Care Coordinator - East PCN

at  Primary Care Doncaster Ltd

Primary Care Doncaster Ltd is developing a wide range of services to support general practice across the City and is looking at innovative ways to develop its workforce.
We are recruiting Care Coordinators to join our team!
This role will be working in the East Primary Care Network.
The role will require you to attend various work locations across the East Primary Care Network. The employment contract will state Doncaster East PCN as your work location but the intended initial placement for this post is Thorne Moor Medical Practice.
This is an exciting opportunity in which you will gain experience and make a real impact. This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within the Primary Care Networks.
The ideal candidate should either be educated to NVQ Level 3 or have equivalent knowledge and experience of office procedures; including a wide range of administrative systems and software. Previous experience of Primary Care or the NHS would be an advantage, however is not essential.
The successful candidate will need to be flexible in their approach to work as the role will be working primarily across the Primary Care Networks, within various practices in Doncaster to undertake duties including;
Help and support the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings and patient case management
Support the MDTs to deliver effective and co-ordinated care for vulnerable and frail adults; including those at high risk of hospital admission
Help people manage needs, e.g. answering queries, managing appointments
Assist people to self-manage their health and wellbeing
Support patients to utilise decision aids in preparation for shared decision-making conversations
Further details can be found in the attached job description.
Primary Care Doncaster Ltd is developing a wide range of services to support general practice across the City and is looking at innovative ways to develop its workforce, due to interest by a significant number of GP practices and Networks within the town.
As a PCD employee you will have access to the generous NHS Pension Scheme and 27 annual leave days per year (pro rata for part time).
PCD are an equal opportunities employer.
To work closely with teams to help and support the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings and the ongoing patient case management. This will involve linking with GP surgeries and a range of Community Health Services.
To support the MDTs within the Primary Care Network (PCN) to deliver effective, co-ordinated care for vulnerable and frail adults, particularly those at high risk of a hospital emergency admission, emergency department (ED) attendances or out of hours care

Please refer the Job description for details