Social Prescriber

We are seeking to appoint a flexible minded Social Prescriber to take a front line role working with the practices, supporting patients to the best possible care and support. This role will help empower local residents to take control of their health and wellbeing, allowing them to create time to focus on what matters to the patient.

The Social Prescriber supports taking a holistic approach to an individuals health and wellbeing. The role will involve connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.

The Social Prescriber will provide support for low to medium intensity patients with mental and social health conditions to overcome barriers. The Social Prescriber will be embedded within Primary Care Network multi-disciplinary teams to provide personalised support to individuals, to enable them to take control of their wellbeing and improve their health outcomes., The role will help people manage their health differently and more effectively, the aim is to help people who are lonely or isolated, or who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing, including their mental health.

You should be a good listener, have time for people and be committed to supporting local communities to care for each other. You should have experience of working positively with people facing complex social and emotional challenges.

The successful candidate should expect to work across all the practices delivering care to people from a wide range of backgrounds. At the centre of your workload and commitment to patients is to work in a timely, efficient and confidential manner at all times.

Bradford City Primary Care Network 4 is looking to recruit a forward thinking and enthusiastic experienced Social Prescribing Link Worker., The successful candidates will have excellent communication skills and a high level of IT literacy.

Bradford City Primary Care Network 4 (PCN4) is a network of Bradford City practices working collaboratively across the network area to look after the health of our local population. The PCN which comprises of 5 local practices with a total population of around 42,000 registered patients.