Job summary
An exciting new opportunity has arisen at Selby Town Primary Care
Network (PCN) for a Children & Young Persons
Neurodiversity
Care Coordinator to join our friendly and dynamic Learning
Disabilities & Neurodiversity team.
The
aim of this role is to improve the patient experience from pre diagnosis to
post diagnosis and throughout their neurodiversity journey. It will encompass
children and young people between the ages of 5 and 21 years of age who have or
are awaiting a diagnosis of a neurodiverse condition such as Autism and ADHD.
Pivotal to
this role is ensuring patients are identified, discussed & treated to evidence-based
standards in accordance with agreed care plans. In particular, it will raise
the proactive input from Primary Care at all stages & provide a clear &
accessible point of contact for guidance, support & navigation. This
project will be fully integrated into local service delivery, encompassing the
contributions from health, social care & voluntary agencies. An
integral part of the role will also be working with families/carers to ensure
they are informed, understood, and supported.
Main duties of the job
KEY
RESPONSIBILTIES
- Data gathering & organization
- Develop & reviewing care plans to include
- Develop
communications & effective reporting to include
Specific details can be found on the attached job description.
About us
The
award-winning Selby Town PCN consists
of four practices with a combined population of approximately 50,000 patients,
covering the large geographical area surrounding Selby and Escrick.
This is a post supporting patients & staff across the four practices
in the PCN: Beech
Tree Surgery, Escrick Surgery, Posterngate Surgery and Scott Road Medical
Centre.
The PCN has a Clinical Director, a Clinical Lead GP and is managed by
the PCN Operations Manager. We work in increasingly collaborative partnerships
across a number of workstreams, which include important priority areas of
mental health, frailty, urgent care and health inequity.
Our team consists of a
diverse multi-professional workforce which includes pharmacists, MSK
practitioners, physician associates, mental health workers, care coordinators,
social prescribing link workers, a frailty therapy team, an urgent care
coordinator, a business intelligence analyst/digital lead, a transformational
lead and an urgent care team of health care professionals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY
RESPONSIBILTIES
1.
Data gathering & organization:
-
Developing
an understanding of our coding of neurodiverse conditions using clinical
templates
-
Identifying
missed recordings of diagnosis due to coding errors.
-
Developing
and maintaining a register of patients with specific neurodiverse conditions
-
Monitoring systems that
inform GPs about secondary care episodes, outpatient/inpatient & Emergency
Department attendances, as well as Out of Hours activity.
2. Develop & reviewing care plans to include:
-
Being
involved in the introduction of & changes to care plans
-
Ensuring care plans &
advanced care plans are up to date & shared with the relevant people.
-
Ensuring that all patients
are discussed & outcomes are recorded & reviewed.
- Collaborating with staff teams
to ensure any planned or recommended treatment occurs in a dependable &
timely manner acting as a single point of contact.
- Informing the Lead Clinician
of any delays in assessment or delivery of care needs. Identify where plans or
recommendations are not achieved & undertake process mapping to identify
any bottlenecks.
3.
Develop
communications & effective reporting to include:
-
Negotiating with all
involved in care issues to establish & promote good working relationships &
improve the coordination of the patient journey.
- Establishing effective
communication networks with clinicians & other team members & ensuring
the continuation of effective communication. Developing close working
relationships with the existing Care Coordinators & Wellbeing Link Workers
-
Recognising peoples needs for alternative methods of
communication & respond accordingly.
-
Preparing reports on behalf
of Clinical Leads for peer review activities.
-
Updating & maintaining a
Directory of Services in real time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY
RESPONSIBILTIES
1.
Data gathering & organization:
-
Developing
an understanding of our coding of neurodiverse conditions using clinical
templates
-
Identifying
missed recordings of diagnosis due to coding errors.
-
Developing
and maintaining a register of patients with specific neurodiverse conditions
-
Monitoring systems that
inform GPs about secondary care episodes, outpatient/inpatient & Emergency
Department attendances, as well as Out of Hours activity.
2. Develop & reviewing care plans to include:
-
Being
involved in the introduction of & changes to care plans
-
Ensuring care plans &
advanced care plans are up to date & shared with the relevant people.
-
Ensuring that all patients
are discussed & outcomes are recorded & reviewed.
- Collaborating with staff teams
to ensure any planned or recommended treatment occurs in a dependable &
timely manner acting as a single point of contact.
- Informing the Lead Clinician
of any delays in assessment or delivery of care needs. Identify where plans or
recommendations are not achieved & undertake process mapping to identify
any bottlenecks.
3.
Develop
communications & effective reporting to include:
-
Negotiating with all
involved in care issues to establish & promote good working relationships &
improve the coordination of the patient journey.
- Establishing effective
communication networks with clinicians & other team members & ensuring
the continuation of effective communication. Developing close working
relationships with the existing Care Coordinators & Wellbeing Link Workers
-
Recognising peoples needs for alternative methods of
communication & respond accordingly.
-
Preparing reports on behalf
of Clinical Leads for peer review activities.
-
Updating & maintaining a
Directory of Services in real time.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- See attached person specification
Desirable
- See attached person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- See attached person specification
Desirable
- See attached person specification
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- See attached person specification
Desirable
- See attached person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- See attached person specification
Desirable
- See attached person specification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
