Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Care Coordinator

The closing date is 01 October 2025

Job summary

Are you calm under pressure and passionate about making a difference in your community?

We are seeking a Triage Clinical Care Co-ordinator to join our Care Connexions team , providing timely support to people experiencing health or social care crises in their own homes.

About the Role:The post holder will support the triage processes and allocation and co-ordination of the clinical response for Care Connexions. You will provide clinical support to the care co-ordinators supporting them triage appropriately and safely and ensuring seamless co-ordination of services. You will support timely access to hospital avoidance services including 2 hr Urgent Community Response, Virtual Wards, Home First Service and 3rd sector

Working Hours:

37.5 Hours over a 7-day working week covering 8am-8pm

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the triage processes and allocation and co-ordination of the clinical response for Care Connexions. They will provide clinical oversight and support to the triage practitioners supporting them triage appropriately and safely and ensuring seamless co-ordination of services. They will support timely access to hospital avoidance services including 2 hr Urgent Community Response, Virtual Wards, Home First Service and 3rd sector services. They will have experience working across Health and Social care settings and an understanding of hospital avoidance services to ensure the right services are deployed to best support the needs of the patient.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Date posted

17 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CEN2313-CL

Job locations

Urgent Community Response Team

Leyland House

Leyland

PR26 6TY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

oAppropriate Professional Registration.
Diploma or Degree in Nursing or Health related subject.
oEvidence of continuing professional education or development in area of speciality

Knowledge

Essential

oSpecialised knowledge in discipline to ensure effective and accurate triage and assessment of patients
oSignificant experience in working in a MDT environment, liaising with multiple service providers ensuring appropriate care provision and planning.
oPost degree learning and experience in relevant area
oEvidence of leadership experience and learning.
oAwareness of recent advances within NHS.

Experience

Essential

oEvidence of continuing development in relevant area
oExperience of community working.
oExperience of working within a team.

Personal Attributes

Essential

oFlexibility to meet the service needs.
oExcellent communication skills.
oHave the ability to work in a non-judgemental manner.
oConscientious and self-motivated.
oHave the ability to work on one's own initiative and to obtain support and advice when needed.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

oAppropriate Professional Registration.
Diploma or Degree in Nursing or Health related subject.
oEvidence of continuing professional education or development in area of speciality

Knowledge

Essential

oSpecialised knowledge in discipline to ensure effective and accurate triage and assessment of patients
oSignificant experience in working in a MDT environment, liaising with multiple service providers ensuring appropriate care provision and planning.
oPost degree learning and experience in relevant area
oEvidence of leadership experience and learning.
oAwareness of recent advances within NHS.

Experience

Essential

oEvidence of continuing development in relevant area
oExperience of community working.
oExperience of working within a team.

Personal Attributes

Essential

oFlexibility to meet the service needs.
oExcellent communication skills.
oHave the ability to work in a non-judgemental manner.
oConscientious and self-motivated.
oHave the ability to work on one's own initiative and to obtain support and advice when needed.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Urgent Community Response Team

Leyland House

Leyland

PR26 6TY

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Urgent Community Response Team

Leyland House

Leyland

PR26 6TY

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)