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Community Care Coordinators

St Elizabeth Hospice

Ipswich, IP3 8LXView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

11 November 2026

14 days left

Job description

St Elizabeth Hospice is an independent charity and hospice, which improves life for people in the East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney areas livin...

Are you a team player with excellent

communication and administration skills? If you are looking for a job where you

can make a real difference, come and join our team!

Coordinators work alongside our clinical teams to coordinate patient services

in our palliative care coordination hub.

The team covers all

aspects of work in the hub including being the first point of contact for

callers to our 24/7 advice line OneCall.

Our team cover a mixture of 6 hour and 7.5 hour shifts 7 days a week from 8am

to 8pm, including bank holidays. Full

training will be provided.

Salary: starting

from £20,750.40 per annum (WTE: £25,938.00) plus enhancements for unsocial hours

Hours: Part

time 30 hours per week

Interviews: 19th November 2026

St Elizabeth Hospice provides planned, reactive and coordinated care to patients requiring palliative and end of life care. The community care coordinators, cover 7 days per week, providing support to our integrated community service including the palliative care coordination hub.

Demonstrate a commitment to keeping adults and young people safe

Report any disclosure made to you to the appropriate person

Report any safeguarding concerns in the workplace to the appropriate person

Maintain an awareness of the Hospices policies in relation to safeguarding

To be the first point of contact for callers to the OneCall 24/7 advice line, taking the initial calls and ascertaining the most appropriate direction for the call, dealing with any that do not require clinical input, liaising with internal and external services to meet the patients individual care need.

To respond to all calls in a professional, calm and empathetic manner.

To receive and process all new referrals, other than those for IPU, liaising with internal and external healthcare professionals and patients to ensure that all necessary information is obtained and added to the patient record.

Working with clinicians to allocate new appointments, contacting patients and families to arrange same.

To coordinate visits by the Community Healthcare Assistants, supporting patients on the Virtual Ward, providing care for new patients and to manage existing patients.

To understand and organise care packages for end of life patients e.g. number of carer visits in a day using the software provided.

To provide administrative support for community, medical, therapy, emotional and wellbeing teams and the safeguarding lead.

To signpost and provide information as and when required. To be a resource and knowledgeable of services and informed of capacity within care providers.

To maintain patient records, ensuring that all activities, are entered in a timely manner and are accurate.

To ensure patients, families and healthcare professionals are informed of changes and updates.

Promote a safeguarding is everyones business culture.

Ensure adherence with relevant Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures.

To be involved in appropriate education opportunities relevant to the Hospice.

To prepare for and attend the weekly community IDT meeting.

To attend relevant meetings as required.

To be able to deal with sensitive information at times of stress.

  • To devise with the line manager, a personal development plan in line with the Hospice objectives and personal needs.

To maintain and increase personal professional skills.

To recognise indications of staff stress and to facilitate staff support.

To participate in the induction of new staff, as required.

To participate in professional placements and lay person visits to the Hospice, as requested.

To recognise the value of volunteer contribution and play an active part in their support and development where appropriate.

To give feedback from attended education programmes/study days to the multi-disciplinary team.

To support the development of other team members where required.

To work within the policies and procedures of the Hospice.

To uphold the hospice and individual teams values at all times.

To ensure effective use of resources.

To participate in relevant activities which promote the Hospice as requested.

To respect at all times the confidentiality of information covering patients, staff and volunteers.

To play an active part in the development and maintenance of good relationships with all those who have business with the Hospice.

To promote the Hospice Philosophy of Care towards patients, relatives and visitors.

Where you are a member of a professional body you are required to conform to the professional standards set by that body. You are required to ensure your registration is current and practice continuous professional development.

Because of the special nature of the Hospice and its work, the post holder may on occasion be asked to undertake other duties to help maintain our high standard of care.

St Elizabeth Hospice is committed to

safeguarding and protecting the adults and young people that we work with and

has a zero-tolerance approach to abuse, neglect and discrimination of any

person. As such, all posts are subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process,

including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We have a

range of robust safeguarding policies in place which promote safeguarding

across the hospice and staff are expected to undertake regular, mandatory

safeguarding training to equip them with the knowledge and skills to identify

and respond to potential risks.

The hospice offers a generous benefit package, including:

27 days annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a busy administration role, working with minimal supervision.
  • Experience of establishing work processes and procedures.
  • Experience of working within a secure and confidential environment.

Desirable: - Experience of working within a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

Essential: - Educated to GCSE Standard or equivalent.; - NVQ Level 3 or above in Business Administration or equivalent previous experience.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of team working.
  • Ability to withstand sensitive and potentially stressful situations.
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
  • A positive attitude.
  • Able to demonstrate empathy.

Specific Skills

Essential

  • Excellent written and verbal skills.
  • Effective communication, inter-personal and organisational skills, face to face, in writing and over the telephone.
  • Advanced IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook.
  • Able to manage and prioritise own workload.
  • Able to work accurately with excellent attention to detail.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

28 October 2026

Last checked

28 October 2026

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