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Job summary

Main area
Continuing Healthcare
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
220-WHT-3497
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Continuing HealthCare
Town
London
Salary
£46,419 - £55,046 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/11/2025 23:59

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CHC Nurse Assessor

NHS AfC: Band 6

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

The CHC Assessor will be responsible for ensuring that those who in are  receiving funding from Continuing health care either in part or whole assessments either in nursing homes or their own homes are reviewed and assessed  using nationally recognised tools.

The post holder will review both their care packages and needs at prescribed intervals or when requested by care home mangers where the client’s condition has changed.

The CHC Nurse assessor will be a valuable component of the developing Continuing Care team. The CHC assessor will be responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary assessments for those who are eligible for a full assessment for fully funded NHS Continuing Healthcare by attending and presenting cases to the complex care panel.

Main duties of the job

To process continuing healthcare referrals in accordance with national guidance.

To carry out reviews and assessments for those individuals who are either self funding, joint funded or supported by social services.

To review clients after 3 months and thereafter yearly or sooner if necessary in accordance to the National  Framework for Continuing Healthcare.

To complete all relevant paperwork in a timely manner and inform the administrator at social services of the outcome of the assessments/reviews.

To have current knowledge of the national criteria for fully funded NHS   continuing healthcare.

To work closely and collaboratively with the social services residential Review Team to screen all residents in care homes using the nationally recognised checklist to ensure residents have the opportunity for as full continuing care assessment.

To act as care coordinator for those residents who require a full continuing care assessment, co-ordinating the assessment and information from the multi-disciplinary team and presenting those cases to the Complex Needs Panel.

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Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To maintain up to date & accurate records, input data into the computer and complete statistical returns in accordance with the policy requirements for both health and social service agencies.
  • To actively support the Senior CHC Nurse to manage her caseload by reviewing well established cases.
  • To ensure accurate electronic, contemporaneous records are kept that ensures safety and continuity of patient care.
  • To input data promptly into the computer and complete statistical returns in accordance with the policy requirements for both health & social service agencies.
  • To be able to use the computer to: write written reports in Word, access/send emails on the Whittington health system, access the intranet/internet for relevant information according to the policy.

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Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • 3 years’ experience of community nursing
  • RN

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Understanding of quality standards and audit
  • Proficient: MS Word, Excel & Outlook

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare
  • A familiarity with the role of CHC Nure Assessor
Desirable criteria
  • The role of the CQC in nursing home inspections
  • The role of Haringey & Islington Directorate in contracting to nursing homes

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sandra Agbede
Job title
Clinical Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07899896221

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Telephone
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