Job summary
Worcester City PCN is looking to
appoint an experienced Senior Social Prescriber to support the delivery and
development of high-quality social prescribing services across primary care.
This role is ideal for someone
with strong experience in social prescribing who enjoys working with people
with complex needs, supporting colleagues, and contributing to service
improvement. The post holder will work closely with GP practices, community organisations
and voluntary sector partners to help individuals improve their health and
wellbeing by addressing non-medical needs.
In addition to managing a complex
caseload, the Senior Social Prescriber will provide day-to-day support to the
wider social prescribing team, contribute to training and mentoring, and
deputise for the Wellbeing Services Team Lead when required.
This is a part-time role (22.5
hours per week) and offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a
supportive and collaborative primary care environment.
Main duties of the job
Manage a complex social
prescribing caseload, supporting individuals with a wide range of non-medical
needs
Work collaboratively with GP
practices, primary care staff, and community partners
Provide advice, guidance and
informal support to other Social Prescribers and Link Workers
Support service delivery,
quality improvement and pathway development
Deputise for the Wellbeing
Services Team Lead when required
Maintain accurate records and
contribute to monitoring and reporting outcomes
Promote person centred,
strengths-based approaches and reduce health inequalities
About us
We are a federation of GP
surgeries and PCNs in Worcestershire, serving over 600,000 NHS patients through
a variety of local services. Our community of GPs are our stakeholders, meaning
we are powered by the community we have created - and our goal is to find ways
to make it easier for them to spend less time and money on administrative
workload, and more time with their patients.
Our GP surgeries remain
independent, while keeping the benefits of being part of a larger organisation
- and we exist to protect the interests of our members through advocacy,
business support & revenue generation. We are ambitious about growth in
our network and so our diversified services help our PCNs to reinvest in vital
local healthcare initiatives, providing a sustainable future for their
communities.
Equal Opportunities:At Vertis Health we want to build
a diverse workplace, and so we encourage women, people of colour, LGBTQIA
individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign
born residents, older members of society, and others from minority groups and
diverse backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race,
gender, religion, colour, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital
status, veteran status, or disability status. All Vertis employees and
contractors are responsible for maintaining a work culture free from
discrimination and harassment by treating others with kindness and respect. Website
-https://www.vertishealth.org.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
-
Provide general administrative support to the
Team Leader
-
Draft and support development of service
documents
-
Be point of contact for team when Team Lead is
on annual leave/training/sick
-
Lead on projects such as Group work, drop ins,
partnership projects with VCSE etc
-
Review referrals with the Care Co-ordinator
-
Co-lead team meetings if Team Leader is
unavailable
-
Network and attend meetings if Team Leader is
not available
-
Support Team Leader with induction process,
training and mentoring of new staff
-
Support Team Leader with caseload reviews as
needed
-
Support people by connecting them to
community-based activities, groups and services that meet their practical,
social and emotional needs, including specialist advice services, arts and
culture, physical activity, and nature and green based activities. Provide
personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of
their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.
-
Helping people identify the wider issues which
impact on their health and wellbeing such as
-
debt, poor housing, unemployment, loneliness and
caring responsibilities.
-
Co-produce personalised plans with the patient
to improve health and wellbeing,
-
introducing or reconnecting people to community
groups and statutory services.
-
Manage and prioritise caseload, in accordance
with needs, priorities and urgent support required by individuals
-
Refer people back to other health professionals
and agencies where appropriate.
-
Work within local communities and
develop/maintain good working relationships with the VCSE sector/local
community groups and organisations.
-
To work within appropriate safeguarding
procedures and practices.
-
To build effective relationships with key staff
in GP practices, attending relevant meetings and becoming part of the wider
network team.
-
To work in partnership with other local agencies
to raise awareness of social prescribing and to promote the service widely and
its benefits.
-
To use appropriate systems for data capture,
case management, feedback and reporting
and adhering to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements.
-
To work as part of the Wellbeing Services Team
as well as the wider PCN, sharing best practice and maintaining strong working
relationships.
Other
Responsibilities
-
This role will involve working in different
locations, including occasional home visits, and will require you to travel.
-
The ability and means to travel independently
within Worcestershire is essential. Provide mentoring on a one-to-one basis as
required.
-
There may be occasional evening and weekend
work. A commitment to personal, professional and organisational development.
Collaborative
Working Relationships
-
Recognises the roles of other colleagues within
the organisation and their role to patient care
-
Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to
gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and
peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g.
CCGs)
-
Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a
team
-
Is able to recognise personal limitations and
refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
-
Liaises with other GP Practices and staff as
needed for the collective benefit of patients Confidentiality:
-
In the course of seeking treatment, patients
entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to
their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to
expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
-
In the performance of the duties outlined in
this job description, the post holder will have access to confidential
information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other
healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the
practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source, and
held in any format, is to be regarded as strictly confidential
-
Information relating to patients, carers,
colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only
be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and
procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and
sensitive data
Communication
- The post-holder
should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and
will strive to:
-
Communicate effectively with other team members
-
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
-
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods
of communication and respond accordingly Health & safety The post-holder
will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety
and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the
practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy
and published procedures.
- This will include:
-
Using personal security systems within the
workplace according to practice guidelines
-
Identifying the risks involved in work
activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
-
Making effective use of training to update
knowledge and skills
-
Using appropriate infection control procedures,
maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
-
Active reporting of health and safety hazards
and infection hazards immediately when recognised
-
Keeping own work areas and general / patient
areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of
cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role
-
Undertaking periodic infection control training
(minimum annually)
-
Reporting potential risks identified
Equality and
diversity
- The post-holder
will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and
colleagues, to include:
-
Acting in a way that recognises the importance
of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice
procedures and policies, and current legislation
-
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and
beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
-
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and
of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings
priorities and rights.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
-
Provide general administrative support to the
Team Leader
-
Draft and support development of service
documents
-
Be point of contact for team when Team Lead is
on annual leave/training/sick
-
Lead on projects such as Group work, drop ins,
partnership projects with VCSE etc
-
Review referrals with the Care Co-ordinator
-
Co-lead team meetings if Team Leader is
unavailable
-
Network and attend meetings if Team Leader is
not available
-
Support Team Leader with induction process,
training and mentoring of new staff
-
Support Team Leader with caseload reviews as
needed
-
Support people by connecting them to
community-based activities, groups and services that meet their practical,
social and emotional needs, including specialist advice services, arts and
culture, physical activity, and nature and green based activities. Provide
personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of
their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.
-
Helping people identify the wider issues which
impact on their health and wellbeing such as
-
debt, poor housing, unemployment, loneliness and
caring responsibilities.
-
Co-produce personalised plans with the patient
to improve health and wellbeing,
-
introducing or reconnecting people to community
groups and statutory services.
-
Manage and prioritise caseload, in accordance
with needs, priorities and urgent support required by individuals
-
Refer people back to other health professionals
and agencies where appropriate.
-
Work within local communities and
develop/maintain good working relationships with the VCSE sector/local
community groups and organisations.
-
To work within appropriate safeguarding
procedures and practices.
-
To build effective relationships with key staff
in GP practices, attending relevant meetings and becoming part of the wider
network team.
-
To work in partnership with other local agencies
to raise awareness of social prescribing and to promote the service widely and
its benefits.
-
To use appropriate systems for data capture,
case management, feedback and reporting
and adhering to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements.
-
To work as part of the Wellbeing Services Team
as well as the wider PCN, sharing best practice and maintaining strong working
relationships.
Other
Responsibilities
-
This role will involve working in different
locations, including occasional home visits, and will require you to travel.
-
The ability and means to travel independently
within Worcestershire is essential. Provide mentoring on a one-to-one basis as
required.
-
There may be occasional evening and weekend
work. A commitment to personal, professional and organisational development.
Collaborative
Working Relationships
-
Recognises the roles of other colleagues within
the organisation and their role to patient care
-
Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to
gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and
peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g.
CCGs)
-
Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a
team
-
Is able to recognise personal limitations and
refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
-
Liaises with other GP Practices and staff as
needed for the collective benefit of patients Confidentiality:
-
In the course of seeking treatment, patients
entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to
their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to
expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
-
In the performance of the duties outlined in
this job description, the post holder will have access to confidential
information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other
healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the
practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source, and
held in any format, is to be regarded as strictly confidential
-
Information relating to patients, carers,
colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only
be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and
procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and
sensitive data
Communication
- The post-holder
should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and
will strive to:
-
Communicate effectively with other team members
-
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
-
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods
of communication and respond accordingly Health & safety The post-holder
will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety
and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the
practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy
and published procedures.
- This will include:
-
Using personal security systems within the
workplace according to practice guidelines
-
Identifying the risks involved in work
activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
-
Making effective use of training to update
knowledge and skills
-
Using appropriate infection control procedures,
maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
-
Active reporting of health and safety hazards
and infection hazards immediately when recognised
-
Keeping own work areas and general / patient
areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of
cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role
-
Undertaking periodic infection control training
(minimum annually)
-
Reporting potential risks identified
Equality and
diversity
- The post-holder
will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and
colleagues, to include:
-
Acting in a way that recognises the importance
of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice
procedures and policies, and current legislation
-
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and
beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
-
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and
of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings
priorities and rights.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant qualification or training related to social prescribing, health, social care or community support
- Evidence of ongoing professional development relevant to the role
Desirable
- Coaching, mentoring or leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a Social Prescriber or in a comparable community-based support role
- Experience supporting individuals with complex needs
- Experience working in partnership with primary care and voluntary or community organisations
- Experience of maintaining accurate records and monitoring outcomes
Desirable
- Experience providing support, guidance or mentoring to colleagues
- Experience contributing to service development or improvement
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and manage a varied workload
- Commitment to person-centred, strengths-based working
- Understanding of health inequalities and community-based approaches
Desirable
- Ability to deputise or act as a point of contact when required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant qualification or training related to social prescribing, health, social care or community support
- Evidence of ongoing professional development relevant to the role
Desirable
- Coaching, mentoring or leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a Social Prescriber or in a comparable community-based support role
- Experience supporting individuals with complex needs
- Experience working in partnership with primary care and voluntary or community organisations
- Experience of maintaining accurate records and monitoring outcomes
Desirable
- Experience providing support, guidance or mentoring to colleagues
- Experience contributing to service development or improvement
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and manage a varied workload
- Commitment to person-centred, strengths-based working
- Understanding of health inequalities and community-based approaches
Desirable
- Ability to deputise or act as a point of contact when required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
