Community Homecare Coordinator

Job overview

The post is to work within and as part of the Community Health Care team supporting and working with both the clinical team and the administrative team to promote and facilitate effective leadership for the community healthcare team and supporting the discharge co Ordinator's to provide safe and effective care and rehabilitation for patients in their own homes

Please note that candidates must have a level 4/5 qualification in Health and Social Care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the day to day leadership and management of the community health care team under the direct management of the discharge co ordintator.

The post holder is responsible for supervising and coordinating the Short Term Care staff and ensuring patient care is carried out according to the care plan and as delegated by the registered nurse.

The post holder will be responsible for assisting in the induction of new staff, conducting supervision of junior staff members, assessing competencies of staff within the team, completing rotas as required and managing referrals into and out of the service using specific criteria. The post holder will carry out delegated work in accordance with the competencies detailed within the NQF at Level 5 foundation degree level. Direct patient care will be completed under the indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse according to the individual patient care plan, including discussing and reporting any changes in the patient’s condition to the registered nurse in a timely manner.

Working as part of a specialty team, the post holder will offer support to ensure patients are afforded a professional and caring service within the necessary clinical timescales

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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