Job overview

Royal Primary Care Chesterfield 

We have an opportunity for 1 x part-time  (22.5 hours per week), Care Coordinator based at Royal Primary Care East sites, based in Chesterfield.

You will join a growing establishment committed to being a flagship organisation and an at scale provider of primary care services in the Midlands.  If you are enthusiastic, caring and passionate about delivering the highest quality care, keeping patients at the heart of all you do, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen to join our growing team at Royal Primary Care and we are looking for an enthusiastic part-time  Care Coordinator to work within in our busy medical practice within the Chesterfield area focusing on supporting patients who are in respite care at a local Care Home.

The successful candidates main responsibilities will be to manage the registrations and Prescription management of a busy respite care home. 

This role will require excellent IT skills, good prioritisation skills and an understanding of General Practice processes or relevant transferable skills.

Other essential skills are the ability to work as part of a team, have a good level of qualification (or equivalent experience) and competency in Maths and English.  

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to be an exceptional provider of family medicine, dedicated to our patients, and we’re on a mission to improve our community’s health and reduce inequality.   

Royal Primary Care surgeries are part of Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust and this brings the benefits of being part of a larger organisation.  As well as an NHS pension, you’ll have access to training and development opportunities and a whole raft of well-being initiatives to look after your physical and mental health.   At Royal Primary Care, your happiness is at the heart of our appraisal system, and we place great importance on everyone feeling included.  You’ll have an equal say in how we look after you through access to our annual staff survey. 

(Please note although this is not Agenda for Change - we do offer our employees a good package of benefits)

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

 UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.  Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.  Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.  Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be  eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications 

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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