Clinical Social Prescribing Link Worker

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

Social prescribing link worker who is a registered Nurse Associate having completed your foundation degree and hold professional registration with the NMC. You will work as part of a primary care network MDT team, providing safe person-centred care to improve the health of our population.

You will carry out monitoring and healthcare improvement skills in line with year of care, annual reviews, and personalised care support planning, this will predominantly include patients in care homes and in the wider housebound community as part of our over 65 team. You will work in collaboration with a range of other professionals including GPs, ANPs, practice nurses, district nurses, and other community services.

You will be working as part of the Jesmond and Lower Gosforth PCN team to support the patients and practices of Jesmond and Lower Gosforth.

Job responsibilities:

Clinical practice:

Providing and monitoring care based on evidence-based practice working in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team in a range of community settings.

Monitor the condition and health needs of patients in accordance with year of care and annual reviews ensuring escalation to appropriate professional colleagues / team when required.

Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and well-being recognising health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities.

To safely undertake the following procedures to meet the patients nursing needs to include; venepuncture, ECG recording, measuring and interpreting blood glucose levels, recording and interpreting vital signs, assessing continence care, bladder and bowel care, pressure area care, basic wound care, nutrition, hydration, foot care, skin integrity, mood identification assessments, within your scope of practice and identify and report any concerns to a registered nurse and/or refer to other Prioritise and manage own workload, recognising where elements of care can safely be delegated to other colleagues, carers and family members.

Provide and receive sensitive information concerning a patients medical condition.

Maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient records in line with [PCN/practice] policy and the NMC Code.

Adhere to local safeguarding policy.

Ensure incident reporting guidelines are adhered to including sharing of good practice/outcomes.appropriate professional.

Communication:

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating including motivational interviewing.

Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication

Maintain effective communication within the PCN and the wider MDT.

Delivering a quality service:

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality

Deliver care according to appropriate guidelines and ensure evidence-based care

Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, and clinical supervision

Evaluate patients response to the effectiveness of care

Actively participate in network/practice significant event procedures and work in accordance with revised protocols and procedures.

Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child / vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance

Team working:

Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.

Work as an effective and responsible team member, manage own caseload and feel confident in lone working.

Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence

Prioritise own workload Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery

Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.

Learning and development:

Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model

Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments.

Equality and diversity:

Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity

Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture

Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights

Adherence to local chaperoning policies

Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice

Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care

Knowledge

Essential

• Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
• Understand requirements for NMC revalidation
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manager risk when working with individuals.
• Ability to work to policies and procedures in including confidentiality safeguarding, lone working information governance and health and safety.
• Knowledge of personalised care plan approach.

Desirable

• Knowledge of community based primary care issues
• Knowledge of primary care networks and collaborative ways of working
• Knowledge of VCSE and community services and other providers of non clinical care and support services.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
• Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
• GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
• Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients / relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team. This includes use of clinical systems to document consultations.
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities.

Desirable

• Case Management.
• Ability to work in MDT collaborative environment.

Other

Essential

• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular bases, including visiting people in their own homes.
• Competent IT skills.

Experience

Essential

• Working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
• Experience of working under pressure and personally accountable for outcomes and achievements

Desirable

• Working in a primary care and or community setting.
• Experience of supporting people with their mental health.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).