Job summary
An exciting
opportunity has arisen to recruit an additional Care Coordinator within the South
Peterborough Primary Care Network (SPPCN).
Care
coordinators provide extra time, capacity and expertise to support patients in
preparing
for or in following-up clinical conversations they have with primary care
professionals.
They will work closely with the GPs and other primary care professionals
within the
PCN to identify and manage a caseload of identified patients, making sure that
appropriate
support is made available to them and their careers, and ensuring that their
changing
needs are addressed.
Please find
below a link for further information on the Care Coordinator role
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-2-UJTAPNI
The successful candidates must be available to
work on a full-time basis with flexibility when required to work across the
five sites within the PCN.
Main duties of the job
You will
work closely with the patient and their clinician to co-ordinate patient
healthcare and direct them to the appropriate service to ensure that they get
the most suitable care.
You will:
• Bring
together all of a person’s identified care and support needs, and explore their options to
meet these into a single personalised care and support plan, in line with PCSP best
practice
• Help
people to manage their needs, answering their queries and supporting them to make
appointments
• Support
people to take up education, training and/or employment, and to access
appropriate benefits
where eligible
• Raise
awareness of shared decision making and decision support tools, and assist people to
be more prepared to have a shared decision making conversation
• Ensure
that people have good quality information to help them make choices about their care
• Explore
and assist people to access personal health budgets where appropriate
• Support
the coordination and delivery of Multi Discipline Teams within PCNs
• Support
the management of referrals received through the NHS App to the practice and direct to the appropriate clinician or
professional group
About us
LAKESIDE
HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England.
We are bold, adventurous, ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain
times. We are the largest ‘true’ partnership in the NHS and operate from
various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over
170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough, operating services for 4 Primary Care Networks (PCN) across our
geography. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large
organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today,
focussed on local needs at a PCN level. https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk/
About the PCN
South Peterborough PCN is a large,
forward-thinking Primary Care Network compromising 4 practices across north Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough. We recognise the value that this role can bring to our
practices and our patients and we look forward to growing our PCN team. Our
aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in
general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.
South Peterborough PCN consists of
4 practices Lakeside Yaxley, Lakeside New Queen Street, Old Fletton Surgery
and Wansford Surgery. For more information on primary care network’s please
visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/primary-care-networks/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
Care coordinators provide extra time, capacity and expertise to support patients in preparing for or in following-up clinical conversations they have with primary care professionals. They will work closely with the GPs and other primary care professionals within the PCN to identify and manage a caseload of identified patients, making sure that appropriate support is made available to them and their careers, and ensuring that their changing needs are addressed. They focus delivery of the comprehensive model to reflect local priorities, health inequalities or population health management risk stratification, this will include support digital referral management, for example from the NHS App.
Key responsibilities and tasks
You will:
• Proactively identify and work with a cohort of people to support their personalised care requirements, using the available decision support aids
• Bring together all of a person’s identified care and support needs, and explore their options to meet these into a single personalised care and support plan, in line with PCSP best practice
• Help people to manage their needs, answering their queries and supporting them to make appointments
• Support people to take up training and employment, and to access appropriate benefits where eligible
• Raise awareness of shared decision making and decision support tools, and assist people to be more prepared to have a shared decision making conversation
• Ensure that people have good quality information to help them make choices about their care
• Support people to understand their level of knowledge, skills and confidence (their “Activation” level) when engaging with their health and wellbeing, including through use of the Patient Activation Measure
• Assist people to access self-management education courses, peer support or interventions that support them in their health and wellbeing
• Explore and assist people to access personal health budgets where appropriate
• Provide coordination and navigation for people and their carers across health and care services, alongside working closely with social prescribing link workers, health and wellbeing coaches and other primary care roles
• Support the coordination and delivery of Multi Discipline Teams within PCNs
• Support the management of referrals received through the NHS App to the practice and direct to the appropriate clinician or professional group
Training requirements:
• The Personalised Care Institute will set out what training is available and expected for Care Coordinators.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
Care coordinators provide extra time, capacity and expertise to support patients in preparing for or in following-up clinical conversations they have with primary care professionals. They will work closely with the GPs and other primary care professionals within the PCN to identify and manage a caseload of identified patients, making sure that appropriate support is made available to them and their careers, and ensuring that their changing needs are addressed. They focus delivery of the comprehensive model to reflect local priorities, health inequalities or population health management risk stratification, this will include support digital referral management, for example from the NHS App.
Key responsibilities and tasks
You will:
• Proactively identify and work with a cohort of people to support their personalised care requirements, using the available decision support aids
• Bring together all of a person’s identified care and support needs, and explore their options to meet these into a single personalised care and support plan, in line with PCSP best practice
• Help people to manage their needs, answering their queries and supporting them to make appointments
• Support people to take up training and employment, and to access appropriate benefits where eligible
• Raise awareness of shared decision making and decision support tools, and assist people to be more prepared to have a shared decision making conversation
• Ensure that people have good quality information to help them make choices about their care
• Support people to understand their level of knowledge, skills and confidence (their “Activation” level) when engaging with their health and wellbeing, including through use of the Patient Activation Measure
• Assist people to access self-management education courses, peer support or interventions that support them in their health and wellbeing
• Explore and assist people to access personal health budgets where appropriate
• Provide coordination and navigation for people and their carers across health and care services, alongside working closely with social prescribing link workers, health and wellbeing coaches and other primary care roles
• Support the coordination and delivery of Multi Discipline Teams within PCNs
• Support the management of referrals received through the NHS App to the practice and direct to the appropriate clinician or professional group
Training requirements:
• The Personalised Care Institute will set out what training is available and expected for Care Coordinators.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent and/or relevant basic/first level professional qualification or working towards this.
- Good level of education with GCSE Math and English Grade C or above (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Safeguarding level 3 in Adults & Children & Young People
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent and/or relevant basic/first level professional qualification or working towards this.
- Good level of education with GCSE Math and English Grade C or above (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Safeguarding level 3 in Adults & Children & Young People
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.
