Care Co-ordinator | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust in Belper

Come and join our team! The role of the Care Co-ordinator is pivotal within primary care as the interface between service users, carers, primary care, secondary care, community care, social care, mental health, out of hours and voluntary organisations. The Care Co-ordinator will be part of the Belper Integrated Community team and working alongside the Belper GP Practices. The Care Co-ordinators provide an administrative, non-clinical role, and applications are welcome from anyone with Health or primary care experience. We are looking for excellent communicators with good time management skills who have the enthusiasm and motivation to improve people’s lives.

Responsibilities:

• The Care Co-ordinator is a pivotal role within the Team 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.
• To maintain IT-based information systems and take responsibility for the production of relevant performance data.
• The Care Co-ordinator will contribute to tackling 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.

Organisation context:

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.