About this role
Job summary
Our workforce is critically important to this mission,
We are looking for a Palliative Care Co-Ordinator
Can you,once trained, provide advice and support for patients and their families or carers? Our care co-ordinators will help patients navigate health and social care services and signpost to partner and voluntary organisations.
Do you have the following skills, qualifications, and attributes? English and Maths GCSE or equivalent level
European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent IT skills
Previous telephone and customer service experience
To place the patient at the heart of all actions
The ability to work alone and within a team Excellent communication and documentation skills
As real passion and commitment to proving high quality palliative and end of life care
An understanding of the principles of Safeguarding
The ability to share and receive learning with and from colleagues
The ability to recognise and report risk
If so, we would very much like to hear from you around this exciting role,we are offering a generous and competitive salary package of:
Excellent competitive salary
Excellent benefits including generous annual leave, life assurance, contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme, free car parking in our beautiful surrounds and gardens Career progression and development opportunities and training. Please note that we reserve the right to close a vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone to:
Work out of our care co-ordination centre, manning and triaging phone calls and web enquires Act as a single point of access for healthcare professional and patients and families. To signpost and provide information on services as required
About us Great Teams, common purpose and competitive salary and benefits packages.
At Compton Care, we believe life with a complex and incurable condition doesnt have to be limiting. We believe people are more than their diagnosis, and we are passionate about helping people and their families live their best life possible.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Advert
Role: Palliative Care Co-Ordinator
Hours: 30 hrs per week to be worked over 7 days
(Fixed term 12 months)
For full details of this opportunity with Compton Care, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
General Requirements Essential
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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.
Employer details Employer name Compton Care
Address
Wolverhampton
WV3 9DH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.comptoncare.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)