Care Co-Ordinator

The White House Surgery

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Job summary

Do you have a passion for people and helping them to understand their needs to improve their health and their social circumstances?

Becoming a Care Coordinator is a real opportunity to focus on personalised care to help people understand and manage their health to get the right care, at the right time. You will work with patients to understand their needs and then support the ongoing coordination and planning of their care. You will be first point of call for patients in arranging their care needs and finding them the most appropriate service or clinician as required.

The Care Coordinator will ensure patients on their case load receive appropriate interventions to support them to live as independently as possible.

We are looking for a part time role of ideally 24 hours but this can be flexible. (20-30 hours per week.)

Main duties of the job

As a Care Coordinator you will work with all clinical staff as well as wider health and social care colleagues to coordinate care around the person both from an administrative perspective and direct patient contact. You will be hugely involved in our clinical, safeguarding and MDT meetings. Your patient list will include however not limited to, frail elderly, severely mentally ill and patients with learning disabilities.

The role will require someone with a compassionate nature and is confident using IT solutions to support people to manage their health needs. You would need to be dedicated and committed to helping our most vulnerable patients, be able to work as part of a team and be flexible to cover other members of our team should we need you too.

About us

We are friendly 4 partner 3 GPS training GMS practice in Sheffield.

We are a highly motivated practice , looking for like minded enthusiasts to come and join us and deliver high quality healthcare embracing new models of care to a high standard.

Nursing team including 3 Practice Nurses and 2 HCAs

In house Clinical Pharmacist

List size of 7400

IT System 1, AccuRx, Choose and Book

You will be well supported, well trained and have a wonderful friendly team around you. We are open to flexible working and pride ourselves as being able to provide a good work life balance.

Date posted

15 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0067-24-0000

Job locations

1 Fair fax Rise

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S2 1SL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Do you have a passion for people and helping them to understand their needs to improve their health and their social circumstances?

Becoming a Care Coordinator is a real opportunity to focus on personalised care to help people understand and manage their health to get the right care, at the right time. You will work with patients to understand their needs and then support the ongoing coordination and planning of their care. You will be the first port of call for patients in arranging their care needs and finding them the most appropriate service or clinician as required.

The Care Coordinator will ensure patients on their case load receive appropriate interventions to support them to live as independently as possible. This will involve working with individual patients to identify, then facilitate support they would benefit from being delivered by the voluntary sector or other health services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Do you have a passion for people and helping them to understand their needs to improve their health and their social circumstances?

Becoming a Care Coordinator is a real opportunity to focus on personalised care to help people understand and manage their health to get the right care, at the right time. You will work with patients to understand their needs and then support the ongoing coordination and planning of their care. You will be the first port of call for patients in arranging their care needs and finding them the most appropriate service or clinician as required.

The Care Coordinator will ensure patients on their case load receive appropriate interventions to support them to live as independently as possible. This will involve working with individual patients to identify, then facilitate support they would benefit from being delivered by the voluntary sector or other health services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in the public or third sectors. (paid or voluntary)
  • Communication skills Excellent communication skills that allows you to manage multiple sources of information
  • Excellent oral/written communication skills.
  • Excellent time-management skills with the ability to prioritise.
  • Planning skills and ability to work within the practice team
  • Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often challenging timescales.

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working within primary care or the NHS.
  • Knowledge of using System one.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in the public or third sectors. (paid or voluntary)
  • Communication skills Excellent communication skills that allows you to manage multiple sources of information
  • Excellent oral/written communication skills.
  • Excellent time-management skills with the ability to prioritise.
  • Planning skills and ability to work within the practice team
  • Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often challenging timescales.

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working within primary care or the NHS.
  • Knowledge of using System one.

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

The White House Surgery

Address

1 Fair fax Rise

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S2 1SL


Employer's website

https://www.whitehousesurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The White House Surgery

Address

1 Fair fax Rise

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S2 1SL


Employer's website

https://www.whitehousesurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Kate Lamb

kate.lamb9@nhs.net

01142245878

Date posted

15 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0067-24-0000

Job locations

1 Fair fax Rise

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S2 1SL


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