Assistant Care Co-ordinator - Huntingdon, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Huntingdon, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are recruiting for a full time (37.5 hours per week) assistant care
- co-ordinator to support care provision and patient flow in our Intermediate Care Service. You will work across the county wide Intermediate Care Service supporting colleagues based in our North teams primarily. You will be able to work flexible shifts patterns within our core service hours of 7am to 10pm, 7 days a week. Shifts in early and late patterns will be required to cover service 7am - 10pm, including weekends and bank holidays

The vision of the service is to provide outstanding, patient focused, community based health care and therapy, optimising peoples potential to achieve their goals by supporting earlier discharge from hospital as part of the discharge to assess model.

The job role is to assist the Care Co-ordinator within the Intermediate Care Service who will supervise and support the post holder to ensure referrals are managed in a timely and safe manner

The job is focused on receiving new referrals into the relevant Intermediate Care Service, and assisting to co-ordinate and organise packages of care delivered by the local Immediate Care Service to support patients living in the community.

To work closely with the relevant Intermediate Care Service's Team Lead and senior therapy staff to promote an multi-disciplinary approach to management of patient care

To work collaboratively with colleagues across the social care, health and the thirdsector to provide patient centred, integrated care

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community.

These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

To communicate several times a day with both external health care professionals and referrers, private care agencies, local authority staff and the service's Care Coordinator in order to seek clarification, and communicate the requirements and arrangements for all patients referred to the local Intermediate Care Service
Identify the need for, and ensure the timely onward transfer for information for referrals who require comprehensive needs assessments by other members of the Intermediate Care Service
Ensure that necessary patient information supporting the monitoring of all intermediate care referrals is recorded in an accurate, consistent and timely manner
Maintain daily data bases of all new, current and patients waiting intermediate care services including the current pathway the patient is on, date of entry to pathway, allocated intermediate care staff, date of review, date of discharge and services required on discharge.
Assist with monitoring the progress of referrals, and ensure any subsequent reviews are initiated and completed
Support the reporting requirements of the service as requested by the care co-ordinator and team leader.
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