Social Prescriber in Alton

The Alton A31 PCN are delighted to be recruiting a 0.5 social prescriber to join our established and experienced team. We are looking to welcome a dedicated and enthusiastic candidate. Our team of 4 social prescribers provide a highly valued service across the PCN 5 days a week (Monday-Friday). Regular supervision, from supportive and experienced staff, will be given and there is the opportunity to develop skills within the role in the future as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• To work with patients using behaviour techniques such as motivational interviewing to support them to identify, set and meet achievable goals to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing.
• To work with clients in a variety of settings, in their own homes or in GP surgeries, to signpost them to local services/organisations which the client themselves feels would be of benefit to reach their goals. These services may include befriending, weight management, mental health support, smoking cessation, local social groups, leisure centres and volunteering.
• To work with partner organisations to support the development and delivery of an integrated care plan for the client so all their needs are met in a holistic way.
• To follow up with clients, update their records and support them on an ongoing basis.
• To make and maintain contact with local health and wellbeing service providers and build a network and knowledge of referral routes to and from service providers.
• To ensure information about providers and voluntary groups is shared between the Social Wellbeing Prescribing Team.

About us

The A31 PCN itself comprises of three GP practices located in Alton and the surrounding villages. Together the surgeries have approximately 33,000 registered patients, including a comparatively large older population and seven older peoples nursing and residential homes. The PCN has an established team of PCN-wide roles, such as Physiotherapists, Social Prescribers, Mental Health Coaches and practitioners, General Practice Assistants and Care Coordinators, who provide highly regarded support to our patients. The PCN are a growing multidisciplinary team aspiring to have the right person in the right place at the right time to meet the diverse needs of our patients. Given this, Primary Care provides an exciting and rewarding working environment for health professions and we look forward to welcoming new members to our team.

Employees of the A31 PCN are eligible for an NHS Pension and receive 30 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata). Usual working hours Monday-Friday.

If you would like to apply, please email your CV with a supporting statement to: georgia.willis3@nhs.net. Closing date: Monday 30th March 2026.

Job responsibilities Duties and Responsibilities General

• Help people to manage their needs through answering queries, making and managing appointments, and ensuring that people have good quality written or verbal information to help them make choices about their care.
• Work with the GPs and other primary care professionals within the PCN to identify and manage a caseload of patients, and where required and as appropriate, refer people back to other health professionals within the PCN.
• Assist with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being.
• Maintain contemporaneous, complete and accurate records of all patient interventions.
• Help to raise awareness of health and well-being, screening, annual health checks and reviews for long term conditions and how these can be promoted.
• Awareness of, and compliance with, all relevant local/ clinical policies and guidelines.
• Participate in and be responsible for monitoring progress against key performance targets.
• Update and maintain accurate patient records on the practice clinical computer system, including patient contact, advice given and action taken.
• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• Use highly developed knowledge and skills to provide high standards of patient centred care.
• Contribute to the development of the role.
• Holistically bring together all of a persons identified care and support needs, and explore options to meet these within a single personalised care and support plan (PCSP).
• Encourage patients to engage with cancer screening initiatives and follow-up those who have not attended.
• Improve the quality and timeliness of referrals under the Two Week Wait pathway, safety netting those who have been referred, carrying out audits, working closely with the PCN clinical and non-clinical cancer champions.
• Improve patient engagement with annual health checks and condition specific follow up within primary care. This will include patients who are historically under-served or face health inequalities such as those on the Learning Disability and SMI registers.
• Invite patients to initiatives run by the PCN, practice or community partners that may decrease their chances of developing chronic conditions by proactively addressing factors that play into this including, obesity, CVD, etc.

Experience

• Experience of working within the NHS and Primary Care in a similar job role.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills.
• Prior knowledge of EMIS system.
• Confident.
• Evidence of appropriate training.

Qualifications

• Good standard of education with 5 C/GCSEs or equivalent.
• Evidence of continual professional development.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.