Care Coordinator

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Ipswich is looking for a Care Coordinator to support palliative and end-of-life care services. This role requires excellent communication and organizational skills as you'll manage calls, referrals, and coordinate care for patients. Must have relevant qualifications and a positive attitude. Full-time and part-time hours available, with benefits including annual leave, pensions, and health service discounts.

Benefits

27 days annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

Health Service Discounts

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrable experience of team working.
• Ability to withstand sensitive and potentially stressful situations.

Responsibilities

• Act as first point of contact for calls to the 24/7 advice line.
• Process new referrals and liaise with healthcare professionals.
• Coordinate visits by Community Healthcare Assistants.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal skills

Effective communication skills

Advanced IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook

Ability to manage workload

Attention to detail

Education

GCSE Standard or equivalent

NVQ Level 3 or above in Business Administration

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a team player with excellent communication and administration skills? If you are looking for a job where you can make a real difference, come and join our team!

St Elizabeth Hospice improves life for people in east Suffolk living with a progressive or life‑limiting illness. Our work is centred on an individual's needs, which means specialist support, whenever and wherever it is needed, whether at home, in the community or at the hospice. Our most recent Care Quality Commission report rated the hospice as Outstanding.

Established in 1989, the hospice has built a reputation for delivering high‑level care to patients and the community it serves. Through medicine and therapy, they ease pain; give life purpose and make life liveable. Last year the charity supported over 4,000 patients and their families.

Main duties of the job

Our Care Coordinators work alongside our clinical teams to coordinate patient services in our palliative care coordination hub. The team covers all aspects of work in the hub including being the first point of contact for callers to our 24/7 advice line OneCall. Our team covers shifts between the hours of 8am and 8pm, 7 days a week including bank holidays. Enhancements are paid for working unsocial hours.

Full training will be provided.

Hours

Full and part time hours available

Interview Date

13 January 2026

About us

St Elizabeth Hospice is committed to safeguarding and protecting the adults and young people that we work with and has a zero‑tolerance approach to abuse, neglect and discrimination of any person. As such, all posts are subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We have a range of robust safeguarding policies in place which promote safeguarding across the hospice and staff are expected to undertake regular, mandatory safeguarding training to equip them with the knowledge and skills to identify and respond to potential risks.

Benefits Package

• 27 days annual leave entitlement
• Pension scheme
• Life Cover
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Car Leasing Scheme
• Health Service Discounts
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme

Details

Date posted: 19 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,729 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full‑time, Part‑time

Reference Number

B0291-25-0048

Job locations

565 Foxhall Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP3 8LX

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

St Elizabeth Hospice provides planned, reactive and coordinated care to patients requiring palliative and end of life care. The community care coordinators cover 7 days per week, providing support to our integrated community service including the palliative care coordination hub.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

To be the first point of contact for callers to the OneCall 24/7 advice line, taking the initial calls and ascertaining the most appropriate direction for the call, dealing with any that do not require clinical input, liaising with internal and external services to meet the patient's individual care need.

To respond to all calls in a professional, calm and empathetic manner.

To receive and process all new referrals, other than those for IPU, liaising with internal and external healthcare professionals and patients to ensure that all necessary information is obtained and added to the patient record.

Working with clinicians to allocate new appointments, contacting patients and families to arrange same.

To coordinate visits by the Community Healthcare Assistants, supporting patients on the Virtual Ward, providing care for new patients and to manage existing patients.

To understand and organise care packages for end of life patients e.g. number of carer visits in a day using the software provided.

To provide administrative support for community, medical, therapy, emotional and wellbeing teams and the safeguarding lead.

To signpost and provide information as and when required. To be a resource and knowledgeable of services and informed of capacity within care providers.

To maintain patient records, ensuring that all activities are entered in a timely manner and are accurate.

To ensure patients, families and healthcare professionals are informed of changes and updates.

Promote a safeguarding is everyone's business culture.

Ensure adherence with relevant Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures.

To be involved in appropriate education opportunities relevant to the Hospice.

To prepare for and attend the weekly community IDT meeting.

To attend relevant meetings as required.

To be able to deal with sensitive information at times of stress.

To devise with the line manager, a personal development plan in line with the Hospice objectives and personal needs.

To maintain and increase personal professional skills.

To recognise indications of staff stress and to facilitate staff support.

To participate in the induction of new staff, as required.

To participate in professional placements and lay person visits to the Hospice, as requested.

To recognise the value of volunteer contribution and play an active part in their support and development where appropriate.

To give feedback from attended education programmes/study days to the multi-disciplinary team.

To support the development of other team members where required.

To work within the policies and procedures of the Hospice.

To uphold the hospice and individual teams values at all times.

To ensure effective use of resources.

To participate in relevant activities which promote the Hospice as requested.

To respect at all times the confidentiality of information covering patients, staff and volunteers.

To play an active part in the development and maintenance of good relationships with all those who have business with the Hospice.

To promote the Hospice Philosophy of Care towards patients, relatives and visitors.

GENERAL

Where you are a member of a professional body you are required to conform to the professional standards set by that body. You are required to ensure your registration is current and practice continuous professional development.

Because of the special nature of the Hospice and its work, the post holder may on occasion be asked to undertake other duties to help maintain our high standard of care.

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS NOT NECESSARILY EXHAUSTIVE AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE DIRECTOR OF CARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POST HOLDER

Person Specification – Specific Skills – Essential

• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Effective communication, inter‑personal and organisational skills, face to face, in writing and over the telephone.
• Advanced IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Able to manage and prioritise own workload.
• Able to work accurately with excellent attention to detail.

Person Specification – Personal Qualities – Essential

• Demonstrable experience of team working.
• Ability to withstand sensitive and potentially stressful situations.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• A positive attitude.
• Able to demonstrate empathy.

Person Specification – Qualifications – Essential

• Educated to GCSE Standard or equivalent.
• NVQ Level 3 or above in Business Administration or equivalent previous experience.

Person Specification – Experience – Essential

• Experience of working in a busy administration role, working with minimal supervision.
• Experience of establishing work processes and procedures.
• Experience of working within a secure and confidential environment.

Person Specification – Desirable

• Experience of working within a healthcare setting.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer Details

St Elizabeth Hospice

565 Foxhall Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP3 8LX

Employer Website

https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)