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Frailty Care Coordinator

Beacon Medical

The closing date is 08 October 2024

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Job summary

The Apollo Primary Care Network is in search of a compassionate and committed Frailty Specialist Care Coordinator to join our rapidly expanding team. In this role, the Frailty Care Coordinator will play a crucial administrative role, collaborating with practice's and the broader community care team to ensure that frail patients receive appropriate interventions, aimed at assisting them in maintaining as much independence as possible.

This entails coordinating various clinical and social care services, as well as assisting individual patients in identifying and accessing support services provided by the voluntary sector or healthcare providers.

Main duties of the job

  • Reviewing the Frailty ANP's home visits to try to proactively identify frailty and intervene before crisis.
  • Arrange multidisciplinary teams between Primary & Secondary Care, Hospice and Care Home staff etc to collaborate and optimise patient care.
  • Liaise with the frailty nurses to identify issues and barriers, being the main point of contact.
  • Support discharges from hospital, ultimately creating robust processes and pathways between Primary, Secondary and Community Care.
  • Improve data quality coding of frail and housebound patients in the GP medical system.
  • Liaise with all 4 GP practices within the PCN to assist in standardising patient care.
  • Work closely with the Clinical Leads to ensure smooth working and training between the Care Homes and themselves.
  • Facilitate referrals to healthcare services, being the main point of contact.
  • Help improve patient access to GP's.

About us

Apollo Primary Care Network is a PCN which covers 4 GP surgeries: Beacon Medical, Raj Medical, Core Care Family Practice and Healing Partnership. The network team works closely with each of the constituent practices to provide collaborative services, resolve shared problems and explore shared opportunities. The PCN team includes a dedicated infrastructure of Clinical Directors, Practice Representatives, Operational and Financial Management and Clinical and Non-Clinical Service teams including Clinical Pharmacy, First Contact Physiotherapy, Social Prescribing and Occupational Therapy.

Date posted

08 August 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11.44 an hour Or appropriate national minimum wage for your age category.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A4960-24-0002

Job locations

St Hughs Avenue

Cleethorpes

North East Lincolnshire

DN35 8EB


Job description

Job responsibilities

The Apollo Primary Care Network is in search of a compassionate and committed Frailty Specialist Care Coordinator to join our rapidly expanding team. In this role, the Frailty Care Coordinator will play a crucial administrative role, collaborating with practice's and the broader community care team to ensure that frail patients receive appropriate interventions, aimed at assisting them in maintaining as much independence as possible.

This entails coordinating various clinical and social care services, as well as assisting individual patients in identifying and accessing support services provided by the voluntary sector or healthcare providers.

This is a position for 30 hours per week.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Apollo Primary Care Network is in search of a compassionate and committed Frailty Specialist Care Coordinator to join our rapidly expanding team. In this role, the Frailty Care Coordinator will play a crucial administrative role, collaborating with practice's and the broader community care team to ensure that frail patients receive appropriate interventions, aimed at assisting them in maintaining as much independence as possible.

This entails coordinating various clinical and social care services, as well as assisting individual patients in identifying and accessing support services provided by the voluntary sector or healthcare providers.

This is a position for 30 hours per week.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage effectively with patients, families, and healthcare teams.
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
  • Proficiency in using electronic medical record systems and other relevant software (training available).
  • Compassionate and empathetic approach towards patients and their families.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team with the ability to work under time pressure.
  • Proactive work style, must be able to solve problems autonomously.
  • Must be able to take responsibility for the remit of tasks and progress, unsupported or proactively seek support from the available resources whenever necessary.
  • Manage and prioritise multiple tasks.

Desirable

  • Experience working in primary care/ GP practice.
  • Experience using systmone.
  • An understanding of frailty and the issues involved.
  • Experience in care coordination.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage effectively with patients, families, and healthcare teams.
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
  • Proficiency in using electronic medical record systems and other relevant software (training available).
  • Compassionate and empathetic approach towards patients and their families.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team with the ability to work under time pressure.
  • Proactive work style, must be able to solve problems autonomously.
  • Must be able to take responsibility for the remit of tasks and progress, unsupported or proactively seek support from the available resources whenever necessary.
  • Manage and prioritise multiple tasks.

Desirable

  • Experience working in primary care/ GP practice.
  • Experience using systmone.
  • An understanding of frailty and the issues involved.
  • Experience in care coordination.

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

Beacon Medical

Address

St Hughs Avenue

Cleethorpes

North East Lincolnshire

DN35 8EB


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Beacon Medical

Address

St Hughs Avenue

Cleethorpes

North East Lincolnshire

DN35 8EB


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Olivia Chambers

olivia.chambers@nhs.net

01472691033

Date posted

08 August 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11.44 an hour Or appropriate national minimum wage for your age category.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A4960-24-0002

Job locations

St Hughs Avenue

Cleethorpes

North East Lincolnshire

DN35 8EB


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