Health and Social Care Coordinator | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for a skilled and compassionate Health and Social Care Coordinator to join our team based in Maidstone.
Working as part of our Adult Services team our Health and Social Care Coordinators support patients within each defined primary care network population with social prescribing. The patients will routinely be the top 3% Long term Condition patients with most complex needs.
We take referrals from GP’s, Complex Care Nurses, Community Nursing, Social services, Dementia nurses, Mental health nurses, Specialist nurses/physios, Therapy Leads, Acute Trust and Local Ambulance providers
As a Band 4 Health and Social Care Coordinator you will:
- Support housebound patients living with a Long Term Condition, to effectively manage and improve their well-being.
- Support a reduction in unnecessary hospital attendances, and subsequent admissions.
- Support hospital discharges from Acute and specifically Frailty Units.
- Respond to referrals within an appropriate time frame, and to refer to other services as appropriate. (pathway doc)
- Support inter service referrals.
- Provide advice and support to patients, carers and staff.
- Provide support to patients being discharged from clinical staff, for step down where further support recognised, despite health needs met.
- Manage a caseload of patients, plan expectations, and recognise outcomes.
- Create Personalised Plan for each patient, and support MDT with advocacy role.
- Become the responsible person for MDT journey, including outcome & actions review as per pathway.
- Ensure good communication to lead.
Additional Working Pattern: 8-4 4 days/week
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments.We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Oct 2024