Specialist Social Prescriber

Job summary

GP Primary Choice Ltd is looking for a number of specialist social prescribers to join their team to cover GP surgeries in the Colchester and Tendring area, on a part-time basis. There is flexibility to the days required so please apply to discuss further.

The position will be responsible for providing advice and support to the public in a holistic manner linking their needs to services, as available in the area in which they live. It specifically will incorporate working with patients experiencing dementia, their families and carers. The successful post-holder will be required to drive due to travel required. If you are a local community champion or already a social prescriber, and want a new and exciting challenge, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to reducing the overall future longer-term statutory health and social care demand through a proactive and holistic care approach.
• Pro-actively search for patients who would benefits from this service from a variety of risk registers in place.
• Work closely with care and residential homes to provide advice and support to both patients and their families.
• Work closely with the local hospital for patients who are ready to be discharged back into the community.
• Be able to have the aptitude to act independently, make home visits, and have the competency to make judgements on complex information.
• Listen to service users, carers and family members and be capable of dealing with distressing situations. To be able to give emotional support if required.
• Provide advice, support, information and assistance in obtaining services from other agencies and where appropriate, make initial contacts on the Service Users behalf and act as advocate if needed.
• Discuss patient problems with GPs or their primary care teams updating the practice database after each visit.

About us

GP Primary Choice Ltd is a primary care provider company based in north east Essex owned by 32 GP practices in the locality, covering over 360,000 patients. Currently rated as Good following a CQC inspection in January 2023.

Our purpose is to provide a vehicle and skill set to successfully bid for local services. By combining resources and expertise the company will help to ensure that work appropriate for general practice is maintained and developed in local practices to the benefit of patients, practices and the local health economy.