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East and North Integrated Community team have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Continuing Health Care (CHC) nurse to join our team.
Integrated Community Team (ICT) are seeking motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurse to join our friendly, supportive and Gold Accredited Team. You will be working alongside our health care assistants, qualified nurses and therapy staff to complete assessments and reviews within the Continuing Health Care framework including checklists, full assessments and fast track assessments. You will be liaising with multiple professionals to complete your assessments and have a close working relationship with the CHC team, GPs and ICT team.
Our ideal team member will be enthusiastic, motivated with excellent clinical assessment skill as well as verbal and written communication skills. You will be responsible for managing your own caseload and meeting deadlines for assessments and reviews, therefore excellent time management skills are essential.
A full valid driving license and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Our CHC Nurse role entails visiting patients in their own homes to assess for suitability for Continuing Health Care provision, and completing all necessary paperwork. You will be dealing directly with the Continuing Health Care team to ensure necessary decisions are made promptly for patient care.
Individuals will be committed to team work, have good communication and decision making skills. In return, we offer an extensive training and education programme as well a range of personal and professional development opportunities.
We pride ourselves on being able to offer flexible working patterns and we are able to consider both full time and part time applicants.
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision – Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds
We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible – Apply now
You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT – we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.
Please see attached job description for further details.
As a CHC Nurse within WelHat ICT, you will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients requiring new CHC assessments and reviews of previous assessments.
You will regularly liaise with the CHC team, GP surgeries, ICT nursing and therapy teams and many more professionals to support your assessment and decision making.
You will manage your own diary to ensure deadlines are met to complete assessments and relevant paperwork submissions.
You will work closely with the ICT staff, to offer your expert support and to discuss any relevant patients with the team.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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