Primary Care Social Prescriber
Job Description
Job summary
Are you passionate about helping people overcome challenges and improve their lives? Have you built a career supporting others through advice, guidance or advocacy?
If you have experience working in organisations such as Citizens Advice, Job Centre, Councils, charity/voluntary sector or you are a former healthcare, education, social care or public sector professional looking for a rewarding new challenge then this could be the perfect post for you!
We are looking for a Social Prescriber who understands that health is about much more than medicine. This is an opportunity to use your experience to help people address the practical, emotional and social issues that affect their wellbeing.
If you're an excellent listener, skilled at building relationships, confident working with people from all walks of life, and enjoy finding practical solutions to complex problems, this could be the perfect role for you.
As a Social Prescriber, you will work closely with community organisations, helping people access local services, reduce isolation, improve their wellbeing and take greater control of their health. Every day is different, and every conversation has the potential to make a real difference.
You don't need to have worked in healthcare before we're looking for compassion, resilience, excellent communication skills and a genuine desire to help people live healthier, happier lives.
Hours:7.5 - 12 hours per week (flexible working pattern)
Location:UEA Medical Centre & West Pottergate Surgery
Main duties of the job
Key Skills Required
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent (essential)
- Administrative skills (essential)
- Strong organisation skills (essential)
- Experience in primary care (essential)
- Research skills and initiative (essential)
- Problem solving (essential)
- Ability to communicate with a wide-ranging population (essential)
- Computer literate (essential)
Personal Qualities Required
- Patience and empathy (essential)
- Organised and methodical (essential)
- Enthusiasm and motivation (essential)
- Ability to learn quickly (essential)
- Excellent communication (essential)
- Ability to work unsupervised (essential)
- Ability to travel between two practices (essential)
About us
Benefits include:
- Free parking
- NHS pension scheme
- Study leave/training budget
- Comprehensive induction
- Occupational sick pay scheme
- 4 weeks annual leave (rising to 5 weeks annual leave after 2 years service) + bank holidays (pro rata)
Please note: Due to our peak and trough workload (which varies over university term and vacation) there are some restrictions on taking annual leave in university term time, particularly in October and November.
Job responsibilities
Duties
- Social prescribers can refer patients to local services that support a patients social, emotional, or practical needs. They work with the patient to understand what could help and find the best support available in the local community ie;
- Support with finance/budgeting
- Food vouchers
- Baby food bank
- Low-income support
- Help complete forms ie PIP, finance, parking applications
- Student finance England
- Signpost to social groups to meet new people loneliness, cultural groups
- Blue badges
- Healthy lifestyles
- Carer support
- Housing support
- Benefits
- Skills and employment
- Carers Champion offering support and advice
- To keep accurate computer records of all patient contact
- To attend meetings as required and those appropriate to the post
- To participate in such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be reasonably assigned in accordance with training received both internally and externally.
- To carry out any training necessary to perform this role on a regular basis, including any update training to ensure competencies maintained.
Training
Full training will be given if required, supported by external Social Prescribing training courses.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent
- Administrative skills
- Strong organisation skills
- Experience in primary care
- Research skills and initiative
- Problem solving
- Ability to communicate with a wide-ranging population
- Computer literate
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Patience and empathy
- Organised and methodical
- Enthusiasm and motivation
- Ability to learn quickly
- Excellent communication
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Ability to travel between two practices
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.
Employer details
Employer name
UEA Medical Centre
Address
University Of East Anglia
Earlham Road
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
