Description
The Care Coordinator role involves working directly with practices and the multidisciplinary team within the PCN to ensure patients receive the best possible care and services. The role includes coordinating key activities, supporting digital initiatives, and ensuring health and care planning is timely and patient-centered.
Main duties of the job:
- Work within the primary care team to contribute to leadership of service evaluation and research
- Collaborate with other team members, patients, and carers when managing and coordinating care
- Use healthcare technologies to optimise service delivery, patient access, and continuity of care
- Support the practice in promoting Public Health Initiatives and Campaigns
- Actively support practice activities around immunisations, including childhood immunisations, influenza, and COVID vaccination programs
- Support practices in identifying carers and providing support and information
- Help patients utilise decision aids and create personalised care and support plans
- Provide coordination and navigation with digital tools for patients and carers across health and care services
- Support the coordination and delivery of MDTs within the PCN
The role requires excellent organisational and communication skills, experience of working in general practice or social care, and GCSE grade A-C in English and Maths.