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Our Health and Wellbeing Team is seeking to appoint a Locality Coordinator, based with the Newton Abbot locality.

You will be a central co-ordination point for the local multi-disciplinary teams including both health and social care.

You will liaise with health and social care colleagues in the local community, including voluntary sector representatives to try to aid the safe and independent living of complex clients in the community.

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• Liaison with health and social care colleagues in the local community including voluntary sector representatives to try to aid the safe and independent living of complex clients in the community
• To support health and social care team colleagues in the utilisation of a range of ‘case finding tools. These tools will help identify people at risk of loss of independence, potential risk of unnecessary admission to hospital or longer-term care.
• To be responsible for a high-quality customer service function in recording contact information, supporting the initial prioritisation of contacts, subsequent feedback and on-going liaison with referrers and relevant others.
• To maintain IT based information systems and take a key responsibility for the production of key performance data.

This post is based within Sherborne House in Newton Abbot.

You will be joining a truly multi-disciplinary team which aims to prevent hospital admissions, facilitate safe and effective discharges home and support patients in their own homes.

Our Health and Wellbeing Team is an integrated professional team which includes Co-ordinators, Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers and the voluntary sector. We work closely with our local General Practitioners.

The team are proactive and have a forward-thinking core that promote a positive and a ‘can do’ attitude. The successful candidate will be dynamic and key in managing patients to remain in their own home.

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