Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: part time
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (per annum pro rata)
- Job ref
- 150-KB2289-CC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Grove House Crowborough Hospital
- Town
- Crowborough
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Multidisciplinary Team Coordinator
Band 4
Job overview
Are you committed to excellent patient care, and do you thrive in a challenging environment?
Are you a team player and able to work autonomously?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the forward-thinking and dynamic PCN community team in the Heathfield and Uckfield area.
The PCN Multidisciplinary Team Coordinator role is fundamental in managing complex patients in the community and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, for patients in their own homes.
The role provides prompt efficient coordination of interventions and administration support to an MDT within the social care setting. The post holder will be responsible for engaging with stakeholders, setting up and driving forward Multidisciplinary team working.
Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes - GOV.UK
Health and Care Worker visa: If you’ll need to meet different salary requirements - GOV.UK
Main duties of the job
Multi-disciplinary working with members of SCFT Team and also external agencies - forging strong working relationships across Health & Social Care to ensure patients remain the focus of their own care.
The post holder with be working closely with the community nursing teams in the Crowborough area and other MDT stakeholders, eg: primary care and adult social care. the post holder will work with operational leads within the service to ensure good coordination of complex patients through the service and also to contribute to service development.
The post holder will be based in Crowborough
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role provides prompt, efficient coordination and administration support to a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) within the Health and Social Care setting.
Working with relevant MDT professionals to support implementation of care provision and tracking progress of care.
Ensures a prompt response to crisis referrals and co-ordination of
interventions by team members or ensuring referrals are made promptly to
other services to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.
To maintain the information systems used by the team in order to collate and co-ordinate performance data and produce reports as required for the team and relevant managers.
Please Job description and person spec attached for more details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE passes at Grade C or above or equivalent experience
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent (health and social care or business administration) or be willing to undertake
- IT/Administration Qualification e.g. ECDL or equivalent, or in-house/on the job training
- Evidence of consistent pattern of learning from education, training, and experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a health or social care setting
- Previous administration experience
- Experience of working with vulnerable people
- Experience of working with the public
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Use of recognised IT packages e.g. Microsoft Office, Excel and Access
- Effective keyboard/IT skills, which include accurate recording skills
- Ability to undertake statistical and data analysis
- Proven interpersonal skills and appropriate empathetic and tactful manner
- Good communication skills to communicate effectively with customers, careers, specialist services and colleagues
- Ability to meet conflicting deadlines, prioritise effectively and manage own workload
- Good organisational skills with the ability to use time effectively and prioritise work
- Self-awareness of own strength and limitations
- Demonstrate an ability to undertake duties with a degree of autonomy and accountability
- Effective working as individual but also as part of larger team
- Evidence of continued personal learning and development
- Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role
Desirable criteria
- Effective in using multiple database computer systems e.g. S1
- Customer care/reception training
- Evidence of risk assessment training/awareness
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexible working
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
- Car Driver, unless under the Equality Act
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tina Simmons
- Job title
- Operational Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825 932917
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