Job summary
Job type:30 hours per week over 4 days.
Salary:Based on 30 hours £21,447 £22,965. Full-time equivalent £26,809 £28,706.
Location:The successful candidate will be required to travel between Stratford PCN Practices.Due to the geography and nature of the role a clean UK driving license and full use of car is essential.
Main duties of the job
Stratford Central PCN seek an enthusiastic and proactive Care Coordinator to join their team and deliver care to their patient populations. The Care Coordinator role is a new and evolving role within NHS Primary Care Networks. The post holder will require a flexible approach to work, the role will consist of some focussed project work as well as general core support to the PCN.
The post holder would ideally have good knowledge of community or primary care sector and strong IT skills as the role will be key to practice searches and audits.
If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding position working both directly with patients and also as part of the Health and Wellbeing team, we can offer you a friendly, experienced working environment with excellent support from the Clinical director and the PCN Practices. If you are interested in the Care Coordinator role we would love to hear from you.
About us
SWGP Federation is made up of GP practices from areas including Warwick, Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Kenilworth. We work together to deliver enhanced services for the 300,000 patients we cover, as well as improving working practices for our staff. We are proud to offer high levels of patient care across South Warwickshire. Our purpose is to grow, support and enable Primary Care in South Warwickshire by offering additional services and enabling individual practices to focus more time on delivering patient care.
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- NHS Pension
- Health & Wellbeing support
- Vivup Employee Assistance Programme
- Bike2work Scheme
- Access to the Blue Light card
The Stratford Central PCN consists of the following practices.
Rother House Medical Centre Rother House Medical Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6PP
Bridge House Medical Centre Scholars Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HE
Job description
Job responsibilities
Care Coordinators provide extra time, capacity, and expertise to support patients in preparing for or in following-up clinical conversations they have with primary care professionals. They will support the Clinical directors in coordinating all key activity including improving access to services, providing advice and information and ensuring health and care planning is timely, efficient and patient centered. They will work closely and in partnership with the Social Prescribing Link Workers and support delivery of the comprehensive model of care to reflect local priorities, health inequalities or population health management.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Care Coordinators provide extra time, capacity, and expertise to support patients in preparing for or in following-up clinical conversations they have with primary care professionals. They will support the Clinical directors in coordinating all key activity including improving access to services, providing advice and information and ensuring health and care planning is timely, efficient and patient centered. They will work closely and in partnership with the Social Prescribing Link Workers and support delivery of the comprehensive model of care to reflect local priorities, health inequalities or population health management.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Good experience of IT systems and packages including EMIS Web and Docman 10.
- Experience of data collection and providing monitoring information.
- Experience of supporting people, their families and carers in a related role.
- Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development.
- Meets DBS standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions.
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes.
Desirable
- Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health/health improvement (including unpaid work).
- Experience of supporting people with their mental health.
- Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Good experience of IT systems and packages including EMIS Web and Docman 10.
- Experience of data collection and providing monitoring information.
- Experience of supporting people, their families and carers in a related role.
- Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development.
- Meets DBS standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions.
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes.
Desirable
- Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health/health improvement (including unpaid work).
- Experience of supporting people with their mental health.
- Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
