Elderly Care Coordinator

We are looking for anElderly Care Coordinator to join our growing team at Our Health Partnership, working 20 hours per week for and across the Kingstanding, Erdington & Nechells Primary Care Network. The PCN consists of 7 practices covering the areas of B7, B44, B10 and B23.

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for further information about this post.

Please note, our head office is in Cotteridge but you will be based at a location within the PCN.

**Main duties of the job**

A key part of the role of a care coordinator role is improving the continuity of care by acting as a point of contact for residents, families and professionals who are housebound.

Ensuring that they receive the same level of care as our non housebound patients, putting in measures to support and enable them to still have access to services. Identification of people in need of review, or collation of information on people requiring an MDT review in addition to providing coordination, secretarial and administrative support to the MDTs.

A good understanding of General Practice, Primary Care Networks and elderly care is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided. This role, would suit someone who is a forward-thinking, innovative, and an enthusiastic individual who is self-motivated and keen to work collaboratively across the primary care network. You should have the ability to be organised, prioritise your workload effectively and exercise sound judgement when faced with conflicting pressures.

**About us**

Our Health Partnership was set up by local GPs who are passionate about providing high quality primary care and using their time and skills effectively to benefit patients.

We are currently a GP partnership of 34 practices with 43 surgeries. 176 GP partners and circa 80 salaried GPs in Our Health Partnership serving around 300,000 patients in Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Solihull and Shropshire.

**Job description**

**Job responsibilities**

The Care Coordinator will be part of the Primary Care Network (PCN) Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) who are responsible for managing the care of people registered with practices within a particular PCN. This will involve coordinating the work of healthcare professionals and non-clinical staff including volunteers involved in the care of patients registered at GP practices within the wider PCN population.

The post holder will contribute to tackling inequalities in health and social care particularly regarding elderly individuals. An ethos of promotion of independence and partnership-working is integral to this post.

Please see attached job description for full details of the role.

**Person Specification**

**Experience**

**Desirable**
- A good understanding of General Practice, Primary Care Networks and elderly care is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.
- Experience with working within a multi-professional team
- Experience of direct patient contact/service users and Carers/Families
- Experience of coordinating meetings
- Experience of clinical and terminology and coding
- Experience of working with SystemOne/Emis

**Skills & Attributes**

**Desirable**
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Able to deal with service users sensitively
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to prioritise and manage own workload
- Strong analytical and judgement skills
- Ability to analyse and interpret information and present results in a clear and concise manner
- Excellent organisational and administration skills
- Experience providing advice/signposting to users

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**Employer details**

**Employer name**

Our Health Partnership

**Address**

1st Floor

1856 Pershore Road

Birmingham

B30 3AS

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £24,259.00-£26,208.00 per year

Expected hours: 20 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road

Application deadline: 09/09/2024
Reference ID: KEN PCN ECC