Job summary
Leeds Student Medical Practice and The Light Surgery Primary Care
Network (LSMP and TLS PCN) are looking to recruit a PCN Social Prescriber. This
is a newly created collaborative role between the PCN and Yorkshire MESMAC. Our
PCN is extremely diverse with patients mainly being students or young
professionals. We want the most resilient people to join our ever-expanding
team.
The role is extremely varied, with the successful candidate providing social prescriber support to our patient population, in particular the LGBTQIA+ community. This is a role that supports patients to address and tackle issues that are having an adverse effect on their mental and physical health, or social challenges such as isolation.
This role is a 12 month fixed term with potential to extend dependant on the success of the role.
Interviews will be held in person on 2nd November 2023
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be required to work on their own
initiative as well as being a good team player. You will need to be a good
listener, empathetic, and understand the patient needs. You will also have
outstanding interpersonal skills and be able to work with patients to identify
wider health, wellbeing, and social interventions. An interest in health and
wellbeing is essential and we are willing to provide upskilling training for
the right applicant.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop and grow your skills in
an exciting fast paced role.
About us
PCN Overview:
LSMP and TLS form our Primary Care Network, which works
collaboratively to ensure high quality, equitable, and sustainable care. We
work together to represent over 57,000 service users and strive to provide
outstanding support. Our work remains rooted in the local communities that we
serve which is predominately student and young adult populations.
LSMP currently holds the Gold Pride in Practice award-this has been in
place since 2019 and LSMP are looking to maintain this while building on this
foundation.
Yorkshire MESMAC overview:
Yorkshire
MESMAC is one of the oldest and largest sexual health organisations in the
country. We offer a range of services to various communities across Yorkshire,
including men who have sex with men, people of colour and other marginalised
races, people misusing drugs, sex workers and LGBTQIA+ young people and adults.
We offer a
range of mental health and wellbeing services, including counselling, 1-2-1 support,
group sessions and training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The overall aim of this role is to provide
effective collaborative working between LSMP/TLS Light surgery PCN and
Yorkshire MESMAC to deliver individualised, tailored support to improve the
wellbeing of our LGBT+ registered service users. This will be via holistic
assessments and integrated care plans to improve the health and well-being for LGBT+
individuals with a longer-term outcome of optimising the number of clinical
/medical interventions required.
The successful
candidate will be kind, empathetic and trustworthy to help put service users at
ease. They will be knowledgeable in the field of personalised holistic care and
will ideally understand the options available within the healthcare system to optimise
service user care. They will be passionate about reducing health inequalities,
and understanding of the challenges that impact good service user care. They
will be motivated to develop themselves and their role to meet the requirements
of the PCN.
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The overall aim of this role is to provide
effective collaborative working between LSMP/TLS Light surgery PCN and
Yorkshire MESMAC to deliver individualised, tailored support to improve the
wellbeing of our LGBT+ registered service users. This will be via holistic
assessments and integrated care plans to improve the health and well-being for LGBT+
individuals with a longer-term outcome of optimising the number of clinical
/medical interventions required.
The successful
candidate will be kind, empathetic and trustworthy to help put service users at
ease. They will be knowledgeable in the field of personalised holistic care and
will ideally understand the options available within the healthcare system to optimise
service user care. They will be passionate about reducing health inequalities,
and understanding of the challenges that impact good service user care. They
will be motivated to develop themselves and their role to meet the requirements
of the PCN.
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Level 2 Health and Social Care or other relevant profession academic qualification
- Health and Wellbeing qualification
- Personalised Care and Support Planning (PCSP) training
Experience
Essential
- Excellent numeric and literacy skills
- Experience of a fast-paced administrative role
- Experience of working with an MDT
- Experience working with a busy environment
Desirable
- Experience of working with healthcare professions or previous experience within the NHS or similar field
- Experience working with young adults
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent IT skills and record keeping
- Effective time management
- Excellent teamworking skills
- Kind and empathetic mindset
- Proven record of excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Efficient organisational skills
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to deal with service users sensitively
- Willingness to undertake training and develop skills
Desirable
- Familiarity with medical terminology
- Understanding of health and social care pathways
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Level 2 Health and Social Care or other relevant profession academic qualification
- Health and Wellbeing qualification
- Personalised Care and Support Planning (PCSP) training
Experience
Essential
- Excellent numeric and literacy skills
- Experience of a fast-paced administrative role
- Experience of working with an MDT
- Experience working with a busy environment
Desirable
- Experience of working with healthcare professions or previous experience within the NHS or similar field
- Experience working with young adults
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent IT skills and record keeping
- Effective time management
- Excellent teamworking skills
- Kind and empathetic mindset
- Proven record of excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Efficient organisational skills
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to deal with service users sensitively
- Willingness to undertake training and develop skills
Desirable
- Familiarity with medical terminology
- Understanding of health and social care pathways
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.
