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 leftJob 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
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First seen
28 October 2026
Last checked
28 October 2026
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