AACC Senior Nurse Assessor - Children and Transitions

Job summary

We are seeking experienced registered nurses to join our Childrens Continuing Care service as AACC Senior Nurse Assessors for Children and Transitions. This role offers the opportunity to improve outcomes for children and young people with complex health needs, keeping their voice and the views of their families central to decision-making. You will undertake complex assessments and reviews, coordinate multi-agency input, manage a caseload and support young people to move safely and smoothly into adult services. We are looking for skilled, organised and compassionate clinicians with experience working with children and who can work autonomously, chair complex discussions and build strong relationships across agencies.

This role will require weekly office-based working in line with the hybrid working policies set out for each ICB, with office bases available in Coventry, Warwick, Worcester and Hereford for all staff to use. While this role is expected to be place-based, travel will be required across the cluster and to care settings as needed.

NHS Coventry & Warwickshire ICB and NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB are working together as a cluster with a shared management team. The ICBs recognise the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business and encourage people from the armed forces community to apply for our vacancies.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake complex, holistic assessments and reviews in line with the National Framework for Children and Young Peoples Continuing Care, and prepare and present assessments to the Childrens Continuing Care Panel. You will manage a defined caseload and support the commissioning, monitoring and review of individualised packages of care.

Working with children, young people, families and partners across health, social care, education and the voluntary sector, you will coordinate a strong Team Around the Child approach and ensure care is integrated and outcome-focused. You will contribute to planning timely transitions into adult services through joint assessment and coordinated care. A key part of the role will be contributing to safeguarding, governance, audit, learning and service improvement, as well as providing peer support or deputising for the Clinical Team Manager when required.

About us

The NHS is a world-renowned institution and an exciting place to work, full of challenges and opportunities. We are a dynamic, forward-looking organisation, passionate about working together with our health and social care partners to ensure services are integrated, seamless and offer a high-quality patient experience. We thrive on building strong relationships with patients, communities, partners and providers.

Our Childrens Continuing Care service works across the two-ICB cluster with families and multi-agency partners to deliver safe, coordinated and person-centred care. The team values the voice of the child, strong Team Around the Child working, professional curiosity and well-planned transitions into adult services.

We provide a supportive and collaborative environment where we work with our staff to provide opportunities for you to reach your full potential and to develop a rewarding career within an exciting and evolving environment. We aim to enable our employees to achieve a positive work-life balance through a blend of collaborative workplace attendance combined with regular home working.

Joining our inclusive and innovative team comes with a range of attractive benefits including:

• Employee Assistance programmes
• Competitive NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement, which increases in line with service
• Please note we operate a probationary period of up to 6 months for new appointments.

Job responsibilities

As part of your application, please disclose if you have recently been in receipt of the Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS) or Voluntary Redundancy. Please note that this information is collected solely for administrative purposes; it will not form any part of the selection process.

Assessment and eligibility

• Undertake complex, holistic assessments and reviews for children and young people with families, carers and multi-agency professionals.
• Apply the National Framework for Children and Young Peoples Continuing Care consistently to inform evidence-based eligibility decisions.
• Prepare and present comprehensive assessments to the Childrens Continuing Care Panel.

Case management and care coordination

• Manage a defined caseload and coordinate the timely review and monitoring of care packages.
• Work within commissioning processes to secure safe, effective and value-for-money packages that meet assessed needs.
• Support accurate and timely health input to Education, Health and Care Plans.

Transitions and partnership working

• Facilitate safe and timely transitions for young people moving into adult services.
• Work with adult CHC teams and partner agencies to support joint assessments and continuity of care.
• Coordinate multi-agency working across health, social care, education and the voluntary sector through a Team Around the Child approach.

Communication, quality and leadership

• Ensure the voice of the child or young person and their family or carers is central to care planning and decision-making.
• Contribute to safeguarding, clinical governance, audit, evidence-based practice and service improvement.
• Provide peer support and supervision where appropriate and deputise for the Clinical Team Leader when required.
• Maintain current NMC registration and practise in line with the NMC Code and organisational policies.

Person specification

Experience

Essential

• Recent experience in complex care, particularly with children and young people
• Extensive experience of working with children and young people within a relevant specialty
• Experience of assessment and review processes using recognised assessment tools
• Experience of multidisciplinary working

Desirable

• Experience within Continuing Care
• Experience of delivering or supporting training

Additional skills, knowledge and qualities

Essential

• Awareness and understanding of the Childrens Continuing Care Framework and its application
• Excellent nursing assessment and clinical judgement
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to work autonomously, chair multi-agency meetings and prioritise competing demands
• Full driving licence and ability to travel as required

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC registration as RN Child/RSCN/SCPHN, or as a Learning Disability or Mental Health Nurse with extensive caseload experience
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in healthcare services
• Safeguarding Children Level 3
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Postgraduate teaching certificate or module