Job summary
- Main area
- Continuing Healthcare
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 104-ICB-6405TG
- Employer
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 5th Floor Civic Office
- Town
- Fareham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
AACC Senior Clinical Assessor - Mental Health
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Would you like to join the ICB Mental Health and ABI team? Are you passionate about working with people with mental health diagnosis and looking for a rewarding role that thrives on making a difference and promoting positive outcomes?
We are excited to announce a new opportunity within our Hampshire and Isle of Wight All Age Continuing Care Mental Health and ABI Team. We are seeking self-motivated professionals who share our values of being person centred, honest, courageous, innovative, and collaborative and who are passionate about improving life opportunities for people who have existing or newly diagnosed mental health condition and who require S117 aftercare to allow them to live full and meaningful lives in the community.
Main duties of the job
Participating in complex and detailed information analysis of specific projects/reports requiring high levels of concentration. This includes the ongoing review of enhanced care packages – evidence for ongoing requirements fro clients entitled to S117 aftercare.
Conducting standard annual reviews and right-size longstanding packages of care -
Supporting the MDT to screen and approve new funding applications.
Attending discharge planning meetings, CPA’s, CTR’s
Supporting and managing complex duty cases.
Provide some proactive case management to individual complex and rehabilitation clients.
Facilitating timely discharges from acute hospitals and placements where clients are no longer gaining benefit from that service.
Supporting with safeguarding
Supporting with setting up of PHB's.
Working for our organisation
We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.
We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.
We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.
Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:
· 27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
· NHS pension scheme
· Sick pay policy
· Occupational health services including staff counselling services
· Flexible working and family friendly policies
· Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers
· Health Service Discounts – offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.
Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work within the NHS All Age Continuing Care team with responsibility for co- ordination and delivery of needs/eligibility assessment, case management and review of patients under the relevant frameworks for NHS Continuing Healthcare, Funded Nursing Care, Fast Track, Children’s Complex Care and All Age Continuing Care.
The post holder will use specialist knowledge and clinical skills to ensure that cases and outcomes are managed in a consistent, equitable, safe and cost effective, ensuring appropriate and proportionate application and interpretation of the relevant frameworks and guidance
The post holder will require good verbal and written communication skills to communicate with patients, their families and other professionals.
The production of accurate, detailed and comprehensive reports is essential.
The post holder will work closely with hospitals, community services and care providers to develop systems and processes to facilitate a smooth assessment and referral process.
The post holder will review the clinical needs of the patient with regard to appropriateness of the placement, level of care being provided, safeguarding and entitlement to NHS All Age Continuing Care.
Be a key member of the team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally.
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
This role will include weekend working when required.
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional with current registration with professional body i.e. NMC, HCPC or SWE. including AMHP’s and mental health social workers or significant relevant experience (LD/MH/LDAP teams only).
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in health or social care.
- Experience of assessment of health and social care needs – care planning and coordination.
- Knowledge and relevant experience working with individuals who are autistic and/or have learning disabilities and/or mental health issues (LD/MH/LDAP team roles).
- Knowledge of complex neurological conditions and experience of working with clients with complex brain injuries. Specific knowledge of the National Service Frameworks and appropriate national policy related to rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury/ neurological dysfunction (Specialist Rehabilitation / ABI team).
- Ability to work effectively under stressful conditions in a rapidly changing environment.
- Demonstrable experience of care/case management.
- Knowledge of and experience of NHS Funded Continuing Health Care criteria – guidance and policies and other legal frameworks as required (Children and Complex Care, s117 Aftercare, Mental Health Act).
- Good knowledge of Mental Capacity Act and relevant legislation.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
- Effective working knowledge of Microsoft software.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential criteria
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jenny Kettell
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 1234 448
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