Job overview
It’s an exciting time for our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service as we expand into the High Weald, Lewes, and the Havens (HWLH) area. We are recruiting to our new teams who will work with patients in their homes across the HWLH communities.
This is an amazing opportunity to become a member of the team as an administrator working together to help patients stay in their homes, making sure they avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting them through the first few critical days after they leave hospital. The focus of this role is providing day-to-day administrative support for the multidisciplinary team (MDT).
We are a MDT working flexibly to provide a seven-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm. We deliver:
The team works closely with other services within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, as well as our acute and community partners, GPs, South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb), adult social care and voluntary and third sector organisations.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will be liaising with patients and their families, staff and other departments or agencies by telephone, taking messages, answering routine enquiries, and escalating queries as appropriate. You will be involved in daily clinical MDT meetings, ensuring patient records are appropriately updated and discharge letters completed.
A key part of the role is leading on the co-ordination of patient experience outcome measures for the service and providing daily reports on staffing data for the leadership team. Other duties you will undertake include managing medical devices used by the team and supporting them with any system issues such as reporting and dealing with IT problems. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to service planning and development in relation to administration systems and procedures.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification.
If you would like to discuss this role or find out more, you can contact our Operational Team Leads, Jacqui Hilder and Jessica Poulton, by emailing -ucr- .
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This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.
Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically. If you have not heard from us within two weeks please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please ensure that you check your emails, including your junk folder, on a regular basis. References will be requested electronically as well; please ensure you provide correct contact details for referees.
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