Social Prescriber Compass Medical Practice - Blackpool, United Kingdom - FCMS

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Blackpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Duties and Responsibilities Undertake assessments with patients to gain an understanding of their life, health condition and how it affects them, and to explore options for social support.

Connect patients to local support and services and supporting them to make contact.

The social prescriber will also encourage patients to be compliant with clinical interventions, medication and participate with National Screening Programmes.

Patient outcome measures will be assessed via the ONS Wellbeing Scale, the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) and case studies.


The social prescriber will support patients who are assessed as ready to return to a mainstream GP Practice and who need input through the step-down process.

Undertake follow up conversations and where applicable, supported visits to ensure that patients have been able to access appropriate services.

Attend a range of multi-agency/ multi-disciplinary meetings. Be proactive in seeking out new community support and activities for patients to access.

Ensure that all activities are monitored and evaluated. Attend internal meetings as required. Work in accordance with FCMS policies, including the equal opportunities policy and practice. Attend any training courses and supervision sessions as required.

Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time.

Patient education and health promotion Work to attain the service KPIs and targets Ensure all patient contact is recorded in a timely manner on the IT systems to enable tracking of patient outcomes, both in real-time to support ongoing intervention planning and retrospectively to understand the impact of the service To ensure mandatory training is kept up to date Acknowledge and accommodate barriers to communication and understanding including speech, hearing, language, and emotion.

Flexibility in attending organised educational updates and eagerness to expand on current knowledge base and cascading new educational information to colleagues whenever possible The above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be fully comprehensive and may be amended to take account of changing circumstances or requirements following consultation with the post holder.

Education And In Service Training Be fully conversant in all the clinical computer systems used within Compass Medical Practice Attend relevant study/induction days, seminars, courses etc, for individual development and for the benefit of the service.


Where necessary relevant training in the operation of new or unfamiliar equipment, software or procedures will be provided or arranged.

Confidentiality In the course of your duties, you may have access to confidential information about patients, staff or health service business.

On no account must such information be divulged to anyone who is not authorised to receive it. Confidentiality of information must be preserved at all times whether at or away from work.

FCMS has in place a Whistle-blowers Policy for staff wishing to express concerns. Data Protection Act, 1998 Carry out any requirements within the duties applicable to the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Health And Safety at Work Act, 1974 Observe all responsibilities and carry out all duties, whether general to all employees or specific to the post, relating to Health and Safety in accordance with the Practice and Departmental Safety Policies and any statutory requirements.

Clinical & Corporate Governance/Quality Assurance All employees are expected to comply with the clinical and corporate governance arrangements of FCMS.

Every employee is personally responsible for the quality of the work, and standard of care, which they individually provide.

It is their duty to seek to attain the highest standards achievable both individually and collectively within their knowledge, skills and resources available to them.

Outside Employment/Outside Interests If you have other work or outside interests, this must not conflict with your duties and responsibilities of your attendance for work as an employee of the Practice.

It is a condition of appointment that you must inform your manager before taking up of any private practice, work for outside agencies or other employers, other work for this Practice (including bank work), voluntary work or outside interests you have or propose to have.

This is to ensure there is no question of it creating a conflict of interest with your NHS duties.

You must also therefore seek your manager's approval before taking on any such other work or outside interest at any time after entering employment.

Working Time Directive You are required to comply with the regulations governing working time and to any locally agreed associated arrangements.

Harassment And Bullying The Practice condemns all forms of harassment and bullying and is actively seeking to promote a workplace where employees are treated with dignity, respect and without bias.

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