3 SW Healthcare Ltd jobs in England & Wales

DOR has an opportunity for a Social Prescribers to join our PCN. We are looking for someone who will support patients to access healthcare, community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. You will work with the PCN and practice teams to support patients with their health choices, strengthen community and personal resilience, reduce health and wellbeing inequalities by addressing the wider factors of health, such as debt, poor housing, social isolation, poor diet and physical inactivity.,

• Manage the referral process, encouraging and promoting referrals from a wide range of agencies including, GP Practices within the PCNs, multi disciplinary teams MDTs, allied health professionals, voluntary, community and social enterprise VCSE organisations.
• Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes. Helping people identify the wider issues which impact on their health and wellbeing such as debt, poor housing, unemployment, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
• Co-produce a personalised care plan to improve health and wellbeing, introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services. Helping people to maintain or regain independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards.
• Manage and prioritise a patient caseload, in accordance with needs, priorities and support required by individuals.
• Refer people back to other health professionals agencies where appropriate and when an individuals needs are beyond the scope of the Social Prescriber.
• To work within local communities and local partners identify unmet needs and, to support the setup of new sustainable community groups and services where there is a gap in local provision.
  
  Vertis Health is a fast-growing provider of community-based healthcare services to NHS patients within South Worcestershire. The organisation utilises the excellent clinical expertise that already resides within the local NHS environment and harnesses it with efficient administration pathways to provide patients with more convenient and accessible services. We hope that by doing this we will not only deliver pathway improvements to patients but also go some way to relieving the growing volume pressures that are being experienced within local hospitals and GP practices.