As a Care Coordinator, you’ll be spending your time in the community conducting visits to review and assess the work of our Care Assistants. You will be supervising, supporting and guiding a team of carers on a daily basis and working closely with our Registered Manager to ensure smooth running of the team. The role will include being on a rota for being on-call responding to urgent matters relating to uninterrupted service delivery.
Working weekends and out of hours will attract enhanced hourly pay rates as will participating in the on-call rota.
Role
If you are someone who loves working with people and helping their development and always looking for ways to enhance quality of care, while working in an environment that’s busy and fluid then this role is for you. Day-to-day, this includes:
- Providing personal care,
- Medication administration
- Care planning for service users
- Carrying out assessments on behalf of the team.
- Actively participate in the professional development of self and others.
- Participate in the on call service, outside of office opening hours.
You will need to have a full UK driving licence and will work in clients homes in the Harrogate area and at our Knaresborough based office.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We Offer Colleagues
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please Note
- Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
- Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
- Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
- All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Walsh Job title: Registered Manager Email address: laura.walsh32@nhs.net Telephone number: 07721 713360
