Beacon Medical Group

Care Home Co-ordinator (Maternity leave cover)

The closing date is 14 December 2025

Job summary

Are you looking to challenge yourself and provide support and co-ordination to a small, but busy team of dedicated clinicians who provide care for our elderly patients resident in care and nursing homes?

An exciting opportunity has come up for a Care Co-ordinator to work as part of the Beacon Medical Group Care Home Team. This is a fixed-term appointment to provide maternity cover for our current Care Co-ordinator.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision, planning and co-ordinating the day-to-day work of our Care Home Team as well as supporting Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings, rota management, liaison with outside agencies, including care homes, District Nurse Teams, running and compiling reports and other administrative tasks.

Please Note: Ensure that your application is entirely your own original work. Applications found to be generated by artificial intelligence (AI) will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

This is a varied role requiring good administrative, communication, numeracy and literacy skills. This is for 28.5 hours over 5 days.

The main duties of the role are:

Facilitate effective communication between care homes, patients, members of the primary health care team, secondary care and other associated healthcare agencies.

Provide coordination and navigation through relevant pathways, liaising with local support services, professionals, and wider stakeholders.

Organisation and administration of MDT meetings, rota management, meeting planning, minute taking, review of audits and training support.

Support to minimise the demands upon the multidisciplinary team.

Planning and co-ordination of the Care Home Service home/ward rounds, and clinics and tasks. Play an active role in capacity planning and support.

Co-ordination and support of any reports and audits for the service

To support and work closely with the management and Care Home Team providing a comprehensive administrative service.

Ensure administrative and clerical duties within the practice are carried out within the guidelines and policies for the Care Home Service.

Be responsible for improving healthcare outcomes by helping with enhanced services, QOF and IIF work in the practice.

The successful candidate will have a good level of computer literacy with working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel. Ideally, they will be familiar with SystmOne or equivalent.

About us

Beacon Medical Group Practice is a single practice, Primary Care Network (PCN), providing care to 43,000 patients across Plympton and the South Hams. We are a team of Partners, Salaried GPs, Paramedics, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, , Practice and specialist Nurses, HCAs, Phlebotomists, First Contact Physios, Social Prescribers, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Clinical Practitioners and Administrative support staff. Our mission is to give all our patients the right care, at the right time, in the right place. We are a forward thinking partnership always looking for opportunities to improve services for our patients. We have a good reputation for delivering good healthcare, leading at scale and innovating primary care services. This is a really exciting time to be joining us as we diversify our teams, our partnership and services.

If you join our team; you will receive support, opportunities to grow in your role, training, and work with colleagues who care about you.

Details

Date posted

26 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£19,562.40 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1739-25-0033

Job locations

Plympton Health Centre

Mudge Way

Plymouth

PL71AD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description in Supporting Documents

SUMMARY OF ROLE:

Facilitate effective communication between care homes, patients and members of the primary health care team, secondary care and other associated healthcare agencies. Provide coordination and navigation through relevant pathways, liaising with local support services, professionals, and wider stakeholders. Organisation and administration of MDT meetings, , rota management, meeting planning, minute taking, review of audits and training support. Support to minimise the demands upon the multidisciplinary team. Responsible for the planning and co-ordination of the Care Home Service home/ward rounds and clinics and tasks relating to the co-ordination of the Care Home team services, play an active role in capacity planning and support. Co-ordination and support of reports and audits for the service and planning required to complete the service To support and work closely with the management and Care Home Team providing a comprehensive administrative service. Ensure administrative and clerical duties within the practice are carried out within the guidelines and policies for the Care Home Service. Be responsible for improving healthcare outcomes by helping with enhanced services, QOF and IIF work in the practice.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description in Supporting Documents

SUMMARY OF ROLE:

Facilitate effective communication between care homes, patients and members of the primary health care team, secondary care and other associated healthcare agencies. Provide coordination and navigation through relevant pathways, liaising with local support services, professionals, and wider stakeholders. Organisation and administration of MDT meetings, , rota management, meeting planning, minute taking, review of audits and training support. Support to minimise the demands upon the multidisciplinary team. Responsible for the planning and co-ordination of the Care Home Service home/ward rounds and clinics and tasks relating to the co-ordination of the Care Home team services, play an active role in capacity planning and support. Co-ordination and support of reports and audits for the service and planning required to complete the service To support and work closely with the management and Care Home Team providing a comprehensive administrative service. Ensure administrative and clerical duties within the practice are carried out within the guidelines and policies for the Care Home Service. Be responsible for improving healthcare outcomes by helping with enhanced services, QOF and IIF work in the practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of a good general standard of education.
  • Good IT skills.

Desirable

  • NVQ Administration level 3 or equivalent level of experience.
  • RSA level 1.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public.
  • Experience of working in a busy environment.
  • Understanding of different patients and carer groups and needs.
  • Awareness of the importance of safeguarding and procedures.
  • Be aware of confidentiality and data protection when handling sensitive information.
  • Developing productive and effective relationships with all members of the healthcare team.
  • High degree of organisation and an effective time manager.
  • Accurate, attention to detail.
  • Completing audits.
  • Data analysis and reporting.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in within a General Practice environment.
  • Patient/customer service related training/ previous role.
  • Up-to date knowledge of services and health resources in the local area.
  • Knowledge of the GDPR and how this is applied in practice.
  • Good working knowledge and experience of using SystemOne.
  • Strong administration skills.

The Groups Values & other

Essential

  • The candidate must demonstrate an understanding of our values.
  • Full driving licence.
  • Able to travel between sites when required.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of a good general standard of education.
  • Good IT skills.

Desirable

  • NVQ Administration level 3 or equivalent level of experience.
  • RSA level 1.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public.
  • Experience of working in a busy environment.
  • Understanding of different patients and carer groups and needs.
  • Awareness of the importance of safeguarding and procedures.
  • Be aware of confidentiality and data protection when handling sensitive information.
  • Developing productive and effective relationships with all members of the healthcare team.
  • High degree of organisation and an effective time manager.
  • Accurate, attention to detail.
  • Completing audits.
  • Data analysis and reporting.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in within a General Practice environment.
  • Patient/customer service related training/ previous role.
  • Up-to date knowledge of services and health resources in the local area.
  • Knowledge of the GDPR and how this is applied in practice.
  • Good working knowledge and experience of using SystemOne.
  • Strong administration skills.

The Groups Values & other

Essential

  • The candidate must demonstrate an understanding of our values.
  • Full driving licence.
  • Able to travel between sites when required.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Beacon Medical Group

Address

Plympton Health Centre

Mudge Way

Plymouth

PL71AD


Employer's website

https://www.beaconmedicalgroup.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Beacon Medical Group

Address

Plympton Health Centre

Mudge Way

Plymouth

PL71AD


Employer's website

https://www.beaconmedicalgroup.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Iain Mellis

iain.mellis2@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

26 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£19,562.40 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1739-25-0033

Job locations

Plympton Health Centre

Mudge Way

Plymouth

PL71AD


Supporting documents

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