLD registration) in Continuing Healthcare, you will be responsible for conducting comprehensive individual assessments of patients to assess their eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) to enable timely provision of care, and reviewing and case managing clients to ensure that their needs are effectively met and promoting Personal Health Budgets and personalisation to empower people with complex health needs live their best lives.

Whilst experience in Continuing Healthcare would be helpful, if you have the right skills and attitude, we can support you to develop the specific skills required for Continuing Healthcare. We offer team training opportunities and Team Leaders who are non-case holding in order to mentor and develop our Clinical Assessors with complex cases, including safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act and Court of Protection. You will be part of a wider All Age team who provide a wide range of expertise and support.

Main responsibilities / attributes:

• You will be highly organised, flexible and have a positive 'can do' attitude.
• Be highly motivated and keen to learn/develop (training in respect of the NHS CHC Framework and its application will be provided as part of induction).
• Be accustomed to a high degree of autonomy on a day-to-day basis.
• Have excellent clinical assessment skills and an ability to navigate risk.
• Be able to assimilate large amounts of information and have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with attention to detail.
• Ability to develop relationships and foster effective networks with key stakeholders, families and carers and have developed people management skills with experience of resolving difficult situations and challenging individuals effectively and calmly.
• Be comfortable working with a wide variety of ages and individuals with very different clinical conditions.
• Be able to assess and prescribe care dependent on the individuals holistic health and care needs.
• Have a strong value set around quality and patient/carer experience.
• Have excellent time management skills and thrive on working at pace.
• Have excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and have intermediate typing skills.
• Be local or be able to commit to regular onsite working and able to travel daily across the county and occasionally countrywide.

The All-Age Continuing Care Team supports over 7,500 clients through a range of funding arrangements including Continuing Healthcare, Section 117 aftercare, specialist placements, Children's Continuing Care and other joint funding and oversight of a budget of £392M. Our roles are community based with flexible working from a local office and home and is a key role to support people to live well with complex health and primary health needs.

Our All-Age Team purpose is clear: 'To improve health opportunities and outcomes within our system by delivering seamless, affordable, and individually focused care for those requiring our services.'

Our values and behaviours are:

• Integrity: I keep our shared values at the centre of my conduct and decision-making.
• Compassion: I approach people with kindness and empathy, striving to support the care I would want for my loved ones.
• Accountability: I can be trusted to act fairly and honestly, taking ownership for decisions and achieving outcomes.
• Respect: I am professional and courteous, seek opinions and value difference.
• Empowerment: I create safe environments where I and others can be curious and innovative.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone.