Care co-ordinator inStourbridge inStourbridge PUBLISHED 11 MAY 2024

Experience working with co-ordination and addressing health inequalities.
Job summary

Care co-ordinators help to co-ordinate and navigate care across the health and care system, helping people make the right connections, with the right teams at the right time. They can support people to become more active in their own health and care and are skilled in assessing peoples changing needs. Care co-ordinators are effective in bringing together multidisciplinary teams to support peoples complex health and care needs. They can be an effective intervention in supporting people to stay well particularly those with long term conditions, multiple long-term conditions, and people living with or at risk of frailty.

Kingswinford & Wordsley Primary Care Network is a network of 5 practices with a list size of over 50,000 patients. This role exists to support the delivery of the Kingswinford & Wordsley Primary Care Network agenda. The post will form an integral part of the PCN leadership team working alongside the Practice Managers and the Clinical Director and the PCN board members.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities

1) Working with the senior management team to develop and improve specific PCN services in line with the PCN DES

2) Assist with the management and induction process of other ARRS staff where required

3) Design rotas and a structure around ARRS staff within the PCNs

4) Work closely with the PCN Clinical Director to improve patient services

5) Identify a persons care and support needs, and explore their options to meet

these into a single personalised care in collaboration with the patients primary care team

6) Assist in providing coordination and navigation for elderly people and their carers across health and care services, alongside working closely with social prescribing link workers, occupational therapists, dieticians

About us

PCN based in Kingswinford and Wordsley with a population of just over 50,000 patients. We are a supportive PCN aiming to improve health inequalties

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities

1) Working with the senior management team to develop and improve specific PCN services in line with the PCN DES

2) Assist with the management and induction process of other ARRS staff where required

3) Design rotas and a structure around ARRS staff within the PCNs

4) Work closely with the PCN Clinical Director to improve patient services

5) Identify a persons care and support needs, and explore their options to meet

these into a single personalised care in collaboration with the patients primary care team

6) Assist in providing coordination and navigation for elderly people and their carers across health and care services, alongside working closely with social prescribing link workers, occupational therapists, dieticians

7) Help people to manage their needs by referring onto the wider integrated care team

8) To make patients feel more empowered and actively engaged to maintain independency

9) Be confident to run searches and use SNOMED codes on EMIS

10) Face to face annual assessment review of patients social, physical and mental health needs.

11) Working and leading PCN cancer champions to improve screening uptake, inclusive of breast, bowel and cervical cancer.

12) Actively seek to reduce health inequalities across its Core Network Practices in line with guidance and the CORE20PLUS5 approach.

13) Referring to other agencies depending on needs

14) Participating in integrated care teams to ensure the co-ordination of care

15) Keep accurate time sheets and other data on the service

16) Ensure observance and adherence to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

17) Work to the agreed standards, policies and procedures and protocols of the Practices and PCN and be fully conversant with emergency procedures.

18) To adhere to the principles of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in line with Trust Policy and reporting local procedures.

19) To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent, reliable attendance.

20) Carry out other duties as directed by the line manager and clinical director

Job description
Job responsibilities

Responsibilities

1) Working with the senior management team to develop and improve specific PCN services in line with the PCN DES

2) Assist with the management and induction process of other ARRS staff where required

3) Design rotas and a structure around ARRS staff within the PCNs

4) Work closely with the PCN Clinical Director to improve patient services

5) Identify a persons care and support needs, and explore their options to meet

these into a single personalised care in collaboration with the patients primary care team

6) Assist in providing coordination and navigation for elderly people and their carers across health and care services, alongside working closely with social prescribing link workers, occupational therapists, dieticians

7) Help people to manage their needs by referring onto the wider integrated care team

8) To make patients feel more empowered and actively engaged to maintain independency

9) Be confident to run searches and use SNOMED codes on EMIS

10) Face to face annual assessment review of patients social, physical and mental health needs.

11) Working and leading PCN cancer champions to improve screening uptake, inclusive of breast, bowel and cervical cancer.

12) Actively seek to reduce health inequalities across its Core Network Practices in line with guidance and the CORE20PLUS5 approach.

13) Referring to other agencies depending on needs

14) Participating in integrated care teams to ensure the co-ordination of care

15) Keep accurate time sheets and other data on the service

16) Ensure observance and adherence to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

17) Work to the agreed standards, policies and procedures and protocols of the Practices and PCN and be fully conversant with emergency procedures.

18) To adhere to the principles of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in line with Trust Policy and reporting local procedures.

19) To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent, reliable attendance.

20) Carry out other duties as directed by the line manager and clinical director

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working with co-ordination and addressing health inequalities
Person Specification
Experience

Essential

  • Experience working with co-ordination and addressing health inequalities
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

Kingswinford and Wordsley PCN
Address

Wordsley Green Surgery

Wordsley Green

Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY8 5PD

Employer's website
Job summary

Care co-ordinators help to co-ordinate and navigate care across the health and care system, helping people make the right connections, with the right teams at the right time. They can support people to become more active in their own health and care and are skilled in assessing peoples changing needs. Care co-ordinators are effective in bringing together multidisciplinary teams to support peoples complex health and care needs. They can be an effective intervention in supporting people to stay well particularly those with long term conditions, multiple long-term conditions, and people living with or at risk of frailty.

Kingswinford & Wordsley Primary Care Network is a network of 5 practices with a list size of over 50,000 patients. This role exists to support the delivery of the Kingswinford & Wordsley Primary Care Network agenda. The post will form an integral part of the PCN leadership team working alongside the Practice Managers and the Clinical Director and the PCN board members.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities

1) Working with the senior management team to develop and improve specific PCN services in line with the PCN DES

2) Assist with the management and induction process of other ARRS staff where required

3) Design rotas and a structure around ARRS staff within the PCNs

4) Work closely with the PCN Clinical Director to improve patient services

5) Identify a persons care and support needs, and explore their options to meet

these into a single personalised care in collaboration with the patients primary care team

6) Assist in providing coordination and navigation for elderly people and their carers across health and care services, alongside working closely with social prescribing link workers, occupational therapists, dieticians

About us

PCN based in Kingswinford and Wordsley with a population of just over 50,000 patients. We are a supportive PCN aiming to improve health inequalties

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities

1) Working with the senior management team to develop and improve specific PCN services in line with the PCN DES

2) Assist with the management and induction process of other ARRS staff where required

3) Design rotas and a structure around ARRS staff within the PCNs

4) Work closely with the PCN Clinical Director to improve patient services

5) Identify a persons care and support needs, and explore their options to meet

these into a single personalised care in collaboration with the patients primary care team

6) Assist in providing coordination and navigation for elderly people and their carers across health and care services, alongside working closely with social prescribing link workers, occupational therapists, dieticians

7) Help people to manage their needs by referring onto the wider integrated care team

8) To make patients feel more empowered and actively engaged to maintain independency

9) Be confident to run searches and use SNOMED codes on EMIS

10) Face to face annual assessment review of patients social, physical and mental health needs.

11) Working and leading PCN cancer champions to improve screening uptake, inclusive of breast, bowel and cervical cancer.

12) Actively seek to reduce health inequalities across its Core Network Practices in line with guidance and the CORE20PLUS5 approach.

13) Referring to other agencies depending on needs

14) Participating in integrated care teams to ensure the co-ordination of care

15) Keep accurate time sheets and other data on the service

16) Ensure observance and adherence to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

17) Work to the agreed standards, policies and procedures and protocols of the Practices and PCN and be fully conversant with emergency procedures.

18) To adhere to the principles of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in line with Trust Policy and reporting local procedures.

19) To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent, reliable attendance.

20) Carry out other duties as directed by the line manager and clinical director

Job description
Job responsibilities

Responsibilities

1) Working with the senior management team to develop and improve specific PCN services in line with the PCN DES

2) Assist with the management and induction process of other ARRS staff where required

3) Design rotas and a structure around ARRS staff within the PCNs

4) Work closely with the PCN Clinical Director to improve patient services

5) Identify a persons care and support needs, and explore their options to meet

these into a single personalised care in collaboration with the patients primary care team

6) Assist in providing coordination and navigation for elderly people and their carers across health and care services, alongside working closely with social prescribing link workers, occupational therapists, dieticians

7) Help people to manage their needs by referring onto the wider integrated care team

8) To make patients feel more empowered and actively engaged to maintain independency

9) Be confident to run searches and use SNOMED codes on EMIS

10) Face to face annual assessment review of patients social, physical and mental health needs.

11) Working and leading PCN cancer champions to improve screening uptake, inclusive of breast, bowel and cervical cancer.

12) Actively seek to reduce health inequalities across its Core Network Practices in line with guidance and the CORE20PLUS5 approach.

13) Referring to other agencies depending on needs

14) Participating in integrated care teams to ensure the co-ordination of care

15) Keep accurate time sheets and other data on the service

16) Ensure observance and adherence to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

17) Work to the agreed standards, policies and procedures and protocols of the Practices and PCN and be fully conversant with emergency procedures.

18) To adhere to the principles of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in line with Trust Policy and reporting local procedures.

19) To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent, reliable attendance.

20) Carry out other duties as directed by the line manager and clinical director

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working with co-ordination and addressing health inequalities
Person Specification
Experience

Essential

  • Experience working with co-ordination and addressing health inequalities
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

Kingswinford and Wordsley PCN
Address

Wordsley Green Surgery

Wordsley Green

Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY8 5PD

Employer's website


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