Caseload Coordinator
Job summary
Caseload Coordinator (Full time to work over a seven day rota)
An exciting opportunity within the Stockport Discharge to Assess Team and Intermediate Care at Home.
We need people who share our excitement, embrace different ways of working and are able to work flexibly across organisational boundaries .
The Discharge To Assess element is multi-professional services who assess patients upon discharge from hospital in the community .We provide individualised care to meet the person's needs and facilitates transfer for onward care into the appropriate service: Health, Adult Social care or partner agencies.
The Rehabilitation Element This element incorporates a free, short-term rehabilitation service for adults to help prevent unnecessary hospital admission, enable early discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admission to long-term residential care. The service is for adults who have been assessed as medically stable and who do not require hospital care.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake tasks which involve the management and maintenance of the teams clinical caseload for Senior Support Workers, including all associated administration tasks.
- The job will include using a variety of computer based programmes including EMIS, Advantis and Microsoft Packages.
- Liaise with different Professional's to coordinate the patients care.
- Responsible for delegation of visits and coordination of 15 support workers on a daily basis.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job description
Job responsibilities
This comprises a multi-disciplinary integrated team consisting of highly skilled senior nurses, Occupational Therapists ,Physiotherapists, Social Workers and Senior Support Workers, in collaboration with the Mental Health Liaison Team.
The whole service provides a person centred approach, which can be provided in a clients own home or in a designated residential care home.
You will be working within a multi-professional team incorporating physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, social workers and rehabilitation support workers, as well as liaising with other community health and social care teams.
The service is provided across 7 days a week covering core hours of 8 am 8 pm.
You will be based at Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport, SK4 1BS.
The successful candidate will be expected to work independently, but also as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team. You will be offered regular 1:1s .
You will need to have an enthusiasm for working within the community. We place a great emphasis on training and personal development and will provide you with access to training and supervision. The candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent time management and advanced communication skills. There will be support available team members to support you to develop within your role .
To provide clinical case co-ordination duties for a multidisciplinary integrated team.
To be an effective member of the Multidisciplinary Team.
Communicate effectively with staff patients and carers as required.
To complete all administration duties associated with the role
To carry out other duties under indirect supervision of a registered professional.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an standard DBS check at a cost of £21.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- oMathematics GSCE or equivalent or equivalent experience
- oEnglish GSCE or equivalent or equivalent experience
- oEvidence of other educational achievements
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent in Health and Social
- Care Certificate
- oInformation technology Qualification.
Knowledge
- To have an understanding of Confidentiality
- To have an understanding of current issues affecting the NHS and Social Care.
- Knowledge of rota systems, word and excel spreadsheets
- Understanding of how illness affects individuals and their families/carers
Skills and Abilities
- Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work without direct supervision and to organise time effectively
- Willingness to learn new skills
- Able to be adaptable and flexible
- Must be able to work flexibly in response to the needs of the service
- IT skills
- Personal integrity (reliable, honest and conscientious)
- Ability to work without direct supervision and to organise time effectively
Experience
- Experience of work effectively as part of a team
- Experience relevant to post
- Previous Health/ Social experience in a community setting
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Employer name
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Regent House
Heaton Lane
Stockport
SK4 1BS
http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/
- Company
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Stockport, United Kingdom SK4 1BS
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £22816.00 - £24336.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Stockport, United Kingdom SK4 1BS
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £22816.00 - £24336.00 a year
- Posted