Community Care Coordinator

Job overview

Barrow-in-Furness Integrated Care Community team are a team of health and care workers, voluntary organisations and wider community assets working together to practice population health.

An opportunity has arisen for a Care Coordinator to join the team.  We are looking for a friendly and proactive new team member to assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidenced based patient care, liaising with the multidisciplinary team within a community setting, supporting our residents to live independently.

As a team we develop and implement comprehensive packages of information, education and support for patients and their carers/relatives, which may include attendance at local public events/health festivals.  The role offers opportunity to develop and maintain an area of clinical expertise.

Based within Barrow with travel across Furness.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the management of a specified group of patients.

In conjunction with the lead clinician, community team and senior nurse specialists develop and implement comprehensive packages of information, education and support for patients and their carers/relatives within the community setting.

Actively look for ways to develop the service. Identify problems which effect planning and delivery of patient care and actively work towards solving them empowering others to make decisions.

Develop and maintain an area of clinical expertise, so providing a clinical resource for the specialty or take a lead in a specific area of designated responsibility within the specialty.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients, carers/relatives and professionals across health and social services.

Organise own time to enhance the well-being of patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/