Clinical Care Coordinator | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Farington Moss; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Triage Clinical Care Co-ordinator to join their Care Connexions team. The role involves providing critical support to individuals in health or social care crises within their homes. Candidates should have experience in health and social care settings and an understanding of hospital avoidance services. The position offers a 37.5-hour work week with flexible options available. The application closes on November 11, 2025.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience working across Health and Social care settings.
• Understanding of hospital avoidance services.

Responsibilities

• Support the triage processes and clinical oversight for Care Connexions.
• Ensure seamless co-ordination of services.
• Facilitate access to hospital avoidance services.

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Support the triage processes and allocation and co-ordination of the clinical response for Care Connexions.
• Provide clinical oversight and support to the triage practitioners, helping them triage appropriately and safely and ensuring seamless co-ordination of services.
• Support timely access to hospital avoidance services including 2 hour Urgent Community Response, Virtual Wards, Home First Service and 3rd sector services.
• Have experience working across Health and Social care settings with an understanding of hospital avoidance services to ensure the right services are deployed to best support the needs of the patient.

Working Hours

37.5 hours over a 7-day working week, covering 8am-8pm.

About the Trust

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.

Flexible working

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.

Application information

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

This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Nov 2025.