Care Coordinator - Aylesbury Central Primary Care Services
Salary: In the range of and up to £22,500-£24,500 WTE dependant on experience
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, will consider part time minimum weekly hours 15- with one Saturday per month
Annual Leave: 33 days inclusive of bank holidays
Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 Support
Interviews: Thursday 14th November 2024.
Main Duties of the Job
This is an exciting opportunity for the right person who wants to work supporting people by coordinating their health and social care services. We are seeking a dynamic individual who embraces change and is forthcoming with innovative ideas to improve patient care. The care coordinator will support the clinical team to proactively identify and work with patients, including the frail/elderly and those with long-term conditions, to provide proactive, person-centred care planning, helping coordinate care by bringing together the different specialists whose help that individual might need. This might involve a wide range of services, such as hospital care, community care, social care, housing, and the voluntary sector.
This new role has been developed to support the delivery of better outcomes for patients living with multiple long-term conditions, to help them improve the quality of their life, fostering self-care, independence, and patient choice. Supporting them to understand and manage their conditions and ensuring their changing needs are addressed.
In line with support provided to other staff groups, there will be networking and training opportunities across the network to support the development of the care coordinator role within the network and wider primary care in Buckinghamshire.
About Us
FedBucks is a federation of 47 GP practices covering a population of over 485,000 patients across Buckinghamshire. We began in 2016 and now employ around 200 members of staff across our head office sites and our planned and unplanned care services.
As a GP Federation, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the provision of community-based healthcare services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of planned and unplanned healthcare services in Buckinghamshire and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feel safe, supported, communicated with, and respected at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable. Our vision is to provide high quality, seamless healthcare that enables people to lead healthier lives while feeling supported and cared for.
Aylesbury Central Primary Care Network (PCN) is a collaboration of two practices in central Aylesbury, Whitehill Surgery and Berrycroft Community Health Centre, collectively caring for a patient population of 41,000. The successful applicant will be working within a fast-moving PCN looking for innovative ways to meet our patient needs.
Job Responsibilities
1. Provide operational support within the care coordinator workstreams.
2. Act in the patients' best interests, balancing the complex demands of the service.
3. Conduct patient and staff surveys.
4. Provide administrative support for individual workstreams and projects for the PCN.
5. Effectively prioritise workload and exercise initiative and decision-making without direct supervision.
6. Produce documents, briefing papers, reports, and presentations using a range of office software.
7. Undertake specific assigned tasks, project support, or development/change work as needed.
8. Support the PCN senior management team in the running of key systems and procedures.
9. Familiarise with all national and local quality standards for primary care.
10. Familiarity with Direct Enhanced Services and key frameworks.
11. Undertake general administrative duties.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
* Understanding of and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
* Knowledge of policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, information governance, and health and safety.
* Knowledge of how the wider NHS works, including PCNs.
* Knowledge of long-term conditions and the complexities involved (medical, physical, emotional, and social).
Qualifications
* GCSE or above in Maths and English.
* Higher level qualification such as NVQ in adult care Level 3.
* Qualification relevant to health or social care.
Personal Qualities and Attributes
* Ability to actively listen, empathise, and provide personalised support in a non-judgmental way.
* Ability to provide a culturally sensitive service supporting patients from all backgrounds and communities.
* Ability to inspire trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential.
* Effective communication skills with a wide variety of people.
* Ability to identify, assess, and manage risk when working with individuals.
* Willingness to work flexible hours when required to meet work demands.
* Prepared to travel to patients' homes if required.
* Proficient speaker of another language other than English.
Experience
* Experience of working in health, social care, and other support roles in direct contact with people, families, or carers.
* Experience of working in a multi-professional team environment.
* Confident in using email and sound IT knowledge.
* Good written English and excellent record-keeping skills.
* Experience of working in primary care.
* Experience of working as a care coordinator.
* Experience or training in personalised care and support planning.
* Experience of working with elderly or vulnerable people, complying with best practice and relevant legislation.
* Proficient in the use of Emis.
* Experience of working with reports in Emis.
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.
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