Care Co-ordinator | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Belper, Derbyshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Come and join our team! The role of the Care Co-ordinator is pivotal within primary care as the interface between service users, carers, primary care, secondary care, community care, social care, mental health, out of hours and voluntary organisations.
The Care Co-ordinators provide an administrative, non clinical role, and applications are welcome from an experienced care co-ordinator.
We are looking for excellent communicators who have the energy, enthusiasm and motivation to improve people’s lives.
The Care Co-ordinator will be part of the Belper Integrated Community team and based within Whitemoor Medical Centre .
The Care Co-ordinator is a pivotal role within the Team and will be the interface between service users, carers, primary care, secondary care, community care, social care, mental health, out of hours and voluntary organisations.
To maintain IT-based information systems and take responsibility for the production of relevant performance data.
The Care Co-ordinator will contribute to tackling inequalities in health and social care particularly regarding individuals with long-term conditions. An ethos of promotion of independence and partnership-working is integral to this post.
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.
During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.
As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa’s and Immigration.
After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (
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You will:
Be proactive in identifying patients through admissions and discharge data
Be proactive in supporting the MDT
Liaising with social care, EMAS, Care Co-ordinators, health professionals, local volunteer services and local services.
Follow through with service users and others involved to ensure all services/care arrangements are in place
Manage the meetings process, including taking and distributing minutes of meeting
You will have:
Previous, relevant experience of working in a health or social care profession
A proven record of excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills
Be creative and tenacious in finding solutions to difficult problems
As a DCHS employee it will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those set out in the DCHS Way.
This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Mar 2024
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