Specialist Health Facilitator

The Specialist Health Facilitator post is based with the Adult CLDT Trafford.

The CLDT is an established team comprising of nurses, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists and psychiatry. The Specialist Health Facilitator will work as part of the multi-disciplinary community support team, and will be expected to work autonomously, managing a defined case load of adult service users with Learning Disabilities and complex health needs.

This post is fixed term for 7 months to cover current post holder.

The post holder will be expected to work across a variety of settings and perform three main functions to meet the health need of Trafford residents such as (but not limited to):
Community Nursing
Health Facilitation
Hospital Liaison at Trafford General Hospital

The post holder will work as a member of the specialist multi-disciplinary team, carrying out assessments and providing effective treatment, care and support to clients who may be experiencing health problems in addition to their learning disability, ensuring those with additional complex needs are enabled to access healthcare to effectively and appropriately meet their needs via the provision of reasonable adjustments.

The post holder will be expected to work autonomously, managing a defined caseload of adult service users with Learning Disabilities and complex health needs, where a high level of clinical expertise is required.

The post holder will work in close collaboration with stakeholders to identify and effectively respond to the health needs of people with learning disabilities in order to improve health outcomes and enhance the experience of healthcare services for service users and their families and carers.

The post holder duties may vary to support the needs of the service.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We have been recognised by the Health Service Journal as one of the top places to work in the health service for the last two years running. CWP also scored the highest in the north west (among mental health, learning disability and community Trusts) for staff “recommending CWP as a place to work” in the NHS Staff Survey 2020.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool - and provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We have been recognised by the Health Service Journal as one of the top places to work in the health service for the last two years running. CWP also scored the highest in the north west (among mental health, learning disability and community Trusts) for staff “recommending CWP as a place to work” in the NHS Staff Survey 2020.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool - and provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.