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.
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.