IAC PHB Nurse/Practitioner

Job summary

Are you a motivated and experienced registered health professional with a passion for personalised care and improving patient outcomes?

Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking two dynamic and enthusiastic Band 6 Senior Individual Assessment and Commissioning (IAC) Personal Health Budget Nurses/Practitioners to join our growing team. We are recruiting for:

• One post covering Merseyside
• One post covering Cheshire

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting individuals to have greater choice and control over how their healthcare needs are met through the effective delivery of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).

Main duties of the job

Working within the Individual Assessment and Commissioning Team, you will collaborate with individuals, families, carers, healthcare professionals and partner organisations to develop innovative, person-centred care solutions. You will provide clinical leadership and expertise in the assessment, implementation and review of Personal Health Budgets, ensuring care plans are safe, effective and aligned to individual health and wellbeing outcomes. Supporting individuals and families to develop personalised care and support plans.

• Assessing clinical needs and reviewing care packages funded through Personal Health Budgets.
• Managing a caseload of PHB recipients.
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, providers and local authority colleagues.
• Providing advice, training and support on Personal Health Budgets across the system.
• Contributing to service development and the expansion of personalised care initiatives.

About us

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside serves a population of over 2.7 million people across nine localities, working with 16 NHS provider organisations, 51 Primary Care Networks, local authorities and voluntary sector partners. We are proud of Cheshire and Merseyside's record of collaborative working and there are countless examples of brilliant care, but there are also examples of variation in service which only serve to exacerbate health inequalities. Our vision is for everyone in Cheshire and Merseyside to have a great start in life and get the support they need to stay healthy and live longer. We will do this by working together, as equal partners, to support seamless, person-centred care and tackle health inequalities by improving the lives of the poorest fastest. Our values are rooted in the NHS Constitution, and we strive to create a compassionate, collaborative and innovative culture where staff can thrive and make a real difference to local communities.