A full-time vacancy have arisen with the Complex Care Team for experienced Registered Nurses (RGN, RMN or RNLD) to undertake the role of Complex Care Nurse Assessor, based in Mamhilad, Pontypool.The role will require the post-holders to undertake in-depth expert / specialist nursing assessments of individual residents in nursing homes and hospital sites across the five Locality areas of Gwent, on behalf of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, to ascertain individual's eligibility for Continuing NHS Healthcare (CHC), Discharge to Assess and entitlement to NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC) funding. Consequently, the roles will require the post-holder to facilitate the Multi-disciplinary Team assessment process, and to monitor the individual's changing needs and agreed packages of care within the homes.

Main duties of the job

The post-holders will promote collaborative and inter-agency working across professional and organisational boundaries by providing professional advice, support and guidance to both professional and non-professional colleagues, individual residents and their relatives / representatives.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable, but not essential for this post Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st Level Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Post graduate degree or community Nursing or relevant area of Nursing

Experience

Essential

• experience of undertaking needs based assessments

Desirable

• Leading MDT's

knowledge and skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritorise workload of self and others

Desirable

• Demonstrable Knowledge of de-escalation techniques and Managing Challenging Behaviours

Employer details

Employer name

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Address

Cwmbran House,

Mamhilad Park Estate

Pontypool

NP4 0YP

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040-NMR613-0923