Care Co-ordinator

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. 1. To undertake assessment of individuals and their families/carers accessing the service with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk. 2.
To develop alongside the service user, their care plan. 3. To offer specialist professional assessment and advice where required. 4.
To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. 5. To regularly review risk factors and make changed to the management of them as necessary. 6.
To work using assertive outreach approaches to engage the service user and their families. 7. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust nursing strategy. 8.
To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures. 9. To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate. 10.
To act within the professional code of conduct at all times