LD Specialist Nurse Assessor (Sutton)

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of clients with Learning Disabilities in any setting (i.e. home, acute settings, residential settings) to determine eligibility to receive Fully Funded NHS Continuing Healthcare [CHC] or Funded Nursing Care [FNC]. The post holder will act as senior nurse assessor/co-ordinator of a Multidisciplinary Team to establish eligibility and working with the client and their family, identify a suitable care package. They will ensure the review process of all Funded Nursing Care/Continuing Healthcare is undertaken in accordance with the National Framework Guidance for Continuing Healthcare (revised 2018)., The post holder will ensure that assessments and reviews are carried out in a timely manner according to the local KPIs in order to meet the national performance targets. The post holder will form part of the senior nurse assessor team for the CHC team, ensuring that clients receive high quality care and provide specialist advice regarding Learning Disabilities to the CHC team. The post holder will also lead on ensuring all clients with a Learning Disability who have care delivered through a Personal Health Budget, have appropriate care and support plans in place, and will support in the management of the PHB, resolving issues as they arise.,

• an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
• an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
• to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
• enhance productivity and value for money and;
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.