Care Purchasing Co-ordinator
Salary: Band: 6, £26,073 - £29,777 p.a, (£13,036 - £14,888 for 18.5 hours)
18.5 hours per week - Monday-Friday 1:15 - 5:00pm.
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city.
Your New Role
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys a busy and varied workload where no two days are the same.
Within this role you will be responsible for arranging packages of care for Adult Social Care clients with care providers when directed. You will be arranging clients care to be provided by a bridging provider if sufficient hours available to facilitate hospital discharge and monitor bridging on a daily basis. Providing a high level of customer service, you will create and send to providers the contract order form and be responsible for the timely and accurate recording of all orders for all care packages commissioned. In addition, you will liaise with Adult Social Care and providers to resolve queries and make amendments to care packages.
What you'll need to succeed
You will have good interpersonal skills and confidence in dealing with and liaising with practitioners and external care providers. With a strong attention to detail and the ability to plan and prioritise your workload, you will be able to work autonomously whilst under pressure and to deadlines. A team player you will have knowledge of the process of raising purchasing orders and supplier invoicing and be competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications.
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
* Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
* A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
* We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
* Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
* Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme.
* Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme.
* Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Application process:
When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is important, or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Closing time/date : 16 October 2024 @ 23:59 pm.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
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