Job summary
To address
the ever-increasing demand for primary care services there is a wide
recognition of the need for improved co-ordination of care needs for
individuals who are considered vulnerable & where safeguarding concerns may
exist.
An exciting opportunity has
arisen at Selby Town Primary Care Network (PCN) for an additional Safeguarding
Care Coordinator to join our friendly and dynamic team.
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the role will include:
- Providing comprehensive, effective and high quality administrative support to the relevant Safeguarding Lead at each practice
- Providing and coordinating administrative and secretarial services where required; including, for example, the preparation of agendas and minutes, taking appropriate follow-up action as required.
- Overseeing an electronic filing system for safeguarding issues
- Preparing confidential letters/documents/reports
- Constantly reviewing working practices and suggesting any areas of improvements
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, two Clinical Lead GP's and is managed by
the PCN Operations Manager & HR Lead.
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
Sorting and prioritising all incoming mail
and e-mail that relates to safeguarding or potential safeguarding issues.
Acting as the main safeguarding link for all
practices with regards phone calls/messages
Acting as a point of contact for teams,
dealing and responding effectively with complex queries from stakeholders and
passing on relevant information to appropriate team members sensitively and autonomously.
Deal with any telephone calls for practices
from third parties regarding safeguarding issues.
Ensuring practice safeguarding registers are
accurate & up to date.
Completing safeguarding reports received from
third parties.
Attending safeguarding meetings with relevant
agencies, e.g., social services
Ensuring codes are accurately entered/amended
onto medical records.
Running and collating reports which may
include reports to the PCN Board
Ensuring practices have relevant & up to
date policies in place.
Maintaining effective electronic filing
systems, to ensure that information is kept securely and is accessible to other
members of the team.
To support practices in any Learning Reviews
Acting as an expert Safeguarding resource for
practices
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY
RESPONSIBILTIES
Sorting and prioritising all incoming mail
and e-mail that relates to safeguarding or potential safeguarding issues.
Acting as the main safeguarding link for all
practices with regards phone calls/messages
Acting as a point of contact for teams,
dealing and responding effectively with complex queries from stakeholders and
passing on relevant information to appropriate team members sensitively and autonomously.
Deal with any telephone calls for practices
from third parties regarding safeguarding issues.
Ensuring practice safeguarding registers are
accurate & up to date.
Completing safeguarding reports received from
third parties.
Attending safeguarding meetings with relevant
agencies, e.g., social services
Ensuring codes are accurately entered/amended
onto medical records.
Running and collating reports which may
include reports to the PCN Board
Ensuring practices have relevant & up to
date policies in place.
Maintaining effective electronic filing
systems, to ensure that information is kept securely and is accessible to other
members of the team.
To support practices in any Learning Reviews
Acting as an expert Safeguarding resource for
practices
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
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.
