Care Coordinator - Leith Hill Practice, Capel

Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic, hardworking, and motivated individual to join the Dorking PCN team of care coordinators. The post holder will be based at Leith Hill Surgery in Capel and work as a team with the coordinators in our other practices in Dorking and across the Federation.

In this exciting position you will really make a difference for our patients and will take a key role in working with the clinicians in your practice and wider primary / community teams of professionals to ensure patients receive interventions and support as appropriate to their condition. The role will include managing and maintaining a case load of patients with Long Term Conditions, monitoring patient information such as hospital admissions and supporting people by referring or sign posting to appropriate local services. There will be a strong administrative and data function to the role as well as coordination between the practice, patients and carers and other services.

This is a developmental role and the successful candidate will be fully supported in attending the accredited care coordinator education programme and training in supporting the individual needs of the people on your case load.

This role is a part-time job share working 20.5 hours over 3 days a week.

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will need proven administrative and IT skills and have experience of managing a complex and varied workload. You will also ideally have had experience of working in a similar role within healthcare or in the public sector, leisure or voluntary sectors, working with the general public.

In addition, you will need to relish the challenge of working under pressure, as part of a thriving and growing team both within a GP practice and as part of the wider Dorking Healthcare organisation.

Travel between sites may be necessary so whilst not essential, a car driver would be ideal.

About us

DHC is a GP Federation, representing 105,000 patients providing a wide range of quality healthcare services including elective care, Talking Therapies, community healthcare and primary care across Surrey, We are registered with the CQC (Care Quality Commission) and we are an accredited AQP (Any Qualified Provider).

GP practices have been brought together into Primary Care Networks (or PCNs) to offer services in the local community. There are four Primary Care Networks as part of the DHC Federation, Redhill Phoenix PCN, Dorking PCN, South Tandridge PCN and Integrated Care Partnership PCN. The PCNs are critical to the changing NHS and are the focal point of all locally developed planning and service delivery.

DHC has a strong commitment to delivering high quality community-oriented services, and to working in partnership with service users, carers, health and social care agencies and voluntary agencies.

A can-do attitude is a vital asset at DHC and we are looking for like-minded individuals to work with us who share the same approach and work ethic.

Benefits:

DHC offers staff the following benefits:

• Competitive salaries
• Become part of a friendly and professional team
• We provide opportunities for training and development
• We offer membership of the NHS Pension scheme and minimum of 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays