Band 4 Care Navigator

3 weeks ago


Leicester, United Kingdom Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Full time

Job Overview

The Care Navigator role is specifically to improve health outcomes for adults with a Learning Disability and/or Autism and their families. The Care Navigator is a member of the Administrative team supporting the Learning Disability Community Teams. This involves working closely with all staff/professionals in the Learning Disability Service, Voluntary and Local Authority Services.

The Care Navigator Team will support with promoting the Learning Disability and Autism Services at stakeholder events across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

You must have access to your own transport or suitable alternative. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role.

This post is a 12-month fixed term contracts or secondment. Approval from your current line manager is required prior to applying for secondment.

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

We are proud of our Community Learning Disability Teams and the positive impact they have in supporting our patients and making a difference to their everyday lives.

We have a great opportunity for a Care Navigator to work within the Learning Disability and Autism Service.

The Care Navigator role is specifically;

  • To improve outcomes for adults with a learning disability and their carers.
  • Will involve working closely with the key stakeholders to co-ordinate and administer the processes of multidisciplinary teams within a defined geographical area.
  • Seeking out cases where healthcare arrangements have become unnecessarily complicated, reduce complications, improve coordination, and actively engage all relevant parties.
  • The Care Navigator will focus on health needs specifically relating to the person when they have additional needs or may have social care involvement.
  • To collate service user feed back during and following discharge from care.
  • To collate and report regular data information, support audits and attend the Patient Tracking List meetings
  • Proactively use electronic record systems to identify services involved and liaison with relevant professionals to provide timely joined up information to support service users and families
  • - The Care Navigator will arrange and facilitate where appropriate multi agency discussions (internal and external to the organisation)

We may close the advert early, if we receive sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.


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