Group Facilitator/Care Coordinator

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; England; Hybride; GBP 24 000 - 32 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is recruiting a Group Facilitator/Care Coordinator to support the East Northants Frailty Team. The role coordinates and facilitates group sessions to help older adults adopt healthier lifestyle choices and achieve better outcomes.

You will work under the Team Leader (an Occupational Therapist) and GP clinical lead to undertake assessments, develop care plans and support patients to live age well.

Qualifications

• Experience in health care/community settings.
• Experience managing a caseload.
• Experience setting up groups and understanding group dynamics.

Responsabilités

• Coordinate and facilitate group sessions for patients.
• Liaise with GPs and practice teams to identify suitable individuals.
• Undertake core assessments and contribute to care plans.
• Identify opportunities to use technology to support independence.

Connaissances

Healthcare experience

Caseload management

Group facilitation

Communication skills

Description du poste

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Group Facilitator/Care Coordinator

The closing date is 01 November 2026

The Group Facilitator Coordinator role is a new post within the East Northants Frailty Team. The main purpose is to coordinate, facilitate and ensure the group delivery for patients wishing to enhance better lifestyle choices and have better outcomes for the present and future.

You will work under the direction and support of the Team Leader who is a registered Occupational Therapist to undertake all assessments. As well as the direction of the GP clinical lead to enable patients to live and Age Well.

You will continuously develop your skills and abilities as you progress through.

Please ensure to read the job description and person specification document thoroughly to understand the requirements and commitments necessary to undertake and complete the apprenticeship.

Please ensure you have indefinite visa to remain in UK and can apply for UK based obs. This is job does not sponsor employment visas.

Main duties of the job

Description of role:

As a Community Care Coordinator you will need a range of experience, including hands on clinical care in a health setting, as a Health Care Assistant or similar, and be passionate about providing effective support to our older population within the community and in care homes.

Previous experiencing of setting up and organising group and an understanding of group dynamics and how to communicate influence.

A good understanding of services available both within the community and hospital and an interest in frailty.

The ability to develop close working relationships with other health, social care and volunteering partners is an essential aspect of this role.

To build on existing networking opportunities. Liaise with GPs and practice teams to identify persons who are elderly, frail or who have long term health needs and support.

Use provided templates and tools to undertake core assessment elements for inclusion in the care plan.

Identify where technology can be utilised to support continued independence or to aid remote monitoring of health and wellbeing.

Communicate effectively and sensitively and use language appropriate to a patient and carer/relative's condition and level of understanding.

Effectively use all methods of communication and be aware of and manage barriers to communication.

Provide information to patients, their carers and/or relatives on behalf of the team

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Experience

• Has experience of working in health care/community settings
• Has experience of managing a caseload
• Ability to explain experience

Experience of working in/setting up groups

• discusses examples of group work

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.

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust