Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Care Coordinator

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Job summary

You'll play an integral part of a single PCN GP Support Team. Working alongside practices and other non-clinical and clinical roles, this team provides additional support and care to patients in an integrated way. On a day-to-day basis you'll be supporting practices across your PCN with a range of activities relating to their patients. This can range from managing patient-related administrative requests through to identifying people who would benefit from greater proactive care, and organising/minuting regular multidisciplinary meetings . Plus, you'll act as a champion for patient choice and empowerment making sure teams across the PCN have access to tools to support patient-centered care.

This is a very exciting time to join primary care and help continuously improve patient care in a borough which has seen as huge health, social and economic impact resulting from the pandemic.

About you

You have excellent IT and communication skills. You're a natural at organising and coordinating many different elements at once. You love to solve problems and take difficult situations in your stride. You take confidentiality seriously and have a common-sense approach, knowing when you need to get support or advice. Although this role is not patient-facing, you're a compassionate person, who genuinely enjoys helping other people.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of the team is as follows:

  • Case Finding and Case Management to support clinicians
  • Using population health intelligence to identify and work with a cohort of patients to access personalised care
  • Managing the call and recall system for various GP targets
  • Supporting efficient vaccination campaigns using IT tools available to you
  • Administrating e-consultations
  • Liaising and working closely with various PCN teams
  • Managing requests relating to patient care
  • Ensuring equity of access
  • Coordinating monthly MDT meetings
  • Building and maintaining great relationship with GPs across the PCN.
  • We are committed to supporting the development of successful candidates, both through training and shadowing teams across the GP Support Team and local GP practices.

About us

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible. Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.

In 2018, we were named'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction'by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.

Infection Control

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

Details

Date posted

20 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£29,460 to £31,909 a year per annum pro rata incl HCAS (Outer)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

779-NA-5744612-GV-Y

Job locations

Multiple sites across Hounslow borough

London

TW3 3EL


Job description

Job responsibilities

***Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification attached for the full outline of the post responsibility.***

Job description

Job responsibilities

***Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification attached for the full outline of the post responsibility.***

Person Specification

Attribute

Essential

  • Experience of working to and implementing local policies and procedures.
  • Experience of developing new systems and processes
  • Significant experience in a coordinating role with multiple stakeholders and/or team members
  • Excellent experience and understanding of IT systems and Microsoft Office programmes (excel, word etc)
  • Diary management experience

Desirable

  • Experience of using NHS database systems
  • Previous NHS or public sector environment experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Higher Education Certificate /BTEC/NVQ4 or equivalent.
  • Excellent written and spoken command of the English language.
  • Understanding of confidentiality.
  • Use of office equipment (fax, photocopier)

Desirable

  • Appropriate secretarial qualification

Skills

Essential

  • IT skills, particularly Windows applications (Word, Excel and Outlook)
  • Ability to draft routine correspondence
  • High level of competence in copy/audio typing - fast and accurate
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Ability to collate data and produce reports
  • Strong responsibility to work autonomously and as part of a dynamic team
Person Specification

Attribute

Essential

  • Experience of working to and implementing local policies and procedures.
  • Experience of developing new systems and processes
  • Significant experience in a coordinating role with multiple stakeholders and/or team members
  • Excellent experience and understanding of IT systems and Microsoft Office programmes (excel, word etc)
  • Diary management experience

Desirable

  • Experience of using NHS database systems
  • Previous NHS or public sector environment experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Higher Education Certificate /BTEC/NVQ4 or equivalent.
  • Excellent written and spoken command of the English language.
  • Understanding of confidentiality.
  • Use of office equipment (fax, photocopier)

Desirable

  • Appropriate secretarial qualification

Skills

Essential

  • IT skills, particularly Windows applications (Word, Excel and Outlook)
  • Ability to draft routine correspondence
  • High level of competence in copy/audio typing - fast and accurate
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Ability to collate data and produce reports
  • Strong responsibility to work autonomously and as part of a dynamic team

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

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Address

Multiple sites across Hounslow borough

London

TW3 3EL


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Address

Multiple sites across Hounslow borough

London

TW3 3EL


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Interim GP Support Service manager

Susan Cook

Susan.cook29@nhs.net

07771985365

Details

Date posted

20 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£29,460 to £31,909 a year per annum pro rata incl HCAS (Outer)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

779-NA-5744612-GV-Y

Job locations

Multiple sites across Hounslow borough

London

TW3 3EL


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