Care Co-ordinator - Coventry, United Kingdom - Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance

Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance

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Coventry, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Summary of Responsibilities:

We are looking to recruit to the post of Care Co-ordinator, to work within our Primary Care network multi-disciplinary healthcare team, providing 1:1 personalised support to people who are referred.

This will be an engaging and diverse role, working alongside Social Prescribing Link workers, and collaborating with a wider team of health and Social care professionals.

The role is to deliver a Care Coordinating Service to patients registered in Coventry.

This will involve working with patients to develop relationships to improve their health and wellbeing, utilizing Health and Social care services and opportunities in the community.

This is a varied and interesting role in a developing area and would suit someone who has worked in either the community or health and social care services and would like a new challenge in a diverse working environment, involving a number of stakeholders and can manage their own caseload.

The post empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing by giving time to focus on what matters to me.

The Care Co-ordinator will build trusting relationships with people using a person-centred approach and work within the Personalised Care Team.

*THIS ROLE REQUIRES YOU TO HOLD A DRIVING LICENCE AND HAVE ACCESS TO A VEHICLE PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU MEET THIS CRITERIA*Main Duties & Responsibilities:Liaise with clinicians and patients ensuring well-formed relationships between a wide range of agencies to support the health and wellbeing of patients, including managing a caseload.

Follow a clinicians assessment track patients health and wellbeing needs and find suitable services and other opportunities available in the community.

Liaise with patients to book patients into services provided by the practice as well as in community, signposting/referring where appropriate and what matters to the person.

Some of the typical services referred to are;
Myton Clinics

Carers Trust

Arden Memory Clinic

Palliative services

Adult Social Care

Mental Health and Learning Disability

In addition there may be a need to follow up on patients not engaging with care and linking in with other services such as healthy lifestyles, stop smoking, IAPT services and any others as required

Provide personalized support to patients, their families and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing, live independently, improve their health outcomes and maintain a healthy lifestyle signpost/refer to appropriate appointments with our clinical team or in the community.

Creating Personalised Care and Support plans (PCSPs)

Develop trusting relationships between the organisation and the patient by giving people time and focus on what matters to them;
Attend regular Multi-disciplinary meetings and bring complex patients for discussion and help look for solutions.

Take a holistic approach, based on the patients priorities and the wider determinants of health

Explore and support access to a personal health budget where appropriate

Manage and prioritise their own caseload, whilst working alongside colleagues as part of a Team.

Work collaboratively with all local partners to contribute towards building good relationships and being aware where services are not yet available to meet the needs of the population.

Have a role in educating non-clinical and clinical staff within the Alliance Teaching practices through verbal or written advice or guidance on what other services are available within the community and how and when patients can access them.

Work in partnership with all voluntary and community organisation to maintain a comprehensive database of local resources to support the alliance Teaching practices.

Ensure information on sources of voluntary and community support is always up to date to enable effective and accurate signposting and linking of individuals with services.

Provide simple monthly reports detailing the progress of the service

Maintain excellent record keeping standards and adhere to confidentiality, information sharing protocols and provide monitoring information as required.

Ensure understanding of, and compliance with procedures for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

Implement the principles of Equal Opportunities in every aspect of work and positively promote the principles of the policy amongst colleagues, service users and other members of the community.

Comply with the practices Health and Safety Policy and Data Protection Policy.

Work flexibly as required by the service and to take part in PCN and other organisations meetings and events to promote, support and celebrate the work of the service and the agencies.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£23,350.00-£25,650.00 per year

Schedule: