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The Senior Practitioner will play a vital role in quality assurance, inter-agency collaboration, and compliance with NHS standards, ensuring that patient needs are comprehensively met. Responsibilities will include managing fast-track referrals, conducting retrospective assessments, and providing expert guidance to patients, families, and professionals. The position requires flexibility and occasional travel for assessments and reviews, with organisational support for professional development and continuous improvement.
NHS Sussex ICB ambition is to create an inclusive working environment which reflects our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity for all groups. We are particularly under-represented in staff from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled communities and actively encourage and welcome applications from these communities. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us confidentially during the application process so that we can statistically monitor how fair and equitable our recruitment process is and how well we are reaching applicants from diverse communities and identify where we need to improve. This information is removed before shortlisting.
The post holder will play a key role across the CHC service, working within the remit of the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare, to deliver an effective, efficient and equitable service to the people and populations of Sussex.
Prior experience of CHC would be beneficial, but is not essential for this role, as you will work within an experienced and supportive team who will support you to develop the relevant knowledge required. However, the post holder should have experience of working within health or care, and will need excellent verbal and written communication skills, as you will be required to work closely with patients, families, carers and other external partners.
As a Senior Practitioner, your role will include delivery of a variety of functions across the CHC service, including: Assessment, Reviews, Care Planning and Case Management.
You will also have the opportunity to work across other areas of CHC, including audit, appeals, retrospective assessments, complaints, assessment verification, and many more. You will be supported to develop the necessary skills and experience to work across the whole pathway, safely, confidently and effectively. NHS Sussex is strongly committed to your development, and through a structured 1:1 and appraisal system, will work with you to recognise and create a plan to meet your development needs.
About us
Working as part of the CHC Team, ensuring a high-quality service is delivered, supporting and mentoring staff to achieve continuous improvement.
Managing a caseload of patients and contributing to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas where agreed.
Monitor quality assurance of care delivery.
Undertake statutory reviews and ensure that clients needs have been met and progressed through the appropriate care pathway within agreed timeframes. To ensure all reviews, reassessments include appropriate reports and evidence to support the level of care need identified within the Decision Support Tool.
Managing a defined caseload for those eligible for CHC.
To provide support in developing inter-agency and local partnership working to ensure high standards of patient care.
Facilitating, contributing and undertaking CHC assessments and reviews in line with standard operating procedures. Providing expert advice, information and support on Continuing Healthcare to Professionals, Patients and their families.
Participating in the verification process.
Management of referrals received via the fast track (end of life) pathway.
Duty role, managing enquiries received from patients, members of the public and other professionals.
Triaging CHC Checklists.
Completing retrospective CHC assessments.
Supporting the Continuing Healthcare team to ensure that work stream plans are fulfilled and supervised effectively to ensure successful delivery.
Supporting the Team Leader to ensure that all processes implemented are compliant with the NHS Continuing Healthcare National Framework.
Supporting new staff to complete all mandatory and other training so that staff can fulfil their roles effectively.
The role will require travel on occasions, to carry out assessments and reviews. Access to transport is therefore necessary, be it personal or public.
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. All CHC staff are expected to work flexibly, when required, to meet the needs of the service.
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