B7 Senior Commissioning Practitioner

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a:

Band 7 - Senior Commissioning Practitioner, to work in the All Age Continuing Care Service in the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB, (Cheshire East based).

Main duties of the job

Do you have the skills and experience to make a difference to service users, then this post may be for you. We are looking to recruit a Band 7 - Commissioning Practitioner within our All Age Continuing Care Service.

The post will provide specialist nursing assessment, procurement, case management and review for adults and young people in transition to adult services presenting with complex long-term care needs, who are eligible or potentially eligible for NHS Continuing Health Care or Funded Nursing Care.

About us

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside IC and the All Age Continuing Care Service is a wonderful organisation to work for and our staff pride themselves on compassion, teamwork, resilience and the quality care it commissions for our service users.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Successful candidates will be able:

• Provide assurance around quality of commissioned care packages, reporting safeguarding concerns in accordance with agreed interagency reporting procedures.
• Carry a case load of the most complex client group, including adults who have experienced an acquired brain injury and /or require medical ventilation or tracheostomy care.
• Ensure safe discharge and transfer of individuals from highly supportive and acute care environments to community placements avoiding out of area placements. To ensure timely and robust ongoing reviews are completed for individuals in caseload including preparation for court of protection and review of deprivation of liberty safeguards.
• Deliver against objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Successful candidates will be able:

• Provide assurance around quality of commissioned care packages, reporting safeguarding concerns in accordance with agreed interagency reporting procedures.
• Carry a case load of the most complex client group, including adults who have experienced an acquired brain injury and /or require medical ventilation or tracheostomy care.
• Ensure safe discharge and transfer of individuals from highly supportive and acute care environments to community placements avoiding out of area placements. To ensure timely and robust ongoing reviews are completed for individuals in caseload including preparation for court of protection and review of deprivation of liberty safeguards.
• Deliver against objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent level of experience in health or social care.
• Current NMC Registration.
• 2 year experience of managing complex cases.
• Management / leadership qualification or experience.
• Evidence of professional development.

Desirable

• Relevant post basic academic / professional qualification at higher degree level or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

• A clear understanding of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing care.
• A clear understanding of The National Framework for children's and young people's continuing care.
• Demonstrable relative experience and knowledge of current key policies and priorities.
• Understanding of service provision for the client group.
• Understanding of deprivation of liberty safeguarding processes.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the current NHS reforms.
• Understanding of the personalisation agenda.

Skills

Essential

• Highly developed communication skills verbal and written.
• Ability to work with and influence all stakeholders locally and regionally.
• Ability to work sensitively with service users and carers in challenging situations.
• Numerical and financial ability to analyse/monitor performance activity and develop business cases where necessary.
• Highly developed organisational skills.
• IT Skills, ability to use Microsoft Office programmes (Word, Outlook).
• Accurate data entry and text processing skills.

Experience

Essential

• Commissioning adults complex care packages.
• The wider integrated health and social care commissioning agenda and awareness of the current priorities.
• Cross sector partnership work. Working with patients and carers. Line management experience.

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent level of experience in health or social care.
• Current NMC Registration.
• 2 year experience of managing complex cases.
• Management / leadership qualification or experience.
• Evidence of professional development.

Desirable

• Relevant post basic academic / professional qualification at higher degree level or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

• A clear understanding of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing care.
• A clear understanding of The National Framework for children's and young people's continuing care.
• Demonstrable relative experience and knowledge of current key policies and priorities.
• Understanding of service provision for the client group.
• Understanding of deprivation of liberty safeguarding processes.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the current NHS reforms.
• Understanding of the personalisation agenda.

Skills

Essential

• Highly developed communication skills verbal and written.
• Ability to work with and influence all stakeholders locally and regionally.
• Ability to work sensitively with service users and carers in challenging situations.
• Numerical and financial ability to analyse/monitor performance activity and develop business cases where necessary.
• Highly developed organisational skills.
• IT Skills, ability to use Microsoft Office programmes (Word, Outlook).
• Accurate data entry and text processing skills.

Experience

Essential

• Commissioning adults complex care packages.
• The wider integrated health and social care commissioning agenda and awareness of the current priorities.
• Cross sector partnership work. Working with patients and carers. Line management experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Address

Cheshire

Macclesfield / Nantwich

CW55RD

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