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Job summary

Main area
Admin
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Working on the Intermediate Care South Devon Weekend working rota)
Job ref
388-6791032-A&C
Employer
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sherborne House
Town
Newton Abbot
Salary
£26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust logo

Locality Co-ordinator

NHS AfC: Band 4

Job overview

Our Health and Wellbeing Team is seeking to appoint a Locality Coordinator, based with the Newton AbbotÌý Locality at Sherborne House in the centre of Newton Abbot.Ìý

You will be a central co-ordination point for the local multi-disciplinary teams including both health and social care.

You will liaise with health and social care colleagues in the local and wider community, including voluntary sector representatives to try to aid the safe and independent living of complex clients in the community.

Please feel welcome to come and visit us at Sherborne House to support your application and understanding of the job role.Ìý

Main duties of the job

  • Liaise with health and social care colleagues in the local and wider community including voluntary sector representatives to try to aid the safe and independent living of complex clients in the community
  • To support health and social care team colleagues in the utilisation of a range of case finding tools. These tools will help identify people at risk of loss of independence, potential risk of unnecessary admission to hospital or longer-term care.
  • To be responsible for a high-quality customer service function in recording contact information, supporting the initial prioritisation of contacts, subsequent feedback and on-going liaison with referrers and relevant others.
  • To maintain IT based information systems and take a key responsibility for the production of key performance data.

Working for our organisation

This post is based with the Newton Abbot Locality at Sherborne House. ÌýÌý

You will be joining a truly multi-disciplinary team which aims to prevent hospital admissions, facilitate safe and effective discharges home and support patients to maintain independence in their own homes.

Our Health and Wellbeing Team is an integrated professional team which includes Co-ordinators,Ìý Social Care,Ìý Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics and Support Workers.

The team are proactive and have a forward-thinking core that promote a positive and a ‘can do’ attitude. The successful candidate will be dynamic and key in managing patients to remain in their own home.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Communication and Working Relationships

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý On a daily basis communicate with colleagues from the Health and Social Care team and ensure that relevant information is shared between professionals to aid management of complex clients in the community.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Contact clients on the phone to gather or provide information; this may include people with varying degrees of communication difficulties for example dysphasia, sensory impairment or mental health issues. The co-ordinator must show empathy, remain calm and display negotiation skills when dealing with these situations and also ensure the ability to manage clients who may be low in mood, lacking in motivation, or angry/upset about their current circumstances.Ìý

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To form strong links and work closely with all members of the Multidisciplinary team as well as outside agencies on a regular basis. For example, communicate the need to regularly liaise and discuss patients with occupational therapists, physiotherapists, district nurses, GPs, staff in acute hospital settings, community mental health nurses, social care workers and private providers of care.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý On a daily basis communicate medical and social information to the above professionals via various sources including telephone, email or face to face correspondence. This information is always confidential, frequently sensitive and can be contentious so as a result, needs to be provided in a professional, appropriate and polite manner, in line with data protection and information governance policy.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings in relation to current caseloads and implementation of actions required for example organising of home assessment visits, discharges, transport bookings and requesting packages of care.

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Planning and Organisation

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To be able to work in a demanding, pressured and stressful environment with constant interruptions by telephone, colleagues and professional office visitors, all relating to current cases or new enquiries.Ìý

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To be able to multi-task, show good time management skills be being able to re-prioritise your workload at short notice.

.Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý To be able to communicate well and effectively with the multi-disciplinary team to identify risks and urgent work that requires action.Ìý

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Demonstrate the ability to complete duties independently, whilst maintaining a high quality standard of work.Ìý

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ÌýCoordination for Intermediate Care Team

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Co-ordination of the daily multi-disciplinary meetings and other relevant meetings designed to aid management of complex clients living in the community.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý With assistance from professional colleagues, screen and triage referrals to health and social care, obtaining further info where required, so a decision can be made about the best pathway for new referrals.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Awareness and involvement in primary care core group discussions designed to support those clients who are the most vulnerable people living in the community. This may include generating lists of clients to be discussed and gathering information updates from any relevant professionals.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Follow up outstanding activities with non-attending team members and feedback on cases where appropriate.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý As a member of the multi-disciplinary team, continue developing and expanding on the good working relationships that exist between all services.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To coordinate short term intermediate care placements (following the local procedure) including the completion of relevant paperwork and entering of this information onto relevant systems and spreadsheets.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To participate in local service development activities and help implement change as and when required.

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Customer Service (Social care)

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To provide a client centered approach to ensure all clients and carer’s views and opinions are considered and all people that we as a team come in to contact with are given respect, dignity and understanding. Delivering a high quality, efficient and effective service at all times complying with equality and diversity policies and legislation.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The recording of information in a consistent manner by completing an ‘observation’ record on Care First 6.Ìý This may involve face to face contact at the office or remote communication from other teams and agencies.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Identify urgent referrals and situations that need action, alert and liaise with local ACS practice managers / community nurse team manager or therapy manager to help ensure the necessary action is taken.

·Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýProviding patients, staff and other professionals with effective signposting to other agencies or sources of help as appropriate.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To provide feedback to referrers about the outcomes of referrals and assessments in accordance with the agreed quality standards.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To ensure confidentiality process is followed at all times.

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Information Technology and Administrative Duties

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The post holder must have excellent keyboard skills.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Use of multiple IT systems on a daily bases to obtain & record information, including SystmOne, Carefirst 6, Clinical Portal, Cyberlab, Nerve Centre, Unit4, DATIX & IHCS.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To have good understanding and knowledge of how to use Microsoft programs, ie Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.Ìý

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To have the ability to send and receive emails.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To ensure the information governance requirements for recording community health and social care activity are adhered to in collaboration with other team members.

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Accurate inputting onto relevant IT systems to ensure any statistical data is up to date and accurate.

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Person specification

Qualifications and training

Essential criteria
  • Good general education
  • Able to demonstrate a good command of English language, verbal and written
  • Knowledge of office administration/customer services acquired through training or experience to diploma level or equivalent qualification
  • Knowledge of Health and Social Care administration and processes
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ in Health and Social care

Special Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to effectively prioritise workload in line with service requirements
  • Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of working with confidential information
  • Able to work well in a team
  • Experience of working in an office environment
  • Experience/knowledge of issues of working with confidential information
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge/familiarity with medical terminology
  • Experience of working with healthcare professionals/previous experience in the NHS
  • Working in a busy and demanding environment

Personal requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people using a range of media
  • Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
  • Internet and E-mail
  • Clear legible hand writing.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good level of knowledge of business admin procedures, preferably within the NHS
  • Awareness of Care Act 2014 legislation
  • Effective keyboard/IT skills, which include accurate recording skills
  • Experience in using multiple data base computer systems
Desirable criteria
  • Customer care/reception training Experience of NHS/DCC IT systems including Systmone, CareFirst 6, Nervecentre, ESR, Allocate, IHCS etc.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Natalie Madge
Job title
Occupational Therapy Clinical lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03005004042
Additional information

Working Hours are Monday- Wednesday 8-6pm. If outside of these hours please ask for Jo Jeffery Operational support manager Monday - Friday 8am-4pm.Ìý