Senior Practitioner

Are you an experienced registered nurse (Adult, Mental Health orLearning Disability), Social Worker or Allied Health Professional motivated byproviding outstanding person-centred support and would like to work in apassionate and inspiring environment? Do you have experience in ContinuingHealthcare (CHC)? Are you interested in starting a career within ContinuingHealthcare? If yes, then we would love to hear from you!

As part of NHS Dorset Personal Health Commissioning Team (PHC),you will manage a caseload of CHC eligible individuals in accordance withNational Framework for Continuing Healthcare, Undertake eligibility reviews andassess individuals needs in order to identify most appropriate care options.You will assist NHS Dorset commissioners in searching for care and makerecommendations on appropriate placements.

NHS Dorset is a welcoming NHS employer, we offer a wide range ofemployee benefits, including NHS Discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, aswell as being committed to the ongoing learning and development of our team.This role supports NMC/HCPC/Social Work England registered candidates and NHSDorset is committed to providing Continuous Professional Development (CPD)opportunities to its employees. NHS Dorset also provides opportunities in linewith the CHC Competency Framework including peer development and externaltraining. We are pleased to be able tooffer Band 5 Band 6 development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

You will manage a caseload of CHC eligible individuals inaccordance with National Framework for Continuing Healthcare, collaboratingwith a range of healthcare professionally, community and acute services.

You must be able to work flexibly and autonomously and workcollaboratively with Health and Social Care practitioners, patients, families,and carers, ensuring high quality assessments and timely service is delivered.You must demonstrate an openness and honesty and have strong assessment andcommunication skills and a knowledge of the National Frameworks for ContinuingHealthcare, the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act and Care Act2014.

PHC has 2 offices. East Team is based in Poole, coveringBournemouth, Christchurch, Poole area, and the West Team is based inDorchester, covering Dorset area. This job advert is recruiting to positionswithin the East locality and based in Wallisdown, Poole, however you may berequired to provide support across both sites as necessary. There will also bea requirement to make off-site visits to undertake assessments and attendmeetings and it is therefore essential that you have a full driving licence withaccess to a vehicle for business use.

NHS Dorset operates a Monday-Friday 9-5 service.

We currently have a Full Time vacancy.

About us

We know many use AI to enhance their applications. While AI brings efficiency, we value authenticity and urge applicants to reflect their true skills and experiences. NHS Dorset evaluates each application fairly, acknowledging AI's benefits and limitation.

We are joining up to tackle all the things that affect our health and wellbeing, make real change, and improve things for our communities.

Dorset ICS is made up of:

• NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
• University Hospitals Dorset Foundation Trust
• Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust
• Dorset HealthCare University Foundation Trust
• Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council
• 194 town and parish councils
• 18 primary care networks (made up of 73 GP practices)
• Southwestern Ambulance Service Foundation Trust
• Dorset Police
• Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
• 7,300 voluntary organisations

What we do

The Health and Care Bill puts ICSs on a statutory footing empowering them to better join up health and care services, improve population health, and reduce health inequalities.

ICSs have four core purposes:

• Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
• Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access
• Enhance productivity and value for money
• Help the NHS support broader social and economic development

Job responsibilities

Please see full job description attached.

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the Personal Health CommissioningService. Working within the remit of the National Frameworks for Continuing Healthcare, thepost holder will deliver an effective and competent level of service and consistently deliver aclient-focused service.The post holder will be required to manage a caseload of CHC Eligible individuals ensuringThe National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and Funded-Nursing Care isimplemented and complied with, according to the principles and processes.The post holder will oversee a caseload of complex cases, undertake annual eligibilityreviews and manage Continuing Healthcare packages of care, ensuring value for moneyplacements which meet the needs of the individual and identify opportunities fordevelopment and improvement to assist delivery of best practice healthcare.The post holder will assist NHS Dorset commissioners in searching for care and makerecommendations on most appropriate placement.This is not a patient facing role, and is predominantly desk based, requiring high levels ofconcentration and an ability to analyse health, social care, and other agency records toidentify whether the individual has/had a Primary Health Care Need, in accordance with theNational Framework for Continuing Health Care.NHS Dorset currently offers a hybrid model of working with a percentage of contracted hoursbeing on site and the remainder being home based.The post holder should hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle to be ableto fulfil the requirements of this post.

Person Specification

Experience

• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through experience and training plus further specialist knowledge of the Continuing Healthcare process
• Good understanding of Personal Health Commissioning
• Experience of working in a health environment
• Negotiation and conflict management skills and the ability to influence
• Previous experience of caseload management

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload effectively and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Ability to analyse very complex cases where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• Effective communication skills Evidence of continued professional development
• Ability to deliver professional standards in all recording and assessment reports

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience working at a similar level in specialist area, ideally Personal Health Commissioning
• Nursing qualification and registered with a professional body.
• Knowledge of NHS Personal Health Commissioning and associated procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge of the National Framework for NHS Personal Health Commissioning and NHS-funded Nursing Care and Childrens and Young Peoples Continuing Care
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.