Chc Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Continuing Health Care Teams across Greater Manchester. We are looking for highly motivated and experienced RMNs, RGNs OR Allied Health Professionals who can work autonomously and collaboratively in a multi-agency environment with individuals and their representatives to support the assessment and review process for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC). You will undertake comprehensive person-centred assessments so CHC and FNC eligibility can be determined.

Roles involve assessing patients for CHC, holding a caseload, and reviewing patients, as necessary.
- The post holder will be responsible for undertaking Specialist Health Needs assessments for individuals who are undergoing assessment for, or who are already eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care.
- The post holder will be required to work with the individual and/or their representative, and to liaise with private providers, partner organisations, along with other health and social care professionals to ensure that all assessments are person centred.
- The post holder will be required to work flexibly to support the Individualised Commissioning team by participating in the 'Duty' rota, supporting with any urgent referrals or any safeguarding investigations.

Greater Manchester Integrated Care is a fully authorised ICB responsible for the full range of ICB statutory duties and powers. Each Place Based Team within NHS GM aims is to improve the health of the people and reduce health inequalities through strong, clinically led commissioning of high-quality healthcare services.

The GM Integrated Care Partnership are helping organisations work better together with people and communities. We want people across all our boroughs to stay well, whatever their age, and whatever issues or conditions they might be managing. We’re bringing together all the different organisations that support people’s health and social care, so that services can join up and act faster when people need support.

This new NHS organisation, overseen by a Board, is in charge of the NHS money and making sure services are in place to put plans into action. Made up of representatives from the NHS and the local council. The partnership operates at three levels: neighbourhood, locality and Greater Manchester and has a single vision and strategy. Hospitals, GPs, community services, voluntary services and others have come together to form ‘provider collaboratives’ within all 3 levels, helping to join care and help people live well across our ten boroughs.

The role sits in the Continuing Healthcare & Individualised Commissioning team which is part of a wider Directorate led by the Associate Director of Nursing, Quality and Safeguarding.

The post holder will be responsible for undertaking Specialist Health Needs assessments for individuals who are undergoing assessment for, or who are already eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care. The assessments may take place in an individual's own home, residential placements, or hospital environments.