Description
The Clinical Lead Continuing Healthcare role involves leading a team of assessors, providing leadership and operational management to ensure best clinical practice and standards are maintained. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring assessment outcomes, implementing Personal Health Budgets, providing training and support to healthcare professionals, and promoting effective partnership working across healthcare, acute services, and social care.
The Continuing Healthcare service provides comprehensive and ongoing healthcare and support to individuals with complex, long-term health needs. The service undertakes assessments, care planning, brokering care, monitoring and review of care packages, and quality assurance of care providers.
Key responsibilities include:
- Monitoring assessment outcomes to ensure quality, consistency, and best practice
- Leading the implementation of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), providing specialist advice and guidance
- Providing training and support to healthcare professionals on CHC, FNC, PHBs, and relevant specialist areas
- Ensuring Continuing Care and Funded Nursing Care patients receive timely reviews and that care packages remain appropriate and cost-effective
- Supporting the appeals process, including investigating complex cases and responding to patient and family queries
- Promoting effective partnership working across healthcare, acute services, and social care
- Ensuring safeguarding concerns are identified and managed appropriately
- Managing and investigating complaints effectively
- Leading HR responsibilities, including recruitment, policy implementation, and performance management
- Promoting equality and working to reduce inequalities in access and outcomes for residents across North West London
The role requires a current clinical registration, a Master's degree or equivalent level combination of post-graduate study and further training and experience, and significant experience leading and managing clinical teams.