Care Co-ordinator

Job summary

Are you a compassionate, organised individual with a passion for making a real difference in peoples lives?

If so this is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our dynamic team of existing Care Co-ordinators, working with the GP Surgeries that form Wakefield North Primary Care Network (PCN)

In this vital role you will support patients by co-ordinating their health and social needs, working to achieve better independence and quality of life

You will be part of our growing multi-disciplinary additional roles team, who all work together to support our GP practices and their patients.The roles currently include care coordinators, clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, paramedics, health and wellbeing coaches, social prescriber, mental health practitioner and a home visiting nursing team.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be part of the GP Surgery team, working independently as well as part of a team to help and support anyone that would benefit from working with a care co-ordinator, such as our frail and elderly or those with a long-term condition, or anyone that would benefit from the support from this exciting and varied role.

The Care Co-ordinator will proactively (not an exhaustive list):

identify and work with a cohort of patients to support their personalised care requirements

consult with patients and family members to bring together all of their identified care needs into a single personalised care and support plan

engage with patients living in care homes

support housebound patients

support patients with long-term conditions and/or work alongside primary care colleagues

make contact with patients diagnosed with cancer to undertake cancer reviews, and support the cancer screening programme

identify patients, and support GP practices, with non-medical interventions with referrals to external agencies/partners

support patients living with Dementia and their carers

perform health checks on patients that are aged 75 and over

support patients who are on the Learning Disability Register

support patients who are informal carers

work with the pharmacy team to undertake frailty reviews with patients who are housebound

About us

Wakefield North PCN consists of six GP practices on the eastern side of Wakefield District (Henry Moore Clinic, Riverside Medical Centre, Tieve Tara Medical Centre, Station Lane Medical Centre, St Thomas Road Surgery and Newland Surgery). We are a friendly and forward-thinking PCN, who support the development of our team members.

Our PCN is committed to improving the care provided to our patients, reducing health inequalities and raising the standards and quality of our general practices. We are always seeking to work collaboratively with community and voluntary services as well as social enterprise organisations to benefit the health and wellbeing of our patients.

Employer details

Employer name

Conexus Healthcare CIC

Address

Station Lane Medical Centre

Station Lane

Featherstone

Pontefract

West Yorkshire

WF76JL

Employer's website

https://conexus-healthcare.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Conexus Healthcare CIC

Address

Station Lane Medical Centre

Station Lane

Featherstone

Pontefract

West Yorkshire

WF76JL

Employer's website

https://conexus-healthcare.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

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