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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse or allied health professional with experience in clinical leadership to join our Funded Care Team within BNSSG ICB. 

This busy and interesting role will give you an opportunity to grow your professional leadership skills in an emerging service. You will join an existing team of clinical leads, providing knowledge, experience and support to a large team of nurses and allied health professionals involved in assessing and reviewing clients with regards to their health needs, welfare and provision of care under the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare.

Our team is based in the heart of Bristol operating a hybrid working model. Staff are required to attend the office base regularly, travel to meet patients in their home environment and our also supported to work from home. Using this hybrid model, we are flexible to meet the needs of both our staff and service, whilst maintaining support to the wider health and social care network. To deliver this service we use a range of technology, so the post holder will be required to be IT literate and able to navigate various software and remote IT platforms. 

The Funded Care Team are supportive, friendly and motivated to succeed; please give us a ring to find out more and begin your journey into something new. For further information please contact: Rebecca Pearson, Rachael Graham or Donna Witchard on 0117 9002626 (Opt 2).

Main duties of the job

The chosen candidate will have a strong ability to review evidence and provide clear rationales for decisions, be able to problem solve and develop these skills in others. They will be confident in managing challenging situations, setting expectations of available options for discharge in line with ICB policies and processes. They will lead a team of staff, maintaining good morale and act as a role model of professionalism, engaging in service development and change management with a positive outlook and determination to achieve agreed objectives.

The job holder will be involved in directing care coordination as well as identifying risk, service improvement and governance issues.  An ability to work collaboratively with other agencies is essential and experience of working in such a manner is desirable. As this role may involve working with clients within other areas of care, such as learning disabilities or mental health, a broad range of knowledge and experience is welcomed, however, training will be tailored to your experience and the needs of the service.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to creating an inclusive organisation that promotes and values diversity. We know from experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger, more creative workplace that helps us to deliver the best services. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of our community; from people of all ages, disabled people, all genders, people from ethnic minority groups, LGBTQ+ people, people with diverse gender identity and expression, people from all religions and beliefs and other diverse characteristics, and we have processes in place to ensure that all applications are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.