# Care Navigator

**Company**: Haringey GP Federation
**Location**: London
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £14800.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Care Navigator role is a part-time, fixed-term position supporting a diabetes-periodontal pilot in North Central London. You will contact eligible patients to discuss the pilot, provide clear information, and support informed participation. The pilot aims to test, develop, and evaluate a clinical pathway offering eligible patients with diabetes free dental hygiene care for 12 to 18 months.

Key responsibilities include:

- Contacting eligible patients to discuss the pilot and provide information

- Holding supportive health conversations covering general health, health promotion, and the pilot

- Recruiting suitable patients for onward referral to participating dental practices

- Working as part of neighbourhood teams in Barnet/Haringey to support the pilot's mobilisation and delivery

- Shaping and refining the pilot to improve patient engagement

The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, experience supporting patients or members of the public, and a compassionate approach to delivering person-centred care. Experience within healthcare, dental services, care navigation, or patient engagement is desirable.

The salary for this role is £14,800 per year.

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## Skills

### Required
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Good IT literacy
- Experience maintaining accurate records
- Sound understanding of patient confidentiality

### Nice to have
- Knowledge of oral health promotion or diabetes management
- Experience working with Emis
- Experience of care navigation, patient engagement or outreach work

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