Health and Social Care Coordinator | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Health and Social Care Coordinator (HSCC) to join our multidisciplinary team (MDT) within the Ashford locality. The HSCC plays a vital role in organising and coordinating weekly MDT hub meetings, bringing together professionals across health, social care, and voluntary services to support patients with complex needs. This role is central to improving patient experience, reducing health inequalities, and delivering proactive, integrated care that helps prevent crises and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. You will act as both a care coordinator and MDT facilitator, working closely with community nursing teams, GPs, and partner organisations. The post is primarily based in Ashford, with travel required across the locality for home visits and hub meetings. Occasional support will also be needed within the Canterbury locality. We are looking for someone who demonstrates kindness, professionalism, responsiveness, and excellent communication, aligned to the Trust's CARE Values into Action Framework., As an HSCC, you will support the coordination and delivery of high-quality, person-centred care across the MDT. Key duties include:

• Coordinating MDT hub meetings, including processing referrals, gathering patient updates, arranging attendance, taking minutes, and following up on agreed actions.
• Carrying out telephone and face-to-face assessments to identify patient needs.
• Completing trusted assessor assessments (training provided) and supporting access to equipment and services.
• Signposting patients and families to appropriate health, social, or voluntary sector support.
• Maintaining clear and timely communication with the wider inter-professional team to ensure coordinated care delivery.
• Managing your workload flexibly and responding to changing service priorities with autonomy and professionalism.
This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference by supporting integrated working and improving outcomes for vulnerable patients. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both