Health Squad Advanced Practitioner - Stanley, United Kingdom - County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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Stanley, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of addressing health inequalities across County Durham.

The purpose of the role is work as part of the Health Squad Programme Team in help shape and deliver the new County Durham Health Squad programme.

The post holder will develop and manage and active caseload and deliver interventions, including health checks, with clients.

Health Squad is a new health improvement service which has been commissioned to to support reductions in Health Inequalities linked to the CORE20Plus5 Plus programme supporting people with multiple and complex health and healthcare needs.

The target groups have been identified as people who are homeless, prison leavers / on probation, vulnerable migrants, Gypsy Roma and Traveller communities, people with learning disabilities, people from ethnic minority communities and carers.

The post holder must have excellent communication skills in order to engage and deliver support for vulnerable populations who are not utilising health care services.