The Care Coordinator (CC) may be required to deal with patients and, if appropriate, their carers, before or after the patient’s consultation with a clinician or other healthcare professional.

 

The CC’s role requires them to be able to work closely with the patient and their clinician or other healthcare professional and understand the roles of, a variety of different people working in the practice and across the PCN. 

 

The CC will be involved in coordinating patients’ healthcare and directing them to the appropriate service to ensure that they get the most suitable care from whatever health or social care provider is appropriate

 

You may be given a caseload of identified patients and be required to ensure that their changing or present needs are addressed by taking into account local priorities, health inequalities and/or population health management risk stratification.