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Vacancy: Living Well Coordinator (Social Prescriber)

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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 (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 ten GP practices in the West Northumberland Primary Care Network (PCN), two additional GP practices and will also work from Adapt (NE).

  • 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 one full-time Living Well Coordinator. This is an opportunity to be involved in delivering and supporting solutions for primary care patients across the West Northumberland Primary Care Network (PCN).

The Living Well Coordinator will be the named worker for one to three GP practices and will split their working time across these practices, as well as working from Adapt’s office in Hexham. You 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 Wednesday 1 May 2024.

Interviews will be held Wednesday 8 May 2024.

If you require any further information, please contact Emma Aljoe by email at emma.aljoe@nhs.net or call 01434 600599 (option 4).

Living Well Coordinator job description and person specification

Living Well Coordinator application form

Adapt (NE) GDPR consent form

 

This vacancy has now closed.

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Job vacancies: Social Prescribers

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We are recruiting for one full time and one part time Social Prescriber to work across North Shields Primary Care Network (PCN).

Job title: Social Prescriber

Responsible to: Adapt (NE) and North Shields Primary Care Network

Location: North Shields PCN GP practices – Collingwood Health Group, Priory Medical Group, Redburn Park Medical Centre, Spring Terrace Health Group, Nelson Health Group

Full time post

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm with up to two evening sessions per month to support enhanced access – evening session 4pm – 8pm

Salary: £26,281.92 per annum

Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays

Part time post

Hours: 21 hours (3 days). Actual days to be agreed (9am – 5pm) with one evening session per month to support enhanced access – evening access 4pm – 8pm

Salary £14,916.74 per annum

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

Social prescribing in the North Shields PCN empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to Social Prescribing Link Workers who support patients to 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.

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.

We are recruiting for one full time post and one part time post; please identify on the application form which post you are applying for.

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

Completed applications are to be returned by email, along with the GDPR consent form, by 5pm on Friday 19 January 2024.

Interviews will be held at the North Shields Health Hub on 30 January 2024.

If you require any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about this role, please contact Holly Adair by email – holly.adair1@nhs.net.

Job description/person specification

Application form

GDPR consent form

Applications for this position have now closed

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Social Prescribing Northumberland: free event

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The Covid-19 pandemic has increased isolation for many people, amplifying concerns about the impact on mental health. The role of social prescribing in linking people to non-clinical community services as we move out of the pandemic will become more important than ever.

Find out more about social prescribing, what it is, how it works and how it can benefit our health and wellbeing at this free online event from Healthwatch Northumberland. Tania Thomas of the West Northumberland Living Well Coordination (social prescribing) Service will be presenting about the service, how it helps individuals and how you can refer to the service.

The event takes place on Friday 11 February from 1.00pm to 2.00pm. It is for people who live or work in Northumberland who are interested in improving their health and wellbeing or that of others.

There will also be a chance to ask questions.

Find out more about the West Northumberland Living Well Coordination Service

This event has now passed.

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