Care Purchasing Co-ordinator

Within this role you will be responsible for arranging packages of care for Adult Social Care clients with care providers when directed. You will be arranging clients care to be provided by a bridging provider if sufficient hours available to facilitate hospital discharge and monitor bridging on a daily basis. Providing a high level of customer service, you will create and send to providers the contract order form and be responsible for the timely and accurate recording of all orders for all care packages commissioned. In addition, you will liaise with Adult Social Care and providers to resolve queries and make amendments to care packages.

You will have good interpersonal skills and confidence in dealing with and liaising with practitioners and external care providers. With a strong attention to detail and the ability to plan and prioritise your workload, you will be able to work autonomously whilst under pressure and to deadlines. A team player you will have knowledge of the process of raising purchasing orders and supplier invoicing and be competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications. What other members of the team say about the role: 'As an Care Purchasing Co-ordinator I play a central role in organising the care for Adult Social Care clients. On a daily basis I am required to demonstrate the ability to work confidently and effectively, prioritising my workload and speaking directly with internal and external individuals. This is a challenging and rewarding role for someone who enjoys working closely within a team and is able to adapt to the increasing demands in a changing environment' - - Care Purchasing Co-ordinator

At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so. With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council