CHC Nurse

Birmingham

£27/hr

Start date: ASAP

Full Time: Mon - Fri - 36/hrs

Education / Qualifications

* Registered Nurse - degree level or equivalent

Experience & Abilities

* Knowledge of National Framework for NHS Continuing healthcare and Nursing Funded Care (Oct 2018 revised) and associated legislation and guidance

* 3 years post registration experience

* Experience of establishing & maintaining good working relationships

* Experience of imparting unwelcome news to patients and their carers for example regarding their prognosis

Skills and Abilities

* Problem solving skills

* Excellent negotiating skills (to promote change & when dealing with resistance to change)

* Ability to assess patients with complex needs

* Understanding of implications of working across the NHS and the independent sector

* Ability to coordinate case conferences/MDT meetings

Personal Qualities

* Assertive & sensitive to other people's feelings and attitudes - empathic

* Awareness of own development needs

* Commitment to collaborative working

* Need to be a successful team player & enjoys working as part of a team

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.