Care Co-ordinator Derby, England
Job description
We are looking to recruit an experienced Care Co-ordinator to work within the Derby City Rapid Response Team, with bases at Florence Nightingale Hospital and Perth House, our Pathway 2a Unit.
The Rapid Response Team includes Nurses, Therapists, care co-ordinators and Support staff who work very closely with Adult Social Care to assess and provide treatment to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and also to support safe and timely discharges from Hospital.
The role of the Care Co-ordinator is pivotal with the Rapid Response Team as it will be the interface between service users, carers, primary care, secondary care, community care, social care, mental health, out of hours and voluntary organisations.
The Care Co-ordinators provide an administrative, non clinical role, and applications are welcome from an experienced care co-ordinator.
We are looking for excellent communicators who have the energy, enthusiasm and motivation to improve people’s lives.
The Care Co-ordinator will be part of the Rapid Response Team with very close link with the wider Derby City Care-Coordinator Team .
The Care Co-ordinator is a pivotal role within the Team and will be the interface between service users, carers, primary care, secondary care, community care, social care, mental health, out of hours and voluntary organisations.
To maintain IT-based information systems and take responsibility for the production of relevant performance data.
The Care Co-ordinator will contribute to tackling inequalities in health and social care particularly regarding individuals with long-term conditions. An ethos of promotion of independence and partnership-working is integral to this post.
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.
During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.
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You will:
- Be proactive in identifying patients through admissions and discharge data
- Be proactive in supporting the MDT
- Liaising with social care, EMAS, Care Co-ordinators, health professionals, local volunteer services and local services.
- Follow through with service users and others involved to ensure all services/care arrangements are in place
- Manage the meetings process, including taking and distributing minutes of meeting
- Previous, relevant experience of working in a health or social care profession
- A proven record of excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Be creative and tenacious in finding solutions to difficult problems
