Self Care Facilitator / Expert Patient Programme Coordinator

The Directorate for Nursing -Patient Experience Team is looking to recruit to the post of Self Care Facilitator/EPP Coordinator. This is anexcellent opportunity for a motivated and dedicated individual to join our well established team to support and deliver the Expert PatientProgramme (EPP) for patients with long term health conditions across the Trust.,

• To facilitate the development of workshops, discussions groups, mind mapping sessions and social events which are aimed at promotingthe aims of the project and development of self-care support provision for people living with long term conditions.
• To ensure that programmes for patients and carers are accessible to all members of the community and are sensitive to diverse culturalneeds.
• To work with Patient Experience/ Involvement colleagues to integrate EPP into mainstream Long Term Conditions agenda.
• To play a key role in ensuring full user (both patient and carer) involvement in their own care by taking on a facilitative or care navigatorrole.
• To facilitate user groups in relation to service delivery and redesign.
• To participate in evaluation and service redesign including running focus group and user satisfaction surveys.
• Organising self-care facilitating courses, including the booking of rooms and refreshments, organising participants transport, orderingmaterials and all contacts with participants.
  
  The post holder will have personal experience of making life adjustments because of a long term condition or caring for someone with long termcondition. Experience of working in an NHS environment would be desirable.
  
  This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).