Company Name
GP Primary Choice Ltd
All Locations
Colchester
Advertising Salary
£27,000 - £28,000pa WTE
Function
Health & Wellbeing
Careers Site Advertising End Date
29 May 2025
Vacancy
28430
About the Role
GP Primary Choice Ltd are looking for a specialist social prescriber to join their team to cover GP surgeries in the Colchester area on a full-time basis.
 
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. 
 
Main responsibilities will include;
 
  • 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.
Please see job description attached. 
 
About the Candidate
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.
 
You will need to have the following skills and experience:
  • Experience of working within healthcare, the voluntary or community sectors, supporting vulnerable groups.
  • Driving license and access to a own transport.
  • Strong listening and communication skills.
  • You will be familiar with local resources and services and how to access them.
  • Motivated by helping people, with care and empathy.
  • Ability to deliver person-centred support in a non-judgmental way.
  • Experience of completing holistic, person-centred care-planning assessments.
  • Understanding of the needs of small, volunteer-led community groups and the ability to support their development.
  • Commitment to collaborative working with all local agencies.
  • Experience and confidence in the delivery of lifestyle change interventions.

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.

 

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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