Job overview

Are you a motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced Registered Nurse seeking a change of direction?  An opportunity has arisen within NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) to join the All-Age Continuing Care team (AACC) as a Continuing Health Care (CHC) Assessor to deliver an effective assessment, review, and case management service in the Tees Valley area.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Please note this post is only accepting applications from current staff members of North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will:

• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in completion of person-centred assessments to aid decision making for NHS funded care, working within a multi-agency environment. 
• Ensure the health and social care needs of people referred for Continuing Health Care (CHC) eligibility are identified and met in accordance with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care (FNC)
• Collate information for and complete comprehensive and co-ordinated assessments for NHS funded care with clients, carers and colleagues within health and social care
• Commission services to meet the needs of eligible clients
• Case manage CHC clients ensuring timely reviews are conducted to ensure health and care needs are being met appropriately.
• Ascertain care packages continue to be effectively commissioned and are cost effective in line with National Policy.
• Promote Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) ensuring integration into Continuing Health Care and offer this where requested to those clients who fulfil agreed criteria.

Working for our organisation

Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country. 

The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.

With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.

The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.