Individual Assessment and Commissioning Team Lead

Job summary
We are seeking experienced and motivated registered nurses to join our Individual Assessment & Commissioning (IAC) Service as Band 7 Team Leads.

We have vacancies in:

• Cheshire (East & West Cheshire)
• Mental Health/Learning Disabilities (MH/LD)

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and support a dedicated team responsible for assessing, commissioning and reviewing care for individuals with complex health needs. Working across Continuing Healthcare (CHC), funded nursing care, Section 117 Aftercare and complex commissioning pathways, you will play a key role in ensuring people receive high-quality, personalised care and support.

As a Team Lead, you will provide clinical leadership, manage complex cases, support service development, and work collaboratively with health, social care and provider partners across the system.

Main duties of the job
What we're looking for

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Significant experience of Continuing Healthcare/ Mental Health/Learning Disabilities and/or Complex Case Management
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills
• Experience managing complex assessments, reviews and multi-agency working
• A passion for delivering person-centred care and improving outcomes

What we offer

• Monday to Friday working (9am to 5pm)
• No weekends or bank holiday working
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Supportive and experienced leadership team
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression
• The chance to make a real difference for people with complex care needs across Cheshire and Merseyside

If you are looking for a rewarding leadership role where you can influence care, support your team, and help shape services across our integrated care system, we'd love to hear from you.

About us
Why join us?
At Cheshire & Merseyside ICB, we are committed to supporting our staff to thrive.

You'll benefit from:

• A supportive and inclusive team environment
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression
• A role that supports excellent work-life balance
• Being part of a service that drives innovation and excellence in commissioning
• A culture that values diversity, respect, and collaboration

This is a pivotal role where your work directly contributes to delivering efficient, sustainable, and high-quality care services across the region.

Our commitment
We are proud to be an inclusive employer and are committed to:

• Recruiting based on merit, ability, and potential
• Creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and respected
• Promoting a culture of openness, learning, and continuous improvement

Ready to take the next step?
If you're looking for a role where your clinical expertise can influence care at a system level--and improve outcomes for individuals and communities alike--we'd love to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

• To provide specialist nursing assessment, procurement, case management and review for adults and young people in transition to adult services presenting with complex long-term care needs, who are eligible or potentially eligible for NHS Continuing Health Care or Funded Nursing Care or section 117 aftercare services or Joint Funded.
• To provide assurance around quality of commissioned care packages, reporting safeguarding concerns in accordance with agreed interagency reporting procedures.
• To carry a case load of the most complex client group, including adults who have experienced an acquired brain injury and /or require medical ventilation or tracheotomy care
• Provide case management and review for service users with a mental health need working in partnership with the Local Authorities
• To ensure safe discharge and transfer of individuals from highly supportive and acute care environments to community placements avoiding out of area placements.
• To have an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards; completing relevant documentation for Court as appropriate
• The post holder will deputise for the Deputy Head of Individual Assessment and Commissioning as required.

Qualifications
Essential

• Educated to post-graduate level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Current NMC Registration.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge and expertise of National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing care.
• Understanding of deprivation of liberty safeguarding processes.
• Understanding of the public sector
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills

Experience
Essential

• Experience Completing complex case reviews and reports with recommendations
• Significant experience of mental Health and/or Learning Disability and /or Complex clients experience
• Experience of managing risks and reporting
• Experience of Mental Health and/or Learning disability and/or Complex cases Commissioning
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals. Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders

Skills
Essential

• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.