About this role
Job summary Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 4 Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Care Navigator. This is a new post working across Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge (BHR). The Care Navigator will be responsible for initial contact and triage of adults with a Respiratory diagnosis referred to BHR PR services, ensuring patients who are referred are appropriate for PR. Where patients are not suitable for PR, the care navigator will provide advice and guidance around self-management or signpost/refer to appropriate services. The role will also involve supporting PR across BHR as required.
Main duties of the job Main duties of the job
Contacting and triaging adults with a Respiratory diagnosis who have been referred to BHR PR services, ensuring they are appropriate for PR. Providing advice and guidance around self-management or signposting/referring to appropriate services when patients are not suitable for PR. Supporting PR across BHR as required.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Job description Job responsibilities
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:
We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities. These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,1371 - per annum, pro rata for part time) .
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NVQ level 3 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
Experience Essential
Minimum of 1 year UK experience in healthcare setting at a Band 3 or above Experience of working with and advising people with health problems, disabilities and older people
Desirable
Experience of working in a Respiratory team Experience working in a community team Experience developing person centred plans with clients/patients. Experience of working autonomously
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 details Employer name NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address Porters Avenue Health Centre
Dagenham
Essex
RM8 2EQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)