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Trusted Assessor

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£50 000 per annum

Our clieent is looking for someone who can work both autonomously and within a wider team who will be predominantly based (80% of the time) at the Hospital (Chertsey). The role in the main will be from 8AM to 4PM but there will be some flexibility that will be needed to complete the role effectively. The same applies to the working days, whilst it is mostly Monday to Friday, this may not always be the case as the primary role is to assess people who are medically fit for discharge to be admitted in to one of our care homes nearby. The role of a Trusted Assessor is pivotal in reducing delayed transfers of care from acute settings

The main responsibilities:

• Ensuring patient assessments are completed in a 2 to 4 hour time window and their onward destination
arranged and agreed between all relevant parties;
• Negotiating between care home managers and service users to facilitate discharge effectively to the
agreed destination within 24- 48 hours;
• Partnership working with health and social care colleagues to maintain effective patient flow through
the health and social care system;
• Ongoing relationship development with hospital discharge teams and the respective care setting
management teams to raise the profile of the Trusted Assessor Role;
• Development of the Trusted Assessor pathway and according processes;
• Ongoing development of the Trusted Assessor role, identifying ways that current culture, methodology
and processes can be improved;
• Ongoing communications with social care and commissioning colleagues to ensure the agreed block
capacity is utilised in an appropriate and timely fashion, ensuring flow across the system.
• Development of performance reporting, regarding completed assessments, transfers to care homes,
level of care home engagement etc

Benefits:

30 days AL including Bank Holidays
Yearly NMC fee reimbursement
£1000 yearly retention bonus
£350 per annum personal training budget
Qualifications required: NMC pin and NVQ 5

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