Care Co-ordinator

We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly-motivated and enthusiastic Care Co-ordinator to join the community teams within Chesterfield.

The care co-ordinator will be part of the 'Community Support Team' (CST) who are responsible for managing planned long term care. The care co-ordinator is a pivotal role to the CST 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.

The role will also include working closely with the aligned GP Surgery to coordinate CST (Community Support Team) meetings & Patient MDT meetings with Health and Social Care colleagues.

The successful applicants will have excellent communication skills, be able to work independently and be confident using IT systems.

**Key aspects of the role will involve**:
Identifying patients who require additional support within the community, using IT systems such as SystmOne reporting.

Co-ordinating CST Meetings (Meetings and individual patient MDT meetings with external parties, such as Social Services and Community Mental Health teams and members of the Integrated team, to support complex patients.

Liaising with health care professionals, including GP, Advanced Specialist Practitioner/Community Specialist Practitioner, District Nurse, Therapies and other members of the health care team.

Referring patients to the voluntary sector as well as the health sector for additional support in and around their home and making telephone contact with patients; acting as liaison between the patient, health professionals and the social sector.

The Care Co-ordinator will have a holistic approach towards supporting patients within the community, helping them live well at home, working alongside an aligned GP surgery.

The Care Co-ordinator will contribute to tackling health 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 led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.

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