Care Coordinator Enhanced Health in Care Homes

Care Coordinator for Enhanced Health in Care Homes

The Care Coordinator will be part of the Primary Care Network (PCN) which is responsible for managing the care of people registered with practices in the PCN. A keypart of the role of a care coordinator is in the Care Homes Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), improving the continuity of care by acting as a point of contact for residents, families and professionals who visit care homes.

This will involve coordinating the work of healthcare professionals and non-clinical staff including volunteers and third sector agencies involved in the care of registered patients.

They will support the MDT with the weekly ward/home rounds, collating information onpeople requiring an MDT review and providing coordination and administrative support to the MDTs for their PCN(s).

In this patient facing role the post holder will also be responsible for a caseload of patients identified through the MDT meetings. Support provided directly with patients and their carers would include co-producing personalised plans,utilising decision aids, providing information and training opportunities,making appointments, coordination and navigation for people and their carersacross health and care services.

The postholder will contribute to tackling inequalities in health and social careparticularly regarding individuals with long-term conditions. An ethos of promotion of independence and partnership-working is integral to this post.

Taunton Central Primary Care Network has approximately 60,000 patients registered with four practices in Taunton and one practice in the neighbouring village of Bishops Lydeard. Working collaboratively to develop the best patient-centred care and services. We pride ourselves on our ability and willingness to adopt innovative ways of working that improve patient care and make our PCN a rewarding place to work.

The five practices within Taunton Central PCN are:
College Way Surgery, Crown Medical Centre, French Weir Health Centre, St James Medical Centre, and Quantock Vale Surgery. Travel across all five practices and sites is a requirement for this role.

Accountable to: PCN Clinical Lead and PCN Business Manager

Salary: £ per hour (dependent on experience)

Working hours: 20-30 hours per week

Interviews expected to take place week commencing the 02 February 2026

Job Summary

The Care Coordinator will be part of the Primary Care Network (PCN) which is responsible for managing the care of people registered with practices in the PCN. A keypart of the role of a care coordinator is in the Care Homes Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), improving the continuity of care by acting as a point of contact for residents, families and professionals who visit care homes.

This will involve coordinating the work of healthcare professionals and non-clinical staff including volunteers and third sector agencies involved in the care of registered patients.

In this patient facing role the post holder will also be responsible for a caseload of patients identified through the MDT meetings. Support provided directly with patients and their carers would include co-producing personalised plans,utilising decision aids, providing information and training opportunities,making appointments, coordination and navigation for people and their carersacross health and care services.

The postholder will contribute to tackling inequalities in health and social careparticularly regarding individuals with long-term conditions. An ethos of promotion of independence and partnership-working is integral to this post.

Primary duties and areas of responsibility:

• Totake part in arranging the weekly PCN led MDT meetings (including the weeklyward/home rounds) and the smooth running of integrated care within the team setting. A key role of the Care Coordinator will be to schedule the weekly MDT meetings, manage the meeting agenda items, ensuring that all new referrals are identified, and information circulated to team members in advance of themeeting.
• Takeminutes of MDT meetings and disseminate, chase progress against actions identified in these meetings and ensure follow up where necessary.
• Manage…