Social Prescriber
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Havant, PO9 1DQ |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Closing date: | 16 Aug 2026 |
Summary
Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers enabling them to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes. Accept referrals from GP practices within our Primary Care Network. Offer between 1 and 6 sessions for up to an hour, face-to-face or virtual and offer follow up where needed. Co-produce a personalised support plan to improve health and wellbeing, introducing, connecting, and supporting patients to access community groups and statutory services. Ensure all necessary data and information about patients is recorded accurately and confidentially with awareness of information governance best practice. Help patients identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities. Provide earlier intervention whilst waiting or avoiding the need to wait for triage from other services. Where necessary, physically introduce people to community groups, activities, and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support. Work sensitively with patients to capture key information, enabling tracking of the impact of social prescribing on their health and wellbeing. Encourage patients to provide feedback and to share their stories about the impact of social prescribing on their lives. Manage and prioritise your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and support required by individuals on the caseload. Work closely with the safeguarding leads to ensure any issues and concerns are escalated and dealt with quickly and effectively. Refer patients back to other health professionals/agencies, when their needs are beyond the scope of the link worker role e.g., when there is a mental health need requiring a qualified practitioner. Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within the local Primary Care Network (PCN), attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, giving information and feedback on social prescribing. Organise and help support weekly MDTs (multi-disciplinary team). Be able to work flexibly in-hours and out of hours. Participate in regular clinical supervision with a GP.