Care Co-ordinator

The Community Matron team provide a valuable service working with patients to help them to maintain independence and well-being in their own homes and communities, avoiding admission to the Acute Hospital. The team provides Medical, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Care and Nursing support and intervention to older patients with complex needs. We give patients time and attention working to consider all aspects of their mental, physical and social health.

The care coordinators are fundamental in supporting the clinical staff with this aim, and are valued staff members. We look forward to welcoming you to our friendly team. You must have audio typing skills, and have had previous experience. If you are efficient in prioritising your own workload and enjoy patient contact, and liaising with outside agencies, this role could be for you. Other tasks will include document management and dealing with incoming post and queries. You will also have a responsibility for supporting the Community Matrons with the organisation of their clinical and patient related activities.

Interviews to be held 9th June 2023
- Opening and distributing all incoming post
- Calling to arrange meetings
- Exchanging verbal and written information with patients, staff and carers relating to appointments
- Provide high quality comprehensive administrative service
- Uploading documents
- Typing of correspondence Cluster meetings
- Data Input
- Cluster work as wider MDT

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you’ll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.

**These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare**:

- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

**Benefits of working for us include**:

- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell leave
- Generous NHS pension scheme - 20.68% employer contribution
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- Advanced IT enablement
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseries

**The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role**:  
1. Car driver with ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites
2. Able to demonstrate awareness of own learning needs
3. Ability to manage deadlines, plan and organise own workload
4. Previous experiences relevant to post

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.