Kendal ICC Care Navigator

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Care Navigator to join the core team of the Kendal Integrated Community Care (ICC) Case Management Team.

As the Care Navigator you will meet with people in their homes to understand their health and social needs. You will coordinate their care, offer advice and organise additional support. As such your role will involve working closely with other teams from both statutory and voluntary organisations.

The team regularly attends external health promotion events and you would be expected to support these.

Main duties of the job

There is a requirement for the post holder to have the Assistant Practitioner role along with excellent communication skills. Computer literacy is also essential, alongside good organisational and time management skills.

The Care Navigator will be based at The Ferguson Centre, Gillingate Centre, Kendal. Travel across the ICC footprint is expected to meet the needs of the local population.

About us

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 health care 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.