Social Prescribing Link Worker - Phoenix Health Primary Care Network

NHS Jobs; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Health Primary Care Network is seeking a Social Prescribing Link Worker to provide personalised, holistic support to people with long-term conditions within the community. The role focuses on facilitating care planning and coordinating input from multiple professionals.

You will deliver information and advice about local services to improve health, promote independence, and reduce demand on statutory services.

Qualifications

• Provide personalised, holistic support to people with long-term conditions.
• Coordinate input from different professionals.
• Advise patients about services to promote health and independence.
• Assist access to community resources to reduce avoidable hospital visits.

Responsibilities

• Provide personalised, holistic support to people with long-term conditions and other specified groups.
• Coordinate input from different professionals to ensure coordinated care.
• Offer information and advice about services to promote health, lifestyle and independence.
• Help patients access community services and resources to prevent avoidable hospital admissions.

Skills

Holistic support

Care coordination

Patient information

Community services navigation

Job description

Social Prescribing Link Worker - Phoenix Health Primary Care Network

Job responsibilities To provide personalised, holistic support to people with long-term conditions and other specified groups enabling them to access services across the community. The aims are to Facilitate holistic care planning and co-ordination of input from different professionals Provide information and advice to patients about a range of services to promote their health, lifestyle and maintain independence within communities Facilitate access to services available in the community Reduce demand on statutory services to prevent avoidable hospital admissions, residential care placements and GP referrals. The Social Prescriber must have started or willingness to complete the below: NHS England and NHS Improvement online learning programme https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/social-prescribing/ Be enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from appropriate training as set out by the Personalised Care Institute https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/supporting-health-and-care-staff-to-deliver-personalised-care/personalised-care-institute/