CYP CC Nurse Assessor

The post holder will work in the Children and Young People's Continuing Care Team, undertaking assessments and reviews to assess whether a child's needs are such that they meet the criteria for full NHS continuing care. The post holder will be expected to undertake NHS Continuing Care assessments, comprehensive nursing assessments, contribute to the completion of EHC plans and support during multidisciplinary team meetings when completing Continuing Care documentation. The post holder will provide professional, clinical, and subject matter expertise on matters relating to children's Continuing Care processes for the ICB, Local Authority, healthcare providers and other local agencies and organisations.

All interviews and assessments will be held in person, so please make sure you're able to travel to Croydon, Sutton, and nearby areas. We're not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time. To apply, you'll need to hold a valid RN (child) qualification and include your active NMC PIN number in your application.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be responsible for undertaking assessments and reviews of individual’s eligibility for Continuing Care and case manage existing patients.
• The post holder will ensure that assessments and reviews are carried out in a timely manner according to national specifications.

Job responsibilities

• Using the Children's National Framework for Continuing Care, work in conjunction with acute hospitals, community services, social workers and other professionals to complete joint health and social care assessments and care plans.
• Gather, evaluate and interpret relevant information about children's health from all relevant professionals and services.
• Make recommendations to Panels regarding funding and services required by children with complex health needs and their families.
• Work with the Senior Nurse Assessor to procure care packages on a case-by-case basis.
• Develop care packages for children with complex health needs, including Personal Health Budgets.
• To ensure Children's Continuing Care service provision is clinically appropriate and delivered to maximise children/young people's safety by meeting their ongoing complex needs.
• Demonstrating skilled communication skills, to work effectively with different stakeholders including young people and their families, social services colleagues, provider organisations and other professionals.
• Educate, inform and involve children and young people and their families, carers and professionals on matters of local health service provision.
• Maintain appropriate written and electronic records and communicate information as required with all relevant parties whilst maintaining appropriate confidentiality of the patient record according to governance requirements.
• To monitor agreed standards of care, provide a person-centred service using best practice, knowledge, and act as an advocate for children and young people with complex care needs where appropriate.
• The post holder will be expected to manage their own caseload with support from the Senior Nurse Assessor.
• To participate in ongoing professional development and clinical supervision on a regular basis as well as undertaking training as necessary in line with the post.
• To participate fully in the development review (appraisal) process and undertake Continuing Professional Development as required.
• To adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health & Care Professions Council Code of Professional Conduct.
• Make recommendations to senior managers on policy and service development issues affecting the wellbeing of children with complex health needs.
• To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibility and scale of the post.

Person Specification

• Education / Qualifications: Registered Nurse (child), Degree or equivalent level of experience in health or social care, Evidence of post-registration training (not mandatory training).
• Knowledge and Experience: Minimum 4 years post registration experience, Ability to work at a senior level and confident and competent to make appropriate decisions, Ability to teach children, families and multidisciplinary teams about the management of a child with complex care needs within a community environment.
• Skills and Abilities: Provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information providing advice, support and reassurance to patients and families, Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources, Demonstrates capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Other: Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary, Demonstrate commitment and role model behaviours and actions that support equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion, Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to needs of patients/parents/guardians and relatives.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£44,485 to £52,521 a year Per Annum Inclusive of Outer HCAS