Job summary
Mid Chiltern Primary Care Network
Salary -From £25,500 - £27,000 per annum dependant on experience
Working hours:37.5 hours per week
NHS Pension
33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Social prescribing is about giving people time to focus on what matters to me and taking a holistic approach to peoples health and wellbeing. It connects people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.
Could this be you?
We are looking for a Social Prescriber to join our close-knit Social Prescribing team in Buckinghamshire with a focus on surrounding areas including Amersham. Great Missenden, Prestwood and Hughenden Valley. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to work in partnership with local voluntary, community services and agencies, ensuring the best outcome for people.
This non-clinical role will receive referrals from the five GP surgeries and also self-referrals from patients and connect them to support and services in the community.
If you are interested in this role and would like to apply, we would like you to write a covering letter explaining why you are applying and your understanding of what social prescribing is. If you would like to speak about the role prior to applying then please contact Julie Social Prescriber Team Leader on 07939 972546
Main duties of the job
You'll be working with people who may have long-term health conditions (including support for mental health), people who are lonely or isolated, or who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing. There is so much variety, each day will never be the same and you will be speaking to and meeting people of all ages and from all backgrounds.
What experience will you need?
- We are looking for someone with an understanding of social prescribing, or a person-centred approach.
- You'll be able to demonstrate the ability to be a good listener, have time for people and be committed to supporting local communities to care for each other.
- You'll preferably have experience of working positively with people facing complex social and emotional challenges.
- You'll have great interpersonal skills and a can-do approach to supporting people, community groups and local organisations.
- You will live locally in the community.
- It is important you are I.T. literate as we use multiple clinical systems.
This role would suit perhaps someone who already works within Primary Care as an administrator or receptionist role in a GP Surgery and enjoys supporting and helping patients, is a good listener and would like to develop further. The role is predominantly a signposting one so someone who lives locally to the area would be ideal as some driving is involved between the five surgeries and also attending local community events.
About us
The Mid Chiltern Primary Care Network consists of five local GP Surgeries, covering the areas of Amersham, Great Missenden, Prestwood & Hughenden Valley.
FedBucks
is a federation of 47 GP practices covering a population of over 485,000
patients across Buckinghamshire. We began in 2016 and now employ around 200
members of staff across our head office sites, and our planned and unplanned
care services.
As
a GP Federation, 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 provide 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 ensuring our
patients feel safe, supported, communicated with, and respected, at a time when
they may be feeling vulnerable. Our vision is to provide high quality, seamless
health care that enables people to lead healthier lives, whilst feeling
supported and cared for.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary
Duties and Areas of Responsibility
As
a key member of the PCNs team of health professionals, ensure that referrals
from the PCNs Core Network Practices and from a wide range of agencies are
dealt with appropriately and support is offered for the health and wellbeing of
patients.
Constantly
assess how far a patients health and wellbeing needs can be met by services
and other opportunities available in the community.
Devise
and validate the ongoing Directory of Services for patients within the
community. Ensure this is accurate and up to date as a constantly evolving
point of reference.
Support
Social Prescribers within your network to co-produce a simple personalised care
and support plan to address the patients health and wellbeing needs by
introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services, including
weight management support and signposting where appropriate and it matters to
the person.
Evaluate
how far the actions in the care and support plan are meeting the patients
health and wellbeing needs.
Provide
personalised support to patients, their families, and carers to take control of
their health and wellbeing, live independently, improve their health outcomes,
and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Develop
trusting relationships by giving people time and focus on what matters to
them.
Take
a holistic approach, based on the patients priorities and the wider
determinants of health.
Explore
and support access to a personal health budget where appropriate.
manage
and prioritise own caseload, in accordance with the health and wellbeing needs
of their population.
Where
required and as appropriate, refer patients back to other health professionals
within the PCN.
Meet people on a one-to-one
basis, making home visits where appropriate. Give people time to tell their
stories and focus on what matters to me. Build trust with the person,
providing non-judgmental support, respecting diversity, and lifestyle choices.
Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets.
Be a friendly source of
information about wellbeing and prevention approaches. Help people identify the
wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor
housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
Help people maintain or regain
independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and
simple safeguards.
Work with individuals to
co-produce a simple personalised support plan based on the persons
priorities, interests, values and motivations including what they can expect
from the groups, activities and services they are being connected to and what
the person can do for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.
Where appropriate, physically
introduce people to community groups, activities, and statutory services,
ensuring they are comfortable. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to
engage, included and receiving good support.
Where people may be eligible
for a personal health budget, help them to explore this option as a way of
providing funded, personalised support to be independent, including helping
people to gain skills for meaningful employment, where appropriate.
Must be able to travel by own
car between all Primary Care Network locations and patient's homes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary
Duties and Areas of Responsibility
As
a key member of the PCNs team of health professionals, ensure that referrals
from the PCNs Core Network Practices and from a wide range of agencies are
dealt with appropriately and support is offered for the health and wellbeing of
patients.
Constantly
assess how far a patients health and wellbeing needs can be met by services
and other opportunities available in the community.
Devise
and validate the ongoing Directory of Services for patients within the
community. Ensure this is accurate and up to date as a constantly evolving
point of reference.
Support
Social Prescribers within your network to co-produce a simple personalised care
and support plan to address the patients health and wellbeing needs by
introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services, including
weight management support and signposting where appropriate and it matters to
the person.
Evaluate
how far the actions in the care and support plan are meeting the patients
health and wellbeing needs.
Provide
personalised support to patients, their families, and carers to take control of
their health and wellbeing, live independently, improve their health outcomes,
and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Develop
trusting relationships by giving people time and focus on what matters to
them.
Take
a holistic approach, based on the patients priorities and the wider
determinants of health.
Explore
and support access to a personal health budget where appropriate.
manage
and prioritise own caseload, in accordance with the health and wellbeing needs
of their population.
Where
required and as appropriate, refer patients back to other health professionals
within the PCN.
Meet people on a one-to-one
basis, making home visits where appropriate. Give people time to tell their
stories and focus on what matters to me. Build trust with the person,
providing non-judgmental support, respecting diversity, and lifestyle choices.
Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets.
Be a friendly source of
information about wellbeing and prevention approaches. Help people identify the
wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor
housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
Help people maintain or regain
independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and
simple safeguards.
Work with individuals to
co-produce a simple personalised support plan based on the persons
priorities, interests, values and motivations including what they can expect
from the groups, activities and services they are being connected to and what
the person can do for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.
Where appropriate, physically
introduce people to community groups, activities, and statutory services,
ensuring they are comfortable. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to
engage, included and receiving good support.
Where people may be eligible
for a personal health budget, help them to explore this option as a way of
providing funded, personalised support to be independent, including helping
people to gain skills for meaningful employment, where appropriate.
Must be able to travel by own
car between all Primary Care Network locations and patient's homes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the personalised care approach
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic, and environmental factors and their impact on Communities
- Knowledge of community development approaches
- Knowledge of motivational coaching and interview skills
- Capacity to be innovative and develop the role of a link worker
- Ability to work with a range of clinical and non-clinical personnel as part of a team
- Ability to work independently and effectively with a high degree of motivation
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to define, collate, analyse, and interpret data
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS long term plan and priorities relevant to primary care
- Local knowledge of community healthcare and social care
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to demonstrate resilience
- Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person centred support in a non-judgemental way
- Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience
- Works well under pressure
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles, and diversity
- Compassion to patients, relatives, carers, and professional colleagues
- Core values consistent with a patient and family centred approach to care
- Demonstrate professional, appropriate, effective, and tactful communication skills
- Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential
- Builds credibility (personal and organisational) and rapport quickly
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner if required
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent and relevant Continuing Professional Development
- Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience
- Experience of supporting people, their families, and carers in a related role (including unpaid work)
- Experience of setting up services within Primary Care Networks and their local communities.
- Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health, and social care, learning support or public health/health improvement (including unpaid work)
- Experience of working with local VCSE organisations and community groups
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the personalised care approach
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic, and environmental factors and their impact on Communities
- Knowledge of community development approaches
- Knowledge of motivational coaching and interview skills
- Capacity to be innovative and develop the role of a link worker
- Ability to work with a range of clinical and non-clinical personnel as part of a team
- Ability to work independently and effectively with a high degree of motivation
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to define, collate, analyse, and interpret data
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS long term plan and priorities relevant to primary care
- Local knowledge of community healthcare and social care
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to demonstrate resilience
- Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person centred support in a non-judgemental way
- Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience
- Works well under pressure
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles, and diversity
- Compassion to patients, relatives, carers, and professional colleagues
- Core values consistent with a patient and family centred approach to care
- Demonstrate professional, appropriate, effective, and tactful communication skills
- Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential
- Builds credibility (personal and organisational) and rapport quickly
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner if required
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent and relevant Continuing Professional Development
- Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience
- Experience of supporting people, their families, and carers in a related role (including unpaid work)
- Experience of setting up services within Primary Care Networks and their local communities.
- Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health, and social care, learning support or public health/health improvement (including unpaid work)
- Experience of working with local VCSE organisations and community groups
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.
