Job summary
ARC Primary Care Network
Salary -From £25,993.50 WTE dependant on experience.
Working hours:37.5 hours per week.
NHS Pension
33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Prescriber to join our well established a team at ARC PCN
About our PCN.
Our PCN comprises of 6 Buckinghamshire GP practices, collaboratively working together for their population of 85,000 patients.
- The Simpson Centre and Penn Surgery.
- Millbarn Medical Centre.
- Bourne End and Wooburn Green Medical Centre.
- Highfield Surgery.
- Cherrymead Surgery.
- Marlow Medical Group.
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through GP referral to non-medical Community Link Workers (CLWs) based in GP surgeries who give time, focus on what matters to me and take a holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. Community Link Workers work collaboratively with all local partners.
Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience and reduces health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing, and physical inactivity, by increasing peoples active involvement with their local communities. It particularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.
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.
About us
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.
Date posted
01 May 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
E0093-25-0022
Job locations
The Doctors House Surgery
Victoria Road
Marlow
Buckinghamshire
SL7 1DN
Employer details
Employer name
FedBucks Ltd
Address
The Doctors House Surgery
Victoria Road
Marlow
Buckinghamshire
SL7 1DN
Employer's website
https://www.fedbucks.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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