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WCA Nurse Assessor

Take on a new challenge and further your career as a WCA Functional Specialist!

This is an exciting hybrid working opportunity for Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Paramedics to make the most of their existing clinical knowledge and take on a new role with a leading, multi-national employer with Full time and Part time roles available click apply for full job details

WCA Nurse Assessor

Take on a new challenge and further your career as a WCA Functional Specialist!

This is an exciting hybrid working opportunity for Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Paramedics to make the most of their existing clinical knowledge and take on a new role with a leading, multi-national employer with Full time and Part time roles available click apply for full job details

WCA Nurse Assessor

Take on a new challenge and further your career as a WCA Functional Specialist!

This is an exciting hybrid working opportunity for Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Paramedics to make the most of their existing clinical knowledge and take on a new role with a leading, multi-national employer with Full time and Part time roles available click apply for full job details

WCA Nurse Assessor

Take on a new challenge and further your career as a WCA Functional Specialist!

This is an exciting hybrid working opportunity for Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Paramedics to make the most of their existing clinical knowledge and take on a new role with a leading, multi-national employer with Full time and Part time roles available click apply for full job details

WCA Nurse Assessor

Take on a new challenge and further your career as a WCA Functional Specialist!

This is an exciting hybrid working opportunity for Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Paramedics to make the most of their existing clinical knowledge and take on a new role with a leading, multi-national employer with Full time and Part time roles available click apply for full job details

Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Nurse Assessor - Band 6 (RGN/RMN/RNLD)

Location: Fully Remote

Contract Type: Locum

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Client: Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Essential: Current NMC registration as an RGN, RMN or RNLD, the Right to Work in the UK, and experience in Continuing Healthcare (CHC), community nursing, complex care, mental health, learning disabilities or clinical case management.

Job Summary

We're currently supporting Cheshire and Merseyside ICB in recruiting experienced CHC Nurse Assessors to join its Individual Assessment and Commissioning Team. This role would suit nurses with a background in Continuing Healthcare (CHC), community nursing, mental health, learning disabilities, complex care or clinical case management.

You'll assess care needs, manage a caseload and work with NHS services, local authorities and care providers to help individuals access the right care and support.

Who We're Looking For

You're an experienced nurse who enjoys assessment-based work, managing a caseload and working collaboratively with others to support positive outcomes. You'll be confident making informed clinical decisions and communicating with healthcare professionals, service users and families.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments and reviews.
• Manage a caseload of individuals with complex health needs.
• Review and coordinate packages of care.
• Support NHS-funded Nursing Care and Fast Track pathways.
• Work closely with NHS services, local authorities and care providers.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and documentation.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Current NMC registration as an RGN, RMN or RNLD.
• Right to Work in the UK.
• Experience in Continuing Healthcare (CHC), community nursing, mental health, learning disabilities, complex care or clinical case management.
• Strong assessment and clinical decision-making skills.
• Previous caseload management experience.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Previous NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) experience.
• Knowledge of NHS-funded Nursing Care and Fast Track processes.
• Experience working across health and social care services.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act or Section 117 pathways.
• Experience reviewing or commissioning care packages.

What's in it for You?

• Competitive rates of pay.
• Remote working
• Monday to Friday working pattern.
• Opportunity to work within an NHS Continuing Healthcare service.
• A role focused on assessment, case management and person-centred care

About Medacs Healthcare

At Medacs Healthcare, we've been supporting nurses and healthcare professionals with their careers for more than 35 years. We work with NHS trusts, health boards and healthcare organisations across the UK, helping healthcare professionals find roles that fit their experience, availability and career ambitions.

Our specialist consultants understand the healthcare sector and take the time to get to know you, so we can match you with the right role, not just the next available one.

How to Apply

Apply today with your up-to-date CV.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Please contact (url removed) for more information

Please note - this role is deemed inside IR35

Overview

Our client is a well respected Nationwide Healthcare Provider that focuses on service users in Police Custody. They are looking for 2 Permanent Healthcare Professionals (Ideally from a General Nursing / Custody / Prison / Paramedic background) to work in units in Blackpool, Lancashire. Our client is also looking for Bank Staff to cover these roles which you can also apply for here.

The HCP provides healthcare interventions within police custody suites, assessing and addressing the health needs of detained persons. The role ensures detainees are assessed holistically and safely within a short time frame, including fitness for detention, interview/court, physical and mental health assessment, substance misuse and withdrawal management, minor illness/injury care, forensic sampling, medication support, safeguarding and onward referral.

Accountabilities & Duties

• Provide safe, professional and compassionate healthcare to detained persons in custody suites and the wider force area as directed.
• Assess fitness for detention, interview, charge/release and court attendance, escalating appropriately where risk is identified.
• Complete holistic assessments covering acute illness, injury, mental health, substance misuse, long-term conditions, vulnerability and safeguarding.
• Provide treatment, advice, care planning, medicines support, forensic sampling and onward referral within your scope of practice and protocols.
• Advise custody officers and police staff on healthcare needs, priorities of care, risk and welfare arrangements of detained individuals.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and contemporaneous clinical and forensic records on approved systems.
• Comply with PACE, local protocols, safeguarding requirements, information governance, professional codes and SONAR Cares policies.
• Participate in clinical supervision, CPD, audits, training, and service improvement activities.

Role Boundaries and Support model

The HCP is responsible for autonomous clinical assessment and care and will spend a lot of time working as a lone practitioner. The HCP must escalate clinical risk, safeguarding, uncertainty, system access issues, equipment concerns and staffing pressures promptly to the SHCP/Clinical Lead or agreed escalation route (e.g. during the out of hours period).

HCP Requirements

• Registered Nurse / Paramedic with NMC / HCPC Registration. Degree / Relevant Diploma or Professional Qualification, evidence of CPD.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical field such as urgent/emergency care, primary care, mental health, ambulance, prison, custody, substance misuse or community/acute services.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care autonomously; competent in recognising deterioration, assessing risk and escalating appropriately.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, capacity, equality, clinical risk, medicines safety and professional accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document clearly, use IT systems and communicate complex or sensitive information professionally.
• Calm, resilient, reliable, compassionate, assertive, impartial, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment
• Enhanced DBS, police vetting, eligibility to work in the UK, ability to meet force residency/security requirements, flexible approach to shift work and site cover.

Please do not apply if you do not live in the UK and have no right to work at this time. Our client is an industry leader and we anticipate good quality candidates for these roles. Please contact Tony Team to discuss, or apply through CV Library and we will be in touch.

Overview

Our client is a well respected Nationwide Healthcare Provider that focuses on service users in Police Custody. They are looking for 2 Permanent Healthcare Professionals (Ideally from a General Nursing / Custody / Prison / Paramedic background) to work in units based in Lancaster, Lancashire. Our client is also looking for Bank Staff to cover these roles which you can also apply for here.

The HCP provides healthcare interventions within police custody suites, assessing and addressing the health needs of detained persons. The role ensures detainees are assessed holistically and safely within a short time frame, including fitness for detention, interview/court, physical and mental health assessment, substance misuse and withdrawal management, minor illness/injury care, forensic sampling, medication support, safeguarding and onward referral.

Accountabilities & Duties

• Provide safe, professional and compassionate healthcare to detained persons in custody suites and the wider force area as directed.
• Assess fitness for detention, interview, charge/release and court attendance, escalating appropriately where risk is identified.
• Complete holistic assessments covering acute illness, injury, mental health, substance misuse, long-term conditions, vulnerability and safeguarding.
• Provide treatment, advice, care planning, medicines support, forensic sampling and onward referral within your scope of practice and protocols.
• Advise custody officers and police staff on healthcare needs, priorities of care, risk and welfare arrangements of detained individuals.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and contemporaneous clinical and forensic records on approved systems.
• Comply with PACE, local protocols, safeguarding requirements, information governance, professional codes and SONAR Cares policies.
• Participate in clinical supervision, CPD, audits, training, and service improvement activities.

Role Boundaries and Support model

The HCP is responsible for autonomous clinical assessment and care and will spend a lot of time working as a lone practitioner. The HCP must escalate clinical risk, safeguarding, uncertainty, system access issues, equipment concerns and staffing pressures promptly to the SHCP/Clinical Lead or agreed escalation route (e.g. during the out of hours period).

HCP Requirements

• Registered Nurse / Paramedic with NMC / HCPC Registration. Degree / Relevant Diploma or Professional Qualification, evidence of CPD.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical field such as urgent/emergency care, primary care, mental health, ambulance, prison, custody, substance misuse or community/acute services.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care autonomously; competent in recognising deterioration, assessing risk and escalating appropriately.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, capacity, equality, clinical risk, medicines safety and professional accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document clearly, use IT systems and communicate complex or sensitive information professionally.
• Calm, resilient, reliable, compassionate, assertive, impartial, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment
• Enhanced DBS, police vetting, eligibility to work in the UK, ability to meet force residency/security requirements, flexible approach to shift work and site cover.

Please do not apply if you do not live in the UK and have no right to work at this time. Our client is an industry leader and we anticipate good quality candidates for these roles. Please contact Tony Team to discuss, or apply through CV Library and we will be in touch.

Overview

Our client is a well respected Nationwide Healthcare Provider that focuses on service users in Police Custody. They are looking for 2 Permanent Healthcare Professionals (Ideally from a General Nursing / Custody / Prison / Paramedic background) to work in Blackburn, Lancashire. Our client is also looking for Bank Staff to cover these roles which you can also apply for here.

The HCP provides healthcare interventions within police custody suites, assessing and addressing the health needs of detained persons. The role ensures detainees are assessed holistically and safely within a short time frame, including fitness for detention, interview/court, physical and mental health assessment, substance misuse and withdrawal management, minor illness/injury care, forensic sampling, medication support, safeguarding and onward referral.

Accountabilities & Duties

• Provide safe, professional and compassionate healthcare to detained persons in custody suites and the wider force area as directed.
• Assess fitness for detention, interview, charge/release and court attendance, escalating appropriately where risk is identified.
• Complete holistic assessments covering acute illness, injury, mental health, substance misuse, long-term conditions, vulnerability and safeguarding.
• Provide treatment, advice, care planning, medicines support, forensic sampling and onward referral within your scope of practice and protocols.
• Advise custody officers and police staff on healthcare needs, priorities of care, risk and welfare arrangements of detained individuals.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and contemporaneous clinical and forensic records on approved systems.
• Comply with PACE, local protocols, safeguarding requirements, information governance, professional codes and SONAR Cares policies.
• Participate in clinical supervision, CPD, audits, training, and service improvement activities.

Role Boundaries and Support model

The HCP is responsible for autonomous clinical assessment and care and will spend a lot of time working as a lone practitioner. The HCP must escalate clinical risk, safeguarding, uncertainty, system access issues, equipment concerns and staffing pressures promptly to the SHCP/Clinical Lead or agreed escalation route (e.g. during the out of hours period).

HCP Requirements

• Registered Nurse / Paramedic with NMC / HCPC Registration. Degree / Relevant Diploma or Professional Qualification, evidence of CPD.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical field such as urgent/emergency care, primary care, mental health, ambulance, prison, custody, substance misuse or community/acute services.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care autonomously; competent in recognising deterioration, assessing risk and escalating appropriately.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, capacity, equality, clinical risk, medicines safety and professional accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document clearly, use IT systems and communicate complex or sensitive information professionally.
• Calm, resilient, reliable, compassionate, assertive, impartial, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment
• Enhanced DBS, police vetting, eligibility to work in the UK, ability to meet force residency/security requirements, flexible approach to shift work and site cover.

Please do not apply if you do not live in the UK and have no right to work at this time. Our client is an industry leader and we anticipate good quality candidates for these roles. Please contact Tony Team to discuss, or apply through CV Library and we will be in touch.

Overview

Our client is a well respected Nationwide Healthcare Provider that focuses on service users in Police Custody. They are looking for 2 Permanent Healthcare Professionals (Ideally from a General Nursing / Custody / Prison / Paramedic background) to work in units based in Ketttering, Northamptonshire. This unit is also looking for Bank Staff which you can also apply for here.

The HCP provides healthcare interventions within police custody suites, assessing and addressing the health needs of detained persons. The role ensures detainees are assessed holistically and safely within a short time frame, including fitness for detention, interview/court, physical and mental health assessment, substance misuse and withdrawal management, minor illness/injury care, forensic sampling, medication support, safeguarding and onward referral.

Accountabilities & Duties

• Provide safe, professional and compassionate healthcare to detained persons in custody suites and the wider force area as directed.
• Assess fitness for detention, interview, charge/release and court attendance, escalating appropriately where risk is identified.
• Complete holistic assessments covering acute illness, injury, mental health, substance misuse, long-term conditions, vulnerability and safeguarding.
• Provide treatment, advice, care planning, medicines support, forensic sampling and onward referral within your scope of practice and protocols.
• Advise custody officers and police staff on healthcare needs, priorities of care, risk and welfare arrangements of detained individuals.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and contemporaneous clinical and forensic records on approved systems.
• Comply with PACE, local protocols, safeguarding requirements, information governance, professional codes and SONAR Cares policies.
• Participate in clinical supervision, CPD, audits, training, and service improvement activities.

Role Boundaries and Support model

The HCP is responsible for autonomous clinical assessment and care and will spend a lot of time working as a lone practitioner. The HCP must escalate clinical risk, safeguarding, uncertainty, system access issues, equipment concerns and staffing pressures promptly to the SHCP/Clinical Lead or agreed escalation route (e.g. during the out of hours period).

HCP Requirements

• Registered Nurse / Paramedic with NMC / HCPC Registration. Degree / Relevant Diploma or Professional Qualification, evidence of CPD.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical field such as urgent/emergency care, primary care, mental health, ambulance, prison, custody, substance misuse or community/acute services.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care autonomously; competent in recognising deterioration, assessing risk and escalating appropriately.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, capacity, equality, clinical risk, medicines safety and professional accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document clearly, use IT systems and communicate complex or sensitive information professionally.
• Calm, resilient, reliable, compassionate, assertive, impartial, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment
• Enhanced DBS, police vetting, eligibility to work in the UK, ability to meet force residency/security requirements, flexible approach to shift work and site cover.

Please do not apply if you do not live in the UK and have no right to work at this time. Our client is an industry leader and we anticipate good quality candidates for these roles. Please contact Tony Team to discuss, or apply through CV Library and we will be in touch.