Senior Social Prescriber

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Core clinical responsibilities:

• Undertake assessment, review, care and treatment for people living with Sickle Cell disorder and other non-malignant blood disorders.
• Manage own caseload with supervision from the senior registered practitioner ensuring the implementation of all aspects of care and treatment in line with Trust Policy
• Develop and provide evidence-based programmes of monitoring / treatment / care for service users.
• Promote diversity and social inclusion
• Provide personalised support to people living with Sickle Cell disorder and other non-malignant blood disorders that will enable them to take control of their health and wellbeing, live independently and improve their health.
• Work autonomously holding a evolving caseload of patients to assess and refer onto other members of the team or external teams as required.
• Give people time to tell their stories and focus on ‘what matters to me’. Build trust and respect with the person, providing non-judgmental and non-discriminatory support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices. Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a person’s assets.
• Work with a diverse range of people living with Sickle Cell disorder and other non-malignant blood disorders and communities and support them to receive social prescribing intervention.
• Promote Personalisation, social prescribing, its role in self-management, addressing health inequalities and the wider determinants of health.
• Meet people living with Sickle Cell disorder and other non-malignant blood disorders on a one-to-one basis (both f2f and virtually), making home/hospital visits where appropriate and within agreed policies and procedures.
• Be a friendly and engaging source of information about health, wellbeing and prevention approaches.
• Help people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
• Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing.
• Carry out follow up telephone reviews to ensure that the support provided has enabled the patient to achieve the agreed health and wellbeing outcomes as defined in the Personalised Care and Support Plan.
• Work with professionals to co-produce a simple personalised care and support plan that will focus on improving health and wellbeing

Professional

• Identify local community assets and gaps in local provision.
  Provide non-clinical and clinical staff within the team with guidance and information relating to what services are available within the community and how and when people living with Sickle Cell disease and other non-malignant blood disorders can access them.
• As part of the multi-disciplinary team, build relationships with staff in referring organisations within the locality, attending relevant MDT meetings, giving information and feedback on social prescribing.
• Where appropriate, refer the patient back to health professionals/agencies, when what the person’s needs are beyond the scope of social prescribing.
• Meet regularly with line manager to discuss, escalations, concerns, feedback and to ensure that appropriate supervision is delivered where appropriate.
• Provide regular updates about Personalisation & social prescribing, including training for their staff and how to access information to encourage appropriate referrals.
• Seek regular feedback about the quality of service from patients and the impact of social prescribing.
• Forge strong links with a wide range of local Voluntary organisations, community and neighbourhood level groups, utilising their networks and building on what’s already available to create a menu of diverse community groups and assets, who promote diversity and inclusion.
• Develop supportive relationships with local diverse Voluntary organisations, culturally appropriate community groups and statutory services, to make timely, appropriate and supported referrals for the person being introduced.

Leadership

• Provide training, advice and support on own area of responsibility.
• Support training and induction of new and existing staff.
• Actively support and contribute to the development of key performance indicators for the successful assessment of performance.
• Propose changes to the service, informed by policy and make recommendations for more effective delivery.
• Contribute to the review and development of existing project information management systems and contribute to the development of an integrated MDT approach.
• Support implementation of project and service initiatives through timely and relevant information analysis and administrative support, in accordance with the agreed priorities of the Team.
• Deliver against agreed objectives, achieving quality outcomes.
• Organise meetings or events and assist in the diary management requirements of individuals in connection with portfolio of work.