Care Coordinator - Palliative Care
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustJob overview
North Derbyshire Primary Care Network
We have an opportunity for 1 x part-time (22.5 hours per week), Care Coordinator - Palliative Care based at Rectory Road Medical Centre, based in Staveley, Chesterfield.
Care co-ordinators play an important role within a PCN to proactively identify and work with people, including the frail/elderly and those with long-term conditions, to provide co-ordination and navigation of care and support across health and care services. This role will focus on supporting patients who are on the Palliative Care register new or longstanding. To ensure their care journey across health and well being is joined up and suitable for their health and care needs
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An opportunity has arisen to join our growing team at North Derbyshire PCN supporting two member practices. We are looking for an enthusiastic part-time Care Coordinator to work within in our PCN practices in the Chesterfield area focusing on supporting patients who are Palliative. Whilst you will be based at our Rectory Road site, you will be looking after patients across both Member Practices of the PCN.
The successful candidates main responsibilities will be to:
- · Work with people, their families and carers, to improve their understanding of their condition.
- · Support people to develop and review personalised care and support plans to manage their needs and achieve better healthcare outcomes.
- · Support people and Health professionals with the completion of ReSPECT forms to ensure the patient's voice is heard about their health provisions.
- · Audit the presence and quality of advance care plans and ReSPECT forms for all patients on the palliative register
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· Provide co-ordination and navigation for people and their carers across health and care services. Helping to ensure patients receive a joined-up service and the appropriate support from the right person at the right time.
This role will require excellent IT skills, good prioritisation skills and an understanding of General Practice processes or relevant transferable skills.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to be an exceptional provider of family medicine, dedicated to our patients, and we’re on a mission to improve our community’s health and reduce inequality.
Royal Primary Care as the lead employer for North Derbyshire PCN are part of Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust and this brings the benefits of being part of a larger organisation. As well as an NHS pension, you’ll have access to training and development opportunities and a whole raft of well-being initiatives to look after your physical and mental health. At Royal Primary Care, your happiness is at the heart of our appraisal system, and we place great importance on everyone feeling included. You’ll have an equal say in how we look after you through access to our annual staff survey.
(Please note although this is not Agenda for Change - we do offer our employees a good package of benefits)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work within the PCN team with a focus on achieving excellent patient care via detailed clinical administrative support, coordination and liaison with patients and professionals. The successful candidates main responsibilities will be to provide excellent care navigation support to patients who are on the Palliative list. Ensuring all patients have good access to care, in a joined up and holistic approach.
Please see the attached job description for a full breakdown of the duties and responsibilities.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.