Job Introduction
Job title: PCN Social Prescriber
Location: E16 Health
Salary: Up to £35,000.00 depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri with occasional Saturdays)
Help us to deliver great primary care by improving access, outcomes and patient experience.
At Operose Health, we delivery local primary care, at scale. It is our purpose to improve access, outcomes and patient experience. Our colleagues live our values and our empowered to be the best they can be for our patients, and each other – because we CARE.
Caring
We listen and through compassion, understanding and a willingness to keep an open mind, we support and empower people to have a healthier future.
Ambitious
Through determination and our passion for transforming the patient experience, we continue to redefine and revolutionise the future of primary care.
Resourceful
Creative, agile, with a devotion for lifelong learning, we go above and beyond to improve the quality of our services.
Excellence
We strive to do the best we can do and be the best we can be for our patients, employees and NHS partners.
Role Responsibility
As a valued member of the Operose Health team, your key duties will include:
- To work with patients, using behaviour techniques such as motivational interviewing to support them to identify, set and meet achievable goals to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing.
- · To work with patients in our surgery, to signpost them to local services/organisations which the patient themselves feel would be of benefit to reach their goals. These services may include, befriending, weight management, mental health support, smoking cessation, local social groups, leisure centres and volunteering.
- · To work with partner organisations to support the development and delivery of an integrated care plan for the client so all their needs are met in a holistic way.
- · To follow up with patients, update their records and support them on an ongoing basis.
- To make and maintain contact with local social prescribing providers and build a network and knowledge of referral routes to and from service providers
- · To participate in the Practice’s frailty multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings on a regular basis, and safeguarding processes when appropriate.
- · To undertake regular training to extend and update own knowledge of health and wellbeing issues.
The Ideal Candidate
What we look for in new colleagues:
- Working in a health and wellbeing or leisure and fitness or public or voluntary sector environment
- · Working in a customer-facing role
- · Delivering lifestyle change/brief interventions
- Highly organised, managing time, resources and competing priorities in a structured and efficient way
- Creative problem solver and willing to search for hard-to-find information
- Good IT and administrative skills
- Good understanding of health issues and the wider determinants of health and wellbeing
- Knowledge of social prescribing
Package Description
How we’ll support you:
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata.
- Access to our bespoke learning management system and annual formative clinical assessments to support competency development.
- The benefits of working with an at scale provider of primary care means that we lots of opportunities for our colleagues to specialise and develop.
- Car benefit scheme – specialising in electric vehicles.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Travel season ticket loans
- Discount cards.
- Employee wellbeing services including free yoga videos and employee wellbeing app.
About the Company
We provide local primary care, at scale
Operose Health delivers primary care to over 700,000 registered patients, across 82 locations in 16 ICB areas. We have over 250,000 attendances at our urgent care centres and support some of the most vulnerable people through our specialist GP surgeries.
Our clinical model of localised delivery allows services to concentrate on local health needs, priorities and connections - whilst benefitting from the regional and centralised support that scale provides.
We transform communities and reduce heath inequality
Our patients are our partners and we are committed to empowering and supporting them to lead healthier lives. We use patient feedback, our innovative data systems and scale to adapt services to meet local need, reduce health care inequality and drive integration within our neighbourhoods.
We have a unique offering in the NHS
Through our reach, innovative data systems, scale and determination, we have the capability and insight to support the NHS with access and delivery challenges.
We care
We care about our patients, our people, our communities and neighbourhoods, and the future of primary care. We are led by our values and are a trusted provider in the NHS.