Job Summary As a Care Co-ordinator, you will work as part of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes team in Darlington, where you will play a lead role in coordinating care planning and support for residents in CQC registered care homes as well as organizing and attending regular meetings of the Multi-disciplinary teams supporting residents in care homes. You will liaise closely with GPs, Practice staff, community nursing staff and other NHS professionals, acting as part of a wider multiagency integrated team. Please note that this is an administrative role. You will be a caring, dedicated, reliable and person-focused individual who enjoys working with a wide range of people. You will have good written and verbal communication skills and strong organisational and time management skills. As this is a new and evolving role, we are looking for highly motivated and proactive applicants with a flexible attitude, keen to work and learn as part of a team, and who will be committed to providing residents and carers with high quality support. Key Working Relationships The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders within and beyond the organisation. Key relationships will include: Care Home Staff Residents and relatives of care home residents GPs and GP practice staff Community Specialist Practitioners Community Nursing Staff Secondary care discharge teams Responsibilities To liaise with care home managers to identify those residents who would benefit from having a review. To organize regular meetings of Multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) supporting each care home and the EHICH clinical team. To ensure all residents receive a comprehensive geriatric assessment To ensure care plans are completed for each resident To foster good communication between care home managers and all members of the MDT To maintain and develop engagement with GPs, practice staff and community care staff. To liaise with multi agencies to coordinate pathways of care for residents To help residents manage their needs, answering their queries and supporting them to access primary care services To ensure residents have good quality information to enable them to make choices about their care To collect data on residents for recognised outcome measures. Ensure residents notes and care plans are updated to reflect any changes