Trusted Assessor

Applications open to Care Home Managers/Deputy Managers with relevant NVQ Qualifications or Registered General Nurses

Do you want to be part of our transformational journey in bringing together Health and Social care services?

The Transfer of Care Hub within ESNEFT has undergone a large amount of changes over the last 18 months in order to adapt to changing demands and improve the discharge process for our patients.

We are passionate about ensuring the people of Colchester and Tendering are supported to maximise their health opportunities and promote a home first ethos within the trust.

We are looking for a Trusted Assessor to join our developing team working within the acute and community hospitals providing a seven-day service. You will be responsible for developing a closer working relationship between care providers and the acute hospital. The role will sit within the Transfer of Care Hub but will be working on behalf of care providers assessing and ensuring patients are appropriate for the relevant service.

You will be required to complete detailed care assessments and should have knowledge of the Health and Social Care Act and NHS Continuing Healthcare process. You should have a clear understanding of the implications and requirements of discharge for care providers and what they are able to provide.

We are looking for experienced staff who are organised, have experience of effective multi-agency working and developing relationships between services.

Demonstrate a high level of expertise with regard to improving process and speed up the discharge of patients to or back to a care home

Provide care homes with assurance around the impartiality of the assessor and assessment.

Facilitate the discharge of patients into a care homes to avoid unnecessary delays and ensure patients go home as quickly as possible

Reduce mis-communication between the hospital and Care Home and build trust

Reduce the need for Care Home practitioners needing to come into the hospital to assess, freeing up time and resources

Help support the discharge planning process with the wards and care homes

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.