Job summary
GPA are the only primary care provider that connects GPs and patients in the Northampton area in a time when medical transformation is inevitable and demands fresh thinking.
We're looking for a dynamic and adaptable Psychosocial
Practitioner to join our Collaborative Care Team on a full-time, fixed-term contract for 12 months.
If you're ready for a role that's all about empowering others, this is it!
Main duties of the job
Whether you're an entry-level Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, this is your chance to make a real difference. You'll be at the heart of connecting service users, carers, and healthcare services, tackling health inequalities and improving care for those with long-term conditions.
In this full time role, you'll assess new referrals,
co-create personalised care plans, and help service users take control of their
health and independence. You'll collaborate closely with GPs, social care
teams, hospitals, and community organisations.
For an informal discussion regarding the role please email suew.gpa@nhs.net to arrange a convenient time to speak.
Interview dates: 28th October and 1st November
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship
About us
GPA is a medium sized organisation, and rapidly expanding GP Federation based in Northampton, leading the transformation of equitable healthcare across the town and beyond. The membership is a collective of 19 GP practices and covers a patient population of approximately 210,000.
Website: https://northantsgpalliance.com/
Our working environment is both friendly and relaxed, offering flexibility between home and office-based work.
In recognition of your exceptional interpersonal skills and dedicated work ethic, we provide an exclusive range of rewards and benefits, including:
- Flexible working
- NHS pension scheme with 23.7% employer contribution
- Generous annual leave package to support work-life balance and well-being
- Employee Discount Schemes - Unlock a variety of exclusive benefits, including the Blue Light Card, granting access to over 15,000 discounts online and on the high street!
- Wellbeing Package - Encompassing an Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing portal, and the Feeling Good app.
- Discounted Trilogy Supergold gym membership package.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure completion of new referrals by checking the agreed criteria.
- To accept or decline referral as appropriate.
- To arrange home assessments in liaison with the Case Coordinator and carry out assessments as scheduled.
- To co-produce a personalised care plan with the service user with the objective of ensuring health and wellbeing needs are met, supporting independence, and enabling the individual to better manage their health and wellbeing.
- To record care plans for all service users, ensuring records are accurate and recorded in a timely manner, on SystmOne and OneDrive.
- To signpost or refer service users to relevant agreed services, using professional reasoning and patient advocacy.
- To work collaboratively and provide regular feedback to GP practices.
- To assist the Senior Psychosocial Practitioner to develop and maintain good working relationships with GP practices, adult social care, hospitals, pharmacists, voluntary and statutory agencies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure completion of new referrals by checking the agreed criteria.
- To accept or decline referral as appropriate.
- To arrange home assessments in liaison with the Case Coordinator and carry out assessments as scheduled.
- To co-produce a personalised care plan with the service user with the objective of ensuring health and wellbeing needs are met, supporting independence, and enabling the individual to better manage their health and wellbeing.
- To record care plans for all service users, ensuring records are accurate and recorded in a timely manner, on SystmOne and OneDrive.
- To signpost or refer service users to relevant agreed services, using professional reasoning and patient advocacy.
- To work collaboratively and provide regular feedback to GP practices.
- To assist the Senior Psychosocial Practitioner to develop and maintain good working relationships with GP practices, adult social care, hospitals, pharmacists, voluntary and statutory agencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
- or
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in Health and Social care (Adult Social Care Diploma level 5)
- Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development
Job Circumstances
Essential
- Reliable transportation and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including carrying out home visits.
- A flexible approach to work, willingly adapting to changing priorities and unforeseen challenges.
- Willingness to undergo a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) upon conditional offer of appointment.
- Possess the legal right to work in the UK and ability to provide appropriate documentation for verification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with service users with complex needs, including mental health
- Experience of completing holistic home assessments and care planning.
Desirable
- Experience within General Practice/ Primary Care
- Previous experience using clinical systems such as SystmOne/ Emis Web
- Experience of low-level aids, adaptations and equipment assessing and ordering.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Highly effective professional reasoning and communication skills, both written, verbal and listening.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Able to multi-task and remain resilient under pressure.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Able to work on own initiative and/or as part of a team.
- Able to manage confidentiality in sensitive circumstances.
- Excellent knowledge of Office 365, to include Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and adaptable to new systems/ software.
- Good problem-solving skills, solution focused mindset.
- Able to effectively and appropriately deal with challenging people and situations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
- or
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in Health and Social care (Adult Social Care Diploma level 5)
- Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development
Job Circumstances
Essential
- Reliable transportation and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including carrying out home visits.
- A flexible approach to work, willingly adapting to changing priorities and unforeseen challenges.
- Willingness to undergo a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) upon conditional offer of appointment.
- Possess the legal right to work in the UK and ability to provide appropriate documentation for verification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with service users with complex needs, including mental health
- Experience of completing holistic home assessments and care planning.
Desirable
- Experience within General Practice/ Primary Care
- Previous experience using clinical systems such as SystmOne/ Emis Web
- Experience of low-level aids, adaptations and equipment assessing and ordering.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Highly effective professional reasoning and communication skills, both written, verbal and listening.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Able to multi-task and remain resilient under pressure.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Able to work on own initiative and/or as part of a team.
- Able to manage confidentiality in sensitive circumstances.
- Excellent knowledge of Office 365, to include Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and adaptable to new systems/ software.
- Good problem-solving skills, solution focused mindset.
- Able to effectively and appropriately deal with challenging people and situations.
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.
