Full Time - D2A (Discharge to assess) Clinical Case Manager - Band 6 inEpsom inEpsom PUBLISHED
THU 2 JAN 2025
Surrey Heartlands ICB rVsYGBXI
This position offers 9-5 working hours with no weekend shifts, providing flexible agile working conditions, including office, home, and patient visits. The ideal candidate should reside within the Surrey Heartlands area and be prepared for travel across Surrey to facilitate assessments and meetings. Professional development opportunities are encouraged, and the role seeks to improve patient care and discharge planning through effective collaboration with various health and social care partners.
Are you a highly motivated skilled Clinician or Health Professional with an interest in Continuing Healthcare?Are you looking for 9-5 working hours and no weekend work?If so, we have a vacancy for a CHC (Continuing Healthcare) led Discharge to Assess (D2A) Clinical Case Manager within the our All Age Continuing Care (AACC) team.
As a D2A Case Manager you will be responsible for the assessment and review of care needs of patients under the CHC led D2A pathway.
You will be:
- A credible practitioner within your chosen field
- Experienced working within a team
- A car owner and driver
This post requires you to have excellent verbal and written communication skills.The team has strong links with community services and collaborative working within the multi-disciplinary team and with our community colleagues in health and social care is essential.
We encourage opportunities for professional training and development to increase knowledge and skills.This substantive post is suitable for an experienced Band 5 looking to progress or an established Band 6 who wishes to specialise or gain experience in the Continuing Healthcare setting.
This is an excellent opportunity to gain a wide range of experience working with individuals who have a broad range of health care needs and to work in a service that is constantly committed to improving patient care and experience through discharge planning working in collaboration with the hospital teams, and assessment for CHC eligibility.
Once a patient is assessed as being eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) D2A pathway, or for CHC Fast Track pathway, our role is to liaison with the patient, family and hospital staff and start gathering information with regards to the patient's care needs, and feed back to the relevant AACC clinician. You will be responsible for arranging attending the assessment for eligibility to NHS Continuing Healthcare funding.
Using your existing and new knowledge, clinical skills to ensure that outcomes are determined in a consistent manner to ensure effective application and interpretation of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Health Care and NHS Funded Nursing Care.
You will work closely with the AACC teams, hospitals, community services and care homes to maintain and improve systems and processes to facilitate a smooth referral, assessment and review process to support patients. You will escalate complex issues to senior managers for timely query resolution.
Our team's office is based in Epsom, Surrey with agile working conditions, meaning a combination of working from the office, patient's residence, and your home. Visits to the hospital are also required sometimes, to see the patients and gather clinical information before they are discharged. Ideally you will live within the Surrey Heartlands geographical area, as you will be expected to travel across Surrey for assessments and travel to your induction and meetings as required by the service.
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