Nurse Assessor | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Company: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The All Age Continuing Care leads with the assessment, case management and oversight of the NHS National Framework for Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and Funded Nursing Care (FNC) across Kent and Medway. Assessing, developing and overseeing personalised care package for those with complex or long-term conditions both in their own homes and in care homes. Our teams work closely with the Local Authority, Primary Care Networks and system partners as part of a multidisciplinary system.
- Assessing people both in care homes and their own homes in accordance with the National Framework
- Assessing a persons care needs, developing a care plan to meet their assessed needs
- Liaising with the Local Authority to ensure all eligibility decisions are framework compliant
- Ensuring out patients are safe and their needs are being met
- Supporting patient and their representatives throughthe CHC, Fast track or FNC assessment process with clear high quality communication skills
- Working collaboratively with the Personal Health Budget team to support a personalised approach to care package development
- Supporting with the training and development of the CHC Framework across Kent and Medway
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.
We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.
We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.
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As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Nov 2026
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
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