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New vacancies: Living Well Coordinators

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Job Title: Living Well Coordinator (Social Prescriber)

Responsible to: Adapt (NE) and West Northumberland Primary Care Network

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm. Two full-time posts (open to job share)

Salary: £27,595.92 per annum

Benefits: 25 days annual leave per year, plus statutory holidays (pro rata)

Location: The Living Well Coordination Service covers the 12 GP practices in the West Northumberland Primary Care Network (PCN)

  • Do you have excellent listening and communication skills?
  • Are you organised with good administrative and IT skills?
  • Do you enjoy working as part of a team?
  • Do you want to help support West Northumberland residents to improve their health and wellbeing?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to the above questions, then the Living Well Coordination Service would love to hear from you.

We are recruiting for two full-time Living Well Coordinators. This is an opportunity to be involved in delivering and supporting solutions for primary care patients across the West Northumberland PCN.

Each Living Well Coordinator will be the named worker for 1-3 GP practices and will split their working time across these practices, as well as working from Adapt (NE)’s office in Hexham and home-working where appropriate. They will also be required to work in other places throughout the North East, as identified in your individual work programme.

The West Northumberland PCN practices are Bellingham Practice, Branch End Surgery (Stocksfield), Burn Brae Medical Group (Hexham), Corbridge Medical Group, Haltwhistle Medical Group, Humshaugh and Wark Medical Group, Prudhoe Medical Group, Scots Gap Medical Group (Morpeth), Sele Medical Practice (Hexham) and White Medical Group (Ponteland). Adderlane Surgery (Prudhoe) and Riversdale Surgery (Prudhoe) are also supported by the service.

Clients may live rurally beyond these areas.

Please find below the job description/person specification and application form. Please tell us how you meet the person specification within the application form and return it along with the GDPR Consent Form.

Completed applications to be returned by email by 5.00pm on Monday 13 November 2023.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 21 November 2023.

If you require any further information, please contact Emma Aljoe by email emmaa@adapt-tynedale.org.uk or call 01434 600599 (option 4).

Living Well Coordinator job description and person specification

Living Well Coordinator Application Form

GDPR consent form

 

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Vacancies: Social Prescribing Team Leaders

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We are recruiting Team Leaders for the West Northumberland Primary Care Network Living Well Service and the Northumbria Primary Care Network Social Prescribing Service.

Job Title: Team Leader

Responsible to: Adapt (NE) and Northumbria PCN or Adapt (NE) and West Northumberland PCN

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm,  full-time /job share

Location: Ponteland surgery and office base Cramlington with travel across the Northumbria PCN or Prudhoe surgery and office base Hexham with travel across the West Northumberland PCN

Salary: £ 29,179.92 per year

Benefits: 25 days holiday per year, plus statutory holidays pro rata

This is an opportunity to be involved in delivering and supporting solutions for primary care patients across the two PCN areas. We are recruiting Team Leader posts for each PCN area.

The Team Leader will work with a small team and be the first point of contact for staff. The Team Leader will report directly to the Adapt (NE) Director and liaise with identified staff within the PCN and when required individual Practice Managers and/or practice based Care Navigators across a range of GP practices.

You will be responsible for developing the service identifying opportunities to promote the service to potential patients, developing in partnership a robust plan to support community involvement.

Please find the job description and person specification for each role below.

Please tell us how you meet the person specification within the application form, and return with the signed GDPR consent form by email by 5.00pm Monday 8 May 2023.

Interviews will be held at Adapt (NE) offices in Hexham –

Wednesday 24 May 2023 – West Northumberland PCN Team Leader

Friday 26 May 2023 – Northumbria PCN Team Leader

If you require any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about these roles, please contact Liz Prudhoe by email: lizp@adapt-tynedale.org.uk

 

Team Leader Northumbria PCN Social Prescribing Service job description/person specification

Team Leader West Northumberland PCN Living Well Service job description/person specification

Team Leader Application Form

GDPR Consent Form

 

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We’re recruiting for a Minibus Driver

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Job title: Minibus Driver

Hours: part-time

Location: Hexham and across Tynedale

Salary: £9.90 per hour

Benefits: 25 days annual leave (to be taken during school holidays) plus statutory holidays

 

We are looking for a part-time Driver to join our transport team, based in Hexham. The role will be to work on various contracted and Dial-a-Ride routes. You will need a D1 on your licence and have a flexible approach and friendly manner. We have schools contracts, Dial-a-Ride services across the area and lots of other varied and interesting jobs for our drivers here at Adapt (NE). Hours will be contracted with additional hours available.

Training on transporting people with varying abilities will be provided and you will also complete a MIDAS certificate.

For more information please call Andrew Wild on 01434 600599, option 1, or call into the office for a chat.

If you would like to apply for this vacancy please complete and return the application form by 5pm on Friday 31 March.

Adapt (NE) Driver application form

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Job vacancy: Social Prescriber

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We are recruiting for a full-time Social Prescriber to join the Northumbria Primary Care Network social prescribing team.

Job Title: Social Prescriber

Responsible to: Adapt (NE) and the Northumbria PCN

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

Location: Cramlington and Elsdon surgeries

Salary: £26,281.92 per annum

Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays

The Northumbria PCN GP practices are Allendale/Haydon Bridge, Cramlington, Elsdon, Ponteland and The Rothbury Practice. You will be working primarily out of GP surgeries as well as, where appropriate, working from the Adapt (NE) office, visiting clients in their homes and meeting clients in other community settings.

Job Purpose

Social prescribing in the Northumbria PCN empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to Social Prescribers who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach to an individual’s health and wellbeing, connecting people to diverse community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.

As a social prescriber, you will support individuals referred to the service by working in partnership with them to assess their non-medical needs and priorities and link them to suitable resources, groups and services. You will empower clients to access the support they need, which may include accompanying clients to local sources of help, where appropriate.

You will proactively build relationships with clients, offer support and develop collaborative, co-produced solutions to address their issues. You will develop relationships with community organisations and statutory services to maintain up to date knowledge and expertise on local services.

Please find the job description/person specification, application form and GDPR form below. Please tell us how you meet the person specification within the application form.

Completed applications, along with the GDPR consent form, are to be returned by email by 5.00pm on Sunday 5 March 2023.

Interviews will be held on Friday 24 March 2023.

If you require any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about this role, please contact Dionne Finnigan dionnef@adapt-tynedale.org.uk.

 

Social Prescriber job description and person specification

Social Prescriber application form

GDPR consent form 

 

Read more about social prescribing at Northumbria PCN

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Job opportunity: SMI Outreach Worker

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Post:                          SMI Outreach Worker

Hours:                       18.5 hours per week

Location:                  Home base or Hexham site

Accountable to:      Project Lead and Director

Rate of Pay:             £23,635.36 per annum, pro rata £11,817.68

Contract:                  Initial 12-month contract

 

Overall purpose

This role is to support people with severe mental illness (SMI) to enable them to engage with primary care services and other initiatives which improve their physical wellbeing. The SMI Outreach Worker will reach out to people on the SMI register of the West Northumberland Primary Care Network to bridge the gap, and provide support which helps them to engage with physical health checks and follow-up interventions. The outreach worker will also encourage clients to develop more skills and knowledge around healthy lifestyles. As a partner in the Northumberland VCSE Alliance, Adapt (NE) is delighted to be part of this important work.

Please complete the application form below, along with the signed GDPR form, and return by 5pm, Sunday 19 February 2023.
Interviews will be held at the Adapt (NE) offices on Thursday 2 March 2023.

 

SMI Outreach Worker job description and person specification

Background information on outreach services

SMI Outreach Worker application form

GDPR consent form

 

We welcome all applications and if you wish to discuss any aspect of the role, please contact Liz Prudhoe, Director, Adapt (NE), lizp@adapt-tynedale.org.uk
If you have not heard from us by the interview date unfortunately you will not have been shortlisted.

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Job opportunity: Cafe Assistant

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Job opportunity: Cafe @ Burn Lane Cafe Assistant

Are you looking for a part time job in Hexham? We’re looking for a new team member at our friendly community cafe, Cafe @ Burn Lane. If you enjoy meeting people and working in a busy environment, this might be the job for you.
The post is for a minimum of 16 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Hourly rate: £9.90.
The job description can be found below. If you’d like more information please call 07864 692627 and ask to speak to Brian.
To apply, please complete the application form below and return along with the signed GDPR form to: general-office@adapt-tynedale.org.uk by 27 September 2022.
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We’re hiring: Relevant Person’s Representative

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We’re recruiting for a Relevant Person’s Representative to join the Northumberland Independent Advocacy Service team.

  • Do you have excellent listening and communication skills?
  • Do you enjoy working independently and as part of a team?
  • Do you enjoy meeting people?

 If you have answered ‘Yes’ to the above questions, then we would love to hear from you.

 

Hours: Part-time (22.5 hours per week over three days)

Location: Based in Pegswood with some working from home and working flexibly throughout Northumberland

Accountable to: Project Lead and Director

Rate of pay: £23,595 per annum pro rata (actual £14,157)

Contract: Permanent (subject to funding & legislation)

Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays pro rata (actual 15 days)

                       

Training will be provided for the role and personal development support will be provided.  An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post. 

Overall purpose

 To provide Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR) support to qualifying individuals.

RPR role

A Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR) is a person who is appointed to act on behalf of, and in the best interests of, somebody who is subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisation. The person subject to the DoLS is referred to as the ‘relevant person’.

Most RPR work is based upon people living in a care or nursing home setting and will include working with people of all ages and from all backgrounds, including those with learning disabilities, people with mental health needs, people with physical and sensory impairment and older people.

The post holder will work in conjunction with other Adapt (NE) staff and will assist in the co-ordination and development of the service where appropriate.

Closing date for applications: 5.00pm Monday 29 August 2022.

Interviews will take place in Hexham on Tuesday 6 September 2022.

For an informal discussion about the above post please contact Chris Barker on 07413 271321 or by email chrisb@adapt-tynedale.org.uk  Further information about this role can also be found in the job description and person specification below. Please return the application form below along with the signed GDPR consent form.

Job description

Person specification

Application form

GDPR consent form

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Join the team: Link Worker Vacancy

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We are recruiting for a full-time Link Worker. This is an opportunity to be involved in delivering and supporting solutions for primary care patients across the West Northumberland Primary Care Network (PCN).

Job Title:                                Link Worker – Living Well Coordination Service

Responsible to:                     Adapt (NE) and the West Northumberland PCN

Hours:                                     37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm

Location:                               Office-based at Adapt (NE), Burn Lane, Hexham, NE46 3HN

Salary:                                   £22,549 per annum

Benefits:                                25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays

 

  • Do you have excellent listening and communication skills?
  • Are you organised with good administrative and IT skills?
  • Do you enjoy working as part of a team?
  • Do you want to help support West Northumberland residents to improve their health and wellbeing?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to the above questions, then the Living Well Coordination Service would love to hear from you.

Our Link Worker will be the initial contact point for the Living Well Coordinating Service (social prescribing), providing administrative, triaging and signposting support to people when they are first referred to the service, as well as holding a small caseload of patients with lower level support needs. The successful applicant will be provided with full training and induction, including NHS social prescribing training.

This is a new role within the team and will be based at the accessible Adapt (NE) site in Hexham, which also houses Healthwatch Northumberland, Northumberland Independent Advocacy Service, transport services and the Adapt (NE)Community Café, Cafe @ Burn Lane.

Please find the Job Description/Person Specification and application form below. Please tell us how you meet the person specification within your application.

Completed applications are to be returned by email by 5pm on Wednesday 3 August along with the signed GDPR form.

Interviews will be held on Friday 12 August (please note that interviews may be held remotely on Zoom/Microsoft Teams).

 

If you require any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about this role, please contact Tania Thomas by email tania.thomas@adapt-tynedale.org.uk or by calling Adapt (NE) on 01434 600599 (option 4).

We are also holding two Zoom Q&A sessions, if you would like to find out more about the role before applying. Just join one of the sessions via the link provided.

Friday 22 July 10am – 11am

Meeting link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84896647895?pwd=d0tUOWc2K2FmRFpmWkNVUSsxUk5odz09

Meeting ID: 848 9664 7895

Passcode: 570519

Monday 1 August 6pm – 7pm

Meeting link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84715175255?pwd=SHpGbndJaHkzdm9POFZlYjFzRmhiUT09

Meeting ID: 847 1517 5255

Passcode: 068915

 

Job Description/Person Specification

GDPR Consent Form

Application Form

 

Find out more about the West Northumberland Living Well Service

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We’re hiring: social prescribing opportunities

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We have three vacancies across the West Northumberland and Northumbria Primary Care Networks (PCNs).

These are:

  • Link Worker for West Northumberland PCN
  • Team Leader for West Northumberland PCN
  • Living Well Coordinator (social prescriber) for Northumbria PCN

The Job Descriptions/Person Specifications for all three roles can be found below, along with the application form and GDPR form. Please tell us how you meet the person specification within the application form.

Completed applications and GDPR forms for all roles are to be returned by email by 12.00pm on Friday 17 June 2022.

Interviews for the West Northumberland PCN Link Worker and Team Leader positions will be held on Wednesday 6 July (please note that interviews may be held remotely on Zoom/Microsoft Teams).

If you require any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about these roles, please contact Tania Thomas by email: tania.thomas@adapt-tynedale.org.uk or by calling Adapt (NE) on 01434 600599 (option 4).

Interview dates for the Northumbria PCN Living Well Coordinator role are to be confirmed. If you would like more information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about this role, please contact Liz Prudhoe by email lizp@adapt-tynedale.org.uk or by calling Adapt (NE) on 01434 600599 (option 1).

 

West Northumberland PCN Link Worker job description and person specification

West Northumberland PCN Team Leader job description and person specification

Northumbria PCN Living Well Coordinator job description and person specification

Application Form

GDPR Form (please sign and return along with your application)

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Join our team: NHS Complaints Advocate

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We’re recruiting for an Independent NHS Complaints Advocate to join the Northumberland Independent Advocacy Service, to provide Independent Health Complaints Advocacy for people living in Northumberland.

We deliver statutory Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), Care Act Advocacy and NHS Complaints Advocacy under contract to Northumberland County Council. The service also provides RPR (Relevant Person’s Representative) and Court of Protection Rule 1.2 representatives. More Information at our Advocacy Page.

Hours: part-time – 21 hrs per week

Salary: £12,831 per annum

Based: Hexham (with potential for flexibility around working arrangements)

The role involves supporting individuals to make a complaint in relation to healthcare services. We are looking to recruit a caring, empathetic individual who can listen, understand and support individuals.

A background of supporting individuals / customer service would be an advantage however full training and support will be provided. Please see the Job Description/Person Specification below.

Please return your application, along with the GDPR data consent form by 5.00pm Friday 4 March 2022. Interviews are to be held Friday 11 March 2022.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Chris Barker on 07413 271321 or by email chrisb@adapt-tynedale.org.uk.

 

Job Description/Person Specification

Application Form

GDPR Consent Form

 

 

 

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