Community Care Coordinator

Primary Care Careers; Newport Pagnell; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Newport Pagnell seeks an experienced care coordinator for a part-time role (18 hours/week). The role focuses on improving health and wellbeing, preventing hospital admissions, and reducing GP service use. Ideal candidates will have experience in healthcare or the community sector and possess strong listening skills. Benefits include NHS pension and life insurance. This position requires a compassionate approach to support vulnerable individuals.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Life insurance

Access to Wellbeing App with counselling services

Qualifications

• Experience of working within healthcare or community sector.
• Familiarity with local resources and services.
• Motivated by helping people with care and empathy.

Responsibilities

• Improve health and wellbeing.
• Prevent multiple unplanned hospital admissions.
• Reduce frequent use of GP services.

Skills

Experience in healthcare

Strong listening and communication skills

Motivated by helping people

Ability to deliver person-centred support

Education

Diploma Level 2 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre are looking for an experienced care coordinator to join our Community Health and Support team on a part-time basis for 18 hours per week. The Community Health and Support team is part of our community teams and wider primary impact team under The Bridge PCN. The aim of the team is to support patients and their carers with health and social care needs to remain living well at home to.

Main duties of the job

• improve health and wellbeing
• prevent multiple unplanned hospital admissions
• reduce frequent use of GP services
• proactively identify unmet needs in the community

About us

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre is based in the town of Newport Pagnell and we have further sites within the Kingfisher area and Willen areas.We are a large training practice working across the three sites and we have our own PCN - The Bridge. Our ethos is compassionate care. Benefits include:

• NHS Pension Scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme
• Life insurance
• All staff have access to our Wellbeing App - Wisdom with access to counselling services

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about thisrole, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working within healthcare, the voluntary or community sector, to support vulnerable groups.
• Familiar with local resources and services, including how to access them.
• Motivated by helping people, with care and empathy.
• Able to deliver person-centred support in a non-judgmental way.
• Experience of completing holistic person-centred care planning assessments.
• Strong listening and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Diploma Level 2 in Health and Social Care, or an equivalent qualification (desirable not essential).

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.