Care Coordinator for Proactive Care - Tone Valley Primary Care Network
Job summary:
We have an exciting and innovative new opportunity for a Care Co-ordinator working on the Proactive Care (PAC) project for Tone Valley Primary Care Network (PCN). The role involves working with a team of clinicians to enable people to live healthy independent lives and support active self-management and prevention. The candidate will possess excellent communication and organisation skills and have experience in a Health, Social Care or Educational background workplace.
The successful candidate will join our growing PCN workforce and support the delivery of care bringing together all the information about a patient’s identified care and support needs and exploring options to meet these by identifying and signposting to appropriate clinicians. Patient needs will be discussed at MDT meetings with clear plans put into place to support people in our community.
Main duties of the job:
Co-ordinators play an important role within a PCN to proactively identify and work with people to provide coordination and navigation of care and support across health and care services.
They work closely with GPs and practice teams to support patients in the community, acting as a central point of contact to ensure appropriate support is made available to them; supporting them to understand and manage their condition and ensuring their changing needs are addressed. This is achieved by bringing together all the information about a persons identified care and support needs with a clear action plan, based on what matters to the person and their family.
Care coordinators review patient’s needs and help them access the services and support they require to understand and manage their own health and wellbeing, referring to voluntary sector services, mental health services, Village Agent services, social services, social prescribing link workers, health and wellbeing coaches, and other professionals where appropriate.
About us:
Tone Valley PCN consists of 5 like-minded Somerset practices; Lyngford Park Surgery, Taunton Vale Healthcare, Creech Medical Centre, Warwick House Medical Centre, North Curry Health Centre and are responsible for the care of around 36,500 patients.
The successful candidate will be based in a local cluster of General Practices as part of Tone Valley PCN. They will be caring, dedicated, reliable and person-focused and enjoy working with a wide range of people. They will have good written and verbal communication skills and strong organisational and time management skills. They will be highly motivated and proactive with a flexible attitude, keen to work and learn as part of a team and committed to providing patients with high quality support. This role is intended to become an integral part of the PCN practices multidisciplinary teams, working alongside GPs, social prescribing link workers, village agents and health & wellbeing coaches to provide an all-encompassing approach to personalised care and promoting and embedding the personalised care approach across the PCN.
Travelling across all five Practices and sites is a requirement for this role.
Please note that the role of a care coordinator is not a clinical role.
How to Apply
Please apply via NHS Jobs or Indeed
NHS Jobs: https://beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/A3705-26-0001
Indeed: https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=72567880ade932a4&from=shareddesktop_copy
Depending on experience - based on a Band 4 Agenda for Change
Organisation
Tone Valley Primary Care Network
Vacancy Reference
A3705-26-0001
Location
Creech Medical Centre, Hyde Lane, Creech St. Michael, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 5FA
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