* You will succeed in this role if you are able to work in a busy, ever-changing environment and you will need to be well organised and comfortable managing a busy caseload personally and via partners.
* You will be suitable for this position if you are able to establish good working relationships, with clear communication channels, and work well in partnership in local communities.
* It is essential to have previous experience of dealing with patients in a healthcare setting include face-to-face, via phone, email and in community and home visit settings.
* You will either be qualified NVQ L3 or above or willing to complete this under an apprenticeship.
We will work alongside the successful candidate to ensure they are sufficiently inducted and trained; there will be regular constructive supervision in place. It is important to us that you feel safe and supported in the role.
Main duties of the job
What is the role?
* Provide personalised support by phone, in person and group sessions
* Support individuals, families and carers to navigate suitable support
* Use coaching, motivation interviewing and behaviour change techniques
* Connect with health, social care and voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise partners to link individuals with the right support
* Work well across GPs, Nurses, AHPs, Pharmacists and contribute in MDTs
* You will have good attention to detail and recognise the importance of maintaining accurate records and clinical coding
You will join our PCN and work in our practices, community and in‑person visits to individuals in the home. The majority of the work will be for Unity Healthcare within the PCN, and we are part of Suffolk GP Federation. We are a not‑for‑profit, community interest company and our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk, including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as Urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face‑to‑face Service in Suffolk.
About us
Suffolk GP Federation CIC is a not‑for‑profit community interest company. Our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face‑to‑face Service in Suffolk.
Job responsibilities
Social Prescriber
We are looking for a Social Prescriber to join our team based at Unity Healthcare via our PCN covering Glemsford, Long Melford, Lavenham and some time in Haverhill.
Contract type:
We are looking for 1 person to join us on a permanent part time basis as follows:
30 hours for either four or five days per week. We are happy to discuss how these hours are worked and we are flexible.
What we can offer you:
* A strong ethos of flexible working, to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance.
* Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard.
* A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that get it
* Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and no wait responses
* A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service‑managed training budgets
* Cycle to work scheme
* Death in service cover
* Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
* 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) on starting, rising to 29 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years service
* Blue light card employer Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street.
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.
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