Locality Coordinator - Newton Abbot, United Kingdom - Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
3 weeks ago
Description
Our Health and Wellbeing Team is seeking to appoint a Locality Coordinator, based with the Newton Abbot locality.You will be a central co-ordination point for the local multi-disciplinary teams including both health and social care.
You will liaise with health and social care colleagues in the local community, including voluntary sector representatives to try to aid the safe and independent living of complex clients in the community.
- Liaison with health and social care colleagues in the local community including voluntary sector representatives to try to aid the safe and independent living of complex clients in the community
- To support health and social care team colleagues in the utilisation of a range of 'case finding tools. These tools will help identify people at risk of loss of independence, potential risk of unnecessary admission to hospital or longerterm care.
- To be responsible for a highquality customer service function in recording contact information, supporting the initial prioritisation of contacts, subsequent feedback and ongoing liaison with referrers and relevant others.
- To maintain IT based information systems and take a key responsibility for the production of key performance data.
You will be joining a truly multi-disciplinary team which aims to prevent hospital admissions, facilitate safe and effective discharges home and support patients in their own homes.
Our Health and Wellbeing Team is an integrated professional team which includes Co-ordinators, Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers and the voluntary sector.
On a daily basis communicate with colleagues from the Health and social care team and ensure that relevant information is shared between professional to aid management of complex clients in the community
To contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings in relation to current caseloads and implementation of actions required for example organising of home assessment visits, discharges, transport bookings and requesting packages of care
To be able to work in a demanding, pressured and stressful environment with constant interruptions by telephone, colleagues and professional office visitors, all relating to current cases or new enquiries.
Follow up outstanding activities with non-attending team members and feedback on cases where appropriate.
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