South Bucks Primary Care Network
Base: Threeways Surgery, Stoke Poges, SL2 4AZ
Salary: In the range of £25,000 - £28,000 dependant on experience
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week part time also considered
NHS Pension
33 days leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 Support
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Prescribing Link Worker who is passionate about empowering people to take control of their health to join our existing developing team within our PCN. We provide high quality support to our patients and are looking for an enthusiastic, empathetic individual to join the team to support us in achieving this.
We are looking for someone to be proactive in getting to know and support our local community assets and should be motivated by helping people to become active and independent members of their local community. The successful candidate will need to work confidently and effectively in a diverse, and sometimes challenging environment.
Job responsibilities
* To work with the Social Prescribers to promote and develop the service.
* To manage a caseload of patients, maintaining accurate records of each contact and sharing information appropriately.
* To undertake patient assessments as deemed appropriate, mainly in the patient’s home.
* To make referrals or signpost to statutory and voluntary services, following up as appropriate.
* Promote social prescribing, its role in self-management, and the wider determinants of health.
* Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within the local Primary Care Network (PCN), attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, providing reports including monitoring and evaluation.
* Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care.
* Provide personalised support and work with patients to help them better understand their health and wellbeing.
* Work with the person, their families, and carers to consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing.
* Help people maintain or regain independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards.
The Social Prescriber will complete the following as part of the role:
* NHS England and NHS Improvement online learning programme.
* Be enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from appropriate training as set out by the Personalised Care Institute.
About Us:
FedBucks is a not-for-profit GP federation of 47 GP practices covering a population of over 500,000 patients across Buckinghamshire. We began in 2016 and now employ around 300 members of staff at our head office site, and across our planned and unplanned care services.
As a GP Federation and Social Enterprise, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the provision of community-based healthcare services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of planned and unplanned healthcare services in Buckinghamshire and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in our purpose when enabling excellent patient care and supporting general practice.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £25,000.00-£28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site parking
Schedule:
* Day shift
Education:
* Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
* Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 22/11/2024
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