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. 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. 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. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Maxine Baron Job title: ICC Development Lead Email address: maxine.baron@mbht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01229 402578 Please feel free to contact Maxine Baron for more information and informal chat.