Job summary
We are looking for three Shift Coordinators to join our friendly
& supportive clinical services team. You will support the smooth running of
GP Care Wakefield on evenings & weekends.
This is a stimulating
opportunity to use your operational expertise to the benefit of the service,
team, Wakefield district patients & practices.
Rate of pay £28,000 pro-rata per annum.
Main duties of the job
You will be working with our fantastic sessional team on evenings & weekends. Your role will be to manage each shift, being the ‘go-to’ person for the team and will support managing challenging situations with on-call managers. You will be perfect for this role if you are patient focused, have strong problem-solving skills and are a great communicator. You will really stand out if you have existing general practice and extended hours experience. You will work two evenings 1800 - 2200 weekdays and one day 08:30 – 1700 at weekends.
About us
Conexus Healthcare is the Confederation for general practice in Wakefield, we have four areas of work.
1. Delivery of high-quality public facing health and care services across the Wakefield District: We develop, manage and deliver health and care services that support the population of the whole Wakefield district
2. Delivery of Training and Consultancy support across the United Kingdom: We design and deliver a range of training courses, development activity and provide advice and guidance that supports general practices and other primary care organisations.
3. Supporting Our Practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs): We support general practices and PCNs across the Wakefield district to be more resilient, sustainable and deliver better patient care and care for the health needs of their populations.
4. Providing a voice and influence for General Practice in the Health and Care System: We provide a forum to develop a unified voice for General Practice and support general practices to cooperate and work collaboratively with the wider health and care sector partners in the district
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document to see a more
detailed job description, along with the standard requirements.
We also reserve the right to
close this job posting early if we receive a high number of applicants.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document to see a more
detailed job description, along with the standard requirements.
We also reserve the right to
close this job posting early if we receive a high number of applicants.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE of A to C, equivalent to 4 or above including Maths, English and ICT or Functional Skills Level 2
- A good level of understanding for writing and speaking Business English
- Willingness to undertake training and learning programmes and apply these within the workplace
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working successfully within the Primary Healthcare sector.
- Experience and competent in using clinical systems.
- Experience of working positively and productively with a range of professional colleagues within a relevant setting.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a General Practice Extended hours setting.
- Experience of supervising teams.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Has a can-do attitude and enjoys developing solutions to problems or issues encountered in day-to-day work.
- Ability to work effectively both as a team member and independently
- Highly organised and methodical with a focus on detail and quality.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure, trouble-shoot, and to effectively balance meeting short- and long-term deadlines
- Recognises when the limits of own competence are exceeded and able to identify how and from whom to seek support.
- Excellent time keeping.
- Polite and professionally focused even when under pressure.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good level of knowledge of clinical service delivery in a primary care setting.
- Knowledge of information governance standards around data security and confidentiality.
- Delivery focused and able to work at pace.
- Able to coordinate and schedule competing priorities for a range of staff and external parties.
- Has a strong commitment to team working and demonstrate excellent interpersonal team working skills.
- Pragmatic and intuitive approach to problem solving.
- Multitasker, able to follow instructions but also show initiative.
- Good communication skills written and verbal.
- Good IT skills with some knowledge of Microsoft programmes, Excel, Word and Outlook.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Primary Care delivery landscape and how it sits within the wider Health Care system.
- Understanding of the regulations that Primary Care operates within including CQC requirements.
Other
Essential
- Independently mobile, able to travel across the Wakefield district
- Able and willing to work evenings and weekends to cover service delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE of A to C, equivalent to 4 or above including Maths, English and ICT or Functional Skills Level 2
- A good level of understanding for writing and speaking Business English
- Willingness to undertake training and learning programmes and apply these within the workplace
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working successfully within the Primary Healthcare sector.
- Experience and competent in using clinical systems.
- Experience of working positively and productively with a range of professional colleagues within a relevant setting.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a General Practice Extended hours setting.
- Experience of supervising teams.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Has a can-do attitude and enjoys developing solutions to problems or issues encountered in day-to-day work.
- Ability to work effectively both as a team member and independently
- Highly organised and methodical with a focus on detail and quality.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure, trouble-shoot, and to effectively balance meeting short- and long-term deadlines
- Recognises when the limits of own competence are exceeded and able to identify how and from whom to seek support.
- Excellent time keeping.
- Polite and professionally focused even when under pressure.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good level of knowledge of clinical service delivery in a primary care setting.
- Knowledge of information governance standards around data security and confidentiality.
- Delivery focused and able to work at pace.
- Able to coordinate and schedule competing priorities for a range of staff and external parties.
- Has a strong commitment to team working and demonstrate excellent interpersonal team working skills.
- Pragmatic and intuitive approach to problem solving.
- Multitasker, able to follow instructions but also show initiative.
- Good communication skills written and verbal.
- Good IT skills with some knowledge of Microsoft programmes, Excel, Word and Outlook.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Primary Care delivery landscape and how it sits within the wider Health Care system.
- Understanding of the regulations that Primary Care operates within including CQC requirements.
Other
Essential
- Independently mobile, able to travel across the Wakefield district
- Able and willing to work evenings and weekends to cover service delivery.
