Social Prescriber

The Colte Partnership is currently looking for a social prescriber to join our team for 25 hours per week. The social prescriber will play a vital role in enhancing patient care and well-being by connecting individuals with non-medical support services within the community.

 

The post holder’s responsibilities will include:

There is a wide socio-economic and demographic served within this area which will provide an interesting and varied case mix. You will be joining an enthusiastic team of clinicians and administrators. You will be well supported with on-going professional development (training support, CPD and peer support). The role will contribute to the improving quality of care of our patients across the network of practices.

Preferred experience:

The Colte Partnership is a GP super-partnership, formed in June 2017. It brought together 8 local GP surgeries across Colchester and Tendring, serving approx. 80,000 patients. With the combined workforce, skills and knowledge, we are in a unique position to assist our patients across the county.

 

As well as General Practice, we offer Extended Access appointments to enable all of our patients to access medical care at evening and weekends; we work collaboratively with external agencies to provide in home services and Social Prescribing; we are working to be at the forefront of Clinical Research; and have many more exciting ventures on the horizon.

 

We also work as a collaborative Primary Care Network which spans across Colchester and Tendring:

 

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.