Woodlands Medical Practice is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and reliable individual who has EMIS experience to join the admin team.
The applicant will be able to work under their own initiative and be able to contribute to the overall work of the practice team. Previous experience of working in a similar role is essential.
The role of a Care Coordinator is to provide extra capacity in primary care and to use expertise in supporting patients to prepare for or follow up on clinical conversations and appointments with primary care professionals through enhanced care navigation and advocacy. The role is pivotal to ensuring all patients receive the nest possible care and service.
Key activities include access to services, advice and information and ensuring health and care planning is timely and patient-centred. This will include supporting digital initiatives and coordinating the patient journey through primary care.
The Care Coordinator will work within each practice setting and alongside the MDTs, to use their enhanced skills as the first point of contact for patients requiring support and assistance to enable the seamless integration of their care journey through the healthcare systems.
The Care Coordinator will have a key role in supporting delivery of the new Network Contract specifications by working alongside GPs and AHPs.
Main duties of the job
- Arranging annual health and wellbeing reviews for patients with learning disabilities and severe mental illness.
- Supporting patients with non-diabetic hypoglycaemia with brief intervention and referral to the NHS national diabetes prevention programme.
- Contacting patients who are eligible for NHS weight management programmes and referring where appropriate to further services.
- Supporting with COVID-19 vaccinations, including coordinating the housebound programme and working in our vaccine hubs.
- Calling patients who have not attending cancer screening, to offer appointments and increase cancer screening uptake.
- Supporting practice by contacting patients to invite them for targeted immunisation programmes, such as: polio catch-up campaign, MMR catch-up, pneumococcal and shingle vaccinations
- Supporting practice in delivering a long term condition model of care.
- Supporting patients in conversations regarding urgent care plans.
- Supporting patients with cancer and coordinating care reviews.
- The post holder will be expected to carry out work duties and tasks in accordance with all relevant codes of practice.
- This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post-holder commensurate with the position.
Pay: £26,000.00-£27,000.00 per year
Experience:
- Primary care: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
