Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced Health Care Assistant (or equivalent) to join our Older
Persons Team as a Care Coordinator within the Devizes PCN.
The role would involve managing your own caseload and working in
collaboration with other clinicians in the team to provide support to our housebound
and older community.
Main duties of the job
The care coordinator will play an important role within the PCN, supporting clinicians who work with the housebound frail/elderly
and those with long term conditions. You will assess a patient's active daily living needs, supporting patients and their carers to navigate and access additional support services,whilst helping them to manage their own health and wellbeing. This will involve making referrals to
community services, social prescribing link workers, health and wellbeing
coaches and other health professionals.
The care coordinator will contribute to tackling
inequalities in health and social care in the housebound and older population.
Care coordination can help break the cycle of the inability to cope that may potentially lead to additional health care intervention, hospitalisation and increased social care intervention in the community.
About us
The
Devizes PCN comprises The Lansdowne, Southbroom, St James and
Market Lavington Surgeries; each delivering patient centred care to circa 32,000
residents. By working together in a Network, each Practice is able to offer a
wider range of services, giving patients faster and more efficient access to
the right care and support.
Our
PCN has developed teams of healthcare professionals to support the GPs,
including Physician Associates, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Community
Paramedics, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, an Older Persons Team, as well as
other Health Care Professionals, to provide tailored care for the patients in
our community.
The
Devizes PCN is a progressive organisation with a positive and pro-active team
culture. We strive to ensure that our colleagues feel well supported both
operationally and developmentally. We look forward to hearing from candidates
who will thrive within this environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working with patients, their families and carers, to improve their understanding of their health condition and supporting them in developing personalised care plans.
- Supporting patients to manage their needs and achieve better healthcare outcomes.
- Ensuring patients receive and understand information to help them make choices about their care.
- Working collaboratively with GPs and other primary care professionals to
proactively identify and manage a caseload, which may include patients with
long-term health conditions.
- Referring patients to other allied healthcare professionals as required.
- Maintain records of referrals and interventions
to enable monitoring and evaluation of the service.
- Provide
coordination and navigation for patients and their carers across health and care
services, working closely with social prescribers and other health care
professionals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working with patients, their families and carers, to improve their understanding of their health condition and supporting them in developing personalised care plans.
- Supporting patients to manage their needs and achieve better healthcare outcomes.
- Ensuring patients receive and understand information to help them make choices about their care.
- Working collaboratively with GPs and other primary care professionals to
proactively identify and manage a caseload, which may include patients with
long-term health conditions.
- Referring patients to other allied healthcare professionals as required.
- Maintain records of referrals and interventions
to enable monitoring and evaluation of the service.
- Provide
coordination and navigation for patients and their carers across health and care
services, working closely with social prescribers and other health care
professionals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Literacy and numeracy skills.
- NVQ Level 3 or working towards or equivalent qualification.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in holistic assessment and recognising vital cues.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and the roles and responsibilities within it.
- Experience of working as a Health Care Assistant in a health or social care setting.
Desirable
- Use of primary care information systems (System One/TPP).
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities, individuals, their families and carers.
- Understanding of the needs of older people with disabilities/long-term conditions.
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity.
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Adults.
Desirable
- Knowledge of how the NHS works, including PCNs.
- Knowledge of statutory and non-statutory agencies and when to refer.
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Act.
- Basic knowledge of long-term conditions and the complexities involved: medical, physical, emotional, and social.
Other
Essential
- Clean driving license and own vehicle.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate with patients, their families, carers, community groups, partner agencies and stakeholders.
- Ability to actively listen, empathise and provide personalised support culturally sensitive, supporting people of all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
- Ability to demonstrate accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
- Ability to work under own initiative and organise workload, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Ability to sensitively discuss complex and distressing issues with patients and their families.
- Ability to recognise when somebody needs to be in a more supportive care environment, care home or supported living.
- Ability to liaise with statutory agencies with knowledge and professionalism.
- Ability to recognise the early signs of depression in older people.
- Ability to recognise and work within the limits of competence and seek advice when needed.
- Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative.
- Ability to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence.
- Strong organisational skills, including planning, prioritising, time management and record keeping.
- IT skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Literacy and numeracy skills.
- NVQ Level 3 or working towards or equivalent qualification.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in holistic assessment and recognising vital cues.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and the roles and responsibilities within it.
- Experience of working as a Health Care Assistant in a health or social care setting.
Desirable
- Use of primary care information systems (System One/TPP).
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities, individuals, their families and carers.
- Understanding of the needs of older people with disabilities/long-term conditions.
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity.
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Adults.
Desirable
- Knowledge of how the NHS works, including PCNs.
- Knowledge of statutory and non-statutory agencies and when to refer.
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Act.
- Basic knowledge of long-term conditions and the complexities involved: medical, physical, emotional, and social.
Other
Essential
- Clean driving license and own vehicle.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate with patients, their families, carers, community groups, partner agencies and stakeholders.
- Ability to actively listen, empathise and provide personalised support culturally sensitive, supporting people of all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
- Ability to demonstrate accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
- Ability to work under own initiative and organise workload, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Ability to sensitively discuss complex and distressing issues with patients and their families.
- Ability to recognise when somebody needs to be in a more supportive care environment, care home or supported living.
- Ability to liaise with statutory agencies with knowledge and professionalism.
- Ability to recognise the early signs of depression in older people.
- Ability to recognise and work within the limits of competence and seek advice when needed.
- Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative.
- Ability to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence.
- Strong organisational skills, including planning, prioritising, time management and record keeping.
- IT skills.
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.