Job Introduction
Are you looking a Social Prescriber looking for an exciting new opportunity?
E16 Health are looking for an Social Prescriber for 37.5 hours per week.
Role Responsibility
Key duties will include:
- The role will deliver a Social Prescribing Service to manage patient referrals from all primary care team members providing holistic assessments, co-designing a social prescription to improve health and well-being outcomes for individuals with a longer-term outcome of reducing the number of clinical /medical interventions required.
- You will also be able to provide health coaching and more comprehensive support where appropriate for individual patients.
- You will be able to work independently while escalating patients with complexity, who are in significant distress or who have safeguarding concerns.
- The post holder will work collaboratively with other colleagues across the health, social care and the third sector to provide patient-centred, integrated care.
- Develop and deliver organisational training modules that will as a minimum cover the role of social prescriber and health & wellbeing coaches, eligibility criteria and how to differentiate between low & high needs, patient experience and common themes/feedback from patients.
The Ideal Candidate
Interested? What you will need to be considered:
- A health, social care, counselling or other relevant professional or academic qualification.
- Excellent holistic assessment skills and experience of shared decision-making providing support to adults in a planned and structured way to improve health, recovery, and well-being outcomes.
- Experience of training, supervising, motivating, and developing others to ensure a high-quality service that meets the needs and promotes positive outcomes for individual service users.
- Proven skills in collating information and data on community resources and organising these in up-to-date and accessible formats for a range of different service users from various communities.
Package Description
What we can offer you as an Social Prescriber:
- Market leading salary scales.
- 27 days holiday a year as well as bank holidays minimum for full time staff.
- NHS Pension scheme.
- Apprenticeship opportunities.
- Varied opportunities for career development within our wider organisation and a range of other exciting employee benefits such as car benefit scheme, cycle to work schemes, travel season ticket loans, discount cards and employee wellbeing services.
About the Company
Why join Operose Health?
At Operose Health it is our mission to deliver great primary care by improving access, outcomes and patient experience. Our dedicated teams, innovative operating models, ambitious growth plans, and values-driven culture allow us to offer unparalleled support to every practice and service we manage. We care for over 630,000 patients across 60+ GP Practices, from Devon to Doncaster.
We take immense pride in our exceptionally talented workforce. With robust resources and continuous support, we empower our staff to deliver outstanding patient care. Our clinicians and colleagues are encouraged to operate at the top of their licence and champion to be the best that they can be.
Clinical expertise, innovation and research drive our models of care, improving primary care access to provide the right support, at the right time. By leveraging data and insights, we manage demand more efficiently, enabling quicker patient access. We empower and educate patients to improve their health and wellbeing for the long term.