Adult Mental Health Social Prescriber - Tunbridge Wells PCN

Social prescribing helps to strengthen personal and community resilience and reduce health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health. The Adult Mental Health Navigator will provide holistic support, connecting patients to local initiatives and services for practical and emotional support empowering them to take control of their own health and wellbeing, live independently, improve outcomes and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The Adult Mental Health Navigator role will work as part of the PCN Mental Health Team providing support across the whole Primary Care Network. This is a key role within the development of the PCN's Integrated Neighbourhood Team championing multi-disciplinary working., Provide holistic, strengths-based one-to-one and group support to individuals with mental health needs, co-producing tailored plans around 'what matters to them'. Tackle wider health determinants, such as housing, debt, unemployment, and loneliness, by linking patients to voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) groups and statutory services, alongside proactive wellbeing calls. Manage a varied caseload from referral to follow-up, tracking outcomes and collaborating with general practitioners (GPs), multi-disciplinary teams, and carers. Maintain confidential clinical records using Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) codes, update service directories, and promote referral pathways. Complete mental health training and promptly escalate safeguarding or clinical risks per local protocols. Please carefully review the attached job description and person specification for full details.

West Kent Primary Care is an innovative GP Federation whose shareholders include all 50 practices in West Kent, covering nearly 500,000 patients. Within this, the practices are divided into 10 Primary Care Networks (PCN). We are made up of a core operations team, a PCN based workforce made up of clinical and non-clinical staff and a Board of Executive Directors consisting of four local GPs and twelve PCN clinical directors. The federation also offers a variety of services which complement the provisions in Primary Care. This post will work on behalf of Tunbridge Wells Primary Care Network to provide patients with access to a high-quality service in accordance with the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES). About the PCN Tunbridge Wells Primary Care Network (PCN) is made up of 8 member GP practices servicing over 85,000 patients. We offer PCN services ranging from First Contact Physio, Paramedics, Mental Health Practitioners and Navigators, Nurses, Care Coordinators and Clinical Pharmacy to make a range of services more accessible to our patients.

• Due to travel requirements for the role it would be beneficial for applicants to have a full driving license