Skip to main content
Please wait, loading

Job summary

Main area
Care Coordinator
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
331-C18200825
Employer
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barrow ICC - Community NHS Offices
Town
Barrow-in-Furness
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Care Coordinator

NHS AfC: Band 5

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

 


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.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre. 

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. 

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. 

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay. 

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/

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Qualified Nurse or ANP
Desirable criteria
  • Post registration clinical course appropriate to area or willingness to undertake further training relevant to the post

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Disability Confident - two yearsVeteran AwareNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardNHS Pastoral CareStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Maxine Baron
Job title
ICC Development Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01229 402578
Additional information

Please feel free to contact Maxine Baron for more information and informal chat.

Apply online nowAlert me to similar vacancies