CYPCC Nurse Assessor

We are Central East ICB, the new organisation entrusted with serving more than 3.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and Hertfordshire.

We are responsible for making sure that the NHS can continue to support our community – now, and in the future. Everything we do will be guided by our core purpose: to do what best serves the population of this area.

We promise to focus on what makes the biggest difference to people’s lives – acting earlier to help prevent illness and detect disease and making it easier for our community to get the health care they need, closer to home, whenever that’s possible.

The Band 6 CYP Continuing Care Assessor is responsible for carrying out high‑quality assessments for children and young people with complex, ongoing health needs, ensuring eligibility decisions are fair, transparent, and aligned with the national Children & Young People’s Continuing Care Framework. The postholder works directly with families and multidisciplinary partners to build a clear, holistic picture of each child’s needs and contribute to safe, person‑centred care planning.

This is an operational clinical role that requires strong assessment skills, sound professional judgement, and the ability to manage sensitive situations with confidence and empathy. The Assessor gathers and interprets evidence, contributes to Decision Support Tools or equivalent frameworks, and produces clear recommendations that support robust and defensible decision‑making. The CYPCC Assessor works closely with health, social care, education, SEND, and safeguarding colleagues, helping ensure assessments are well coordinated and that families receive accurate, timely communication throughout the process.

They manage a defined caseload and escalated complex or high‑risk situations where senior clinical input is required.

We are currently looking for 6 WTE CYPCC Nurse Assessors to work across the Central East area which includes Cambridge and Peterborough, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

• Undertake holistic assessments of children and young people with complex health needs using the national CYP Continuing Care Framework.
• Gather, review, and interpret health, social care, education, and family evidence to support accurate eligibility recommendations.
• Contribute to the development of clear, person‑centred support plans that reflect assessed needs and follow best‑practice standards.
• Manage a defined caseload, ensuring assessments, reviews, and documentation are completed within expected timescales.
• Work closely with families, providing clear, compassionate communication and ensuring they understand the assessment process and outcomes.
• Liaise with MDT partners, including local authority teams, SEND services, education, safeguarding, and health providers, to coordinate evidence and support planning.
• Produce high‑quality, defensible assessment documentation that meets governance, legal, and audit requirements.
• Participate in MDT discussions, case reviews, and decision‑making forums, contributing clinical insight and supporting consistent practice.
• Identify safeguarding concerns or clinical risks and escalated them promptly in line with policy and local procedures.
• Escalate complex, ambiguous, or high‑risk cases to senior colleagues for oversight or additional review.

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people’s differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.

We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role,…