Self Management Facilitator

Providing patient care in their own homes and in hospitals.

To work within a delegated caseload with the focus of facilitating behavioral change to promote and optimize self-care.

To communicate information to patients and carers regarding their health needs and associated treatment plans.

To report and take appropriate action regarding any change in patient condition or circumstance and communicate verbal and written information to all relevant integrated care team members.

To contribute to and support the maintaining of service standards and performance through audit and bench-marking, and to encourage colleagues and team members to do also.

To participate, as an individual and as team member, in continuous learning and reflective practice to maintain own knowledge and skills, share good practice with and provide instruction to colleagues to continually improve services.

To continue to promote patient centered care and utilize the shared decision making tools.

To actively contribute to protecting people at risk by assessing and monitoring the care environment and individuals and by following and acting on and within Safeguarding policies and procedures.

Are you passionate about providing the best possible care, empowering patients and delivering complex care in the community and in hospital?

Are you competent and confident in delivering care such as Insulin and medication administration, catheter and wound care, and share an interest in promoting the self care of long term conditions to patients?

Are you able to work in partnership with service users and other stakeholders in their own homes and in hospital to support goals and independence? Are you creative ?

Would you like to opportunity to learn more about:- Behavior Change, Health Coaching, Better Conversations and Motivational Interviewing ? If yes, then this may be the role for you!

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative role, within the Calderdale area, reducing demand, releasing capacity and empowering patients to self-care and promote their independence.

This job allows for innovative thinking and collaboration with other providers to support individuals with a sustainable change that means the most to them.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic staff member with excellent communication skills and a desire to work both as a team and independently.If you are interested in expanding your skills then this may be the role for you?

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that you hold a full UK driving license with access to a vehicle suitable for business use.

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.