Bank Care Coordinator

Job summary

From 1st July 2020 Procare Community Services are providing adult community nursing services through a partnership venture with The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking a Care Coordinator to support an efficient, effective, and quality adult community nursing service in Guildford and Waverley. You will coordinate and manage referrals into the District Nursing Service, ensuring a safe, effective, and responsive patient focused service. The current post is for bank working across Monday to Sunday between 8 am and 8 pm, a variety of shifts will be available.

Procare offer Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and NHS Pension. Procare are committed to supporting the development of all employees to their full potential and all employees working within the Procare Community Services adult community nursing service will additionally have access to the staff benefits, learning and development opportunities offered by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work without direct supervision to screen, coordinate and managing patient referrals into the District Nursing service, ensuring all referrals are prioritised according to need. In addition, the post holder will provide comprehensive administrative support for the Community Nursing service across Guildford and Waverley to ensure the office processes and procedures are effectively managed. The post holder will need to have administration and coordination skills with relevant level 2 / 3 NVQ or equivalent qualification or experience.

You will be a good communicator, calm and have a professional manner. You will be able to work methodically and independently whilst being a good team player. The post holder will need to be able to use technology to process and manage electronic referrals and ordering systems. You will need to be willing to undertake training and education as relevant and as required of the role.

Procare Community Services are not a UKVI sponsoring organisation, so all candidates are required to have their own independent right to work

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification to understand more about the opportunity this role presents you.

About us

The Procare Chief Operating Officer is a Nurse by background, who has a real passion for all aspects of Community working. Our board is clinically led with a Director of Nursing and GPs who have vast community experience, ensuring that Procare has the expertise and knowledge base needed to develop sustainable integrated services.

With a strong emphasis on high-quality care, patient safety, and a positive patient and carer experience as the core of our strategy, our goal is to ensure excellent care for our local community. We aim to achieve this by creating a supportive and highly skilled workforce, making Procare a great place to work.

We are an innovative, ambitious, friendly, and supportive local team. We take pride in our clinically led and flat management structure, which ensures transparent leadership from all directors. We are in search of an individual with the requisite skills and attributes, someone who is pragmatic and solution-focused, and who desires to be a part of our local Community Nursing Services.