Job Title: Care Coordinator
Location: East Fife Salary: £23,100pa
Hours: Full time hours, Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm with flexibility (plus on-call expectations)
This role will require the successful candidate to be able to drive and to cover care calls if required.
Life at Prestige:
People are at the very heart of Prestige, and we want to make life better for them. As a Care Coordinator, you'll grow and develop in an exciting business that puts people at the centre of everything we do.
Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 30 local offices in England and Scotland. Our aim is to lead the care industry by providing high quality, personalised and specialist services to our clients.
Your role at Prestige:
We are looking for a dynamic Care Coordinator with solid planning and rostering experience that is matched to a flexible, enthusiastic and can-do attitude to join our East Fife team.
You will be assisting and supporting your Branch Manager in ensuring that key business and compliance targets are met.
As a leading strategic focus is around sustainable growth, this is an exciting role with plenty of scope to contribute to the success of the business.
We offer a supportive working environment with lots of potential for learning and development and a friendly, agile and flexible working culture.
The role of Care Coordinator is always to promote Prestige Nursing & Care as well as ensuring that the utilisation of nursing and care resources is both maximised and aligned with client requirements within defined quality, compliance and safety standards.
The success of this role will be measured by:
* Member utilisation targets are achieved
* Effective shift rostering including forward planning resulting in all clients having suitably allocated carers
* Identifying business growth opportunities
* Forming strong relationships with the Carers
* Business KPI's met
Responsibilities:
* Ensuring that all client visits are covered on a daily basis.
* Ability to liaise with a variety of healthcare professionals, social workers, and case managers.
* Ensure compliance with all office systems and procedures.
* Take ownership of area and work in collaboration with the other care planners to ensure care is covered.
* Communicate with our frontline colleagues regarding changes relating to client's needs.
* Maintaining great relationships with existing clients and colleagues
* Identify new business opportunities to support growth with the Branch Manager
* Work in cooperation with members of multi-disciplinary health teams so as to maximise opportunities for clients care needs.
* Ensure the effective placement of frontline colleagues to meet client needs
* Prepare ad hoc reports as and when required
* Undertake the on-call rota as per the needs of the business
The role is branch based but may require some travel to other branches/sites to meet the needs of the business.
General Responsibilities:
* Support with the day-to-day responsibilities of the team when required
* Be a champion for internal customer service
* Do any other reasonable things your manager needs you to do
Skills and qualifications we're looking for:
* Confident in promoting the branch
* Self-motivated
* Computer literate
* A passion for managing and driving excellence
* Excellent organisational skills
* Understands target setting and performance
* The role requires a pro-active response to building key relationships
* An eye for detail is essential as is knowledge of current market conditions and trends
* Ability to manage change
* A commitment to equal opportunities and diversity
* Symmetry between personal and organisational values
* Demonstrates the behaviours associated with Prestige Nursing & Care values
What we offer:
* A competitive salary
* 28 days annual leave increasing every year by 1 to the maximum of 33 days over 5 years' service
* An additional day off for your Birthday
* Blue Light Card
* Cycle to Work scheme for our Head Office, Regional and Branch colleagues
* Long Service Awards
* Workplace Pension
* Employee assistance programme (EAP) - confidential phone line and online support and resources available to you and your loved ones 24/7
* A range of Family Friendly Benefits - designed to offer you more support, flexibility, and additional time off when you most need it.
* Annual leave purchase (ALP) scheme
* Supportive working environment with ongoing learning and development opportunities.
* A friendly, agile and flexible working culture
Please note:
In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced DBS/PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice.
Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.
All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.
We reserve the right to close this position early.
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