• Job Description

  Req#: W0052-25-0001?language=en&page=576&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The SPWLW works alongside a team within general practice and within the PCN and empowers people to take control of their health and well-being.

  The post-holder will be an integral part of the PCN team, working across the PCN, as well as part of a wider community groups and their multidisciplinary teams. A SPWLW supports existing groups to be accessible and sustainable and helps people to start new community groups, working collaboratively with all local partners.

  A referral to a non-medical link worker is designed to support patients to be able to take a holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.

  Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience while reducing health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity by increasing peoples active involvement with their local communities.

  This role can be particularly beneficial to patients with long-term conditions, those with mental health issues and those who are lonely or isolated or who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

  Main duties of the job

  Provide care within own competence and seek advice or refer to colleagues when appropriate, ensuring that practice is effective, relevant, evidence-based and of a high standard.

  Develop knowledge of local services to enable patients to access a range of services to meet their needs and ensure they are engaged and connected with their local community and other organisations and groups to make best use of resources.

  Take referrals from the local network(s) and work with the referrer and the patient to plan a holistic based approach to care to include a personalised care plan.

  Please email debbie.spaven1@nhs.net for full job description & person specification.

  About us

  The award-winning Selby Town PCN consists of four practices with a combined population of approximately 50,000 patients, covering the large geographical area surrounding Selby and Escrick. The successful candidate(s) will be employed by Selby Prime Care Ltd who are contracted to provide PCN activities to the practices in the locality.

  We are looking to recruit 3 x whole time equivalent posts to support patients & staff across the four practices in the PCN: Beech Tree Surgery, Escrick Surgery, Posterngate Surgery and Scott Road Medical Centre. The PCN has a Clinical Director, two Clinical Lead GPs and is managed by the PCN Operations Manager & HR Lead. We work in increasingly collaborative partnerships across a number of workstreams, which include important priority areas of mental health, frailty, urgent care and health inequalities & population health. Our team consists of a diverse multi-professional workforce which includes pharmacists, MSK practitioners, mental health practitioners, care coordinators, a frailty therapy team, an urgent care coordinator, a business intelligence analyst/digital lead, a transformational lead and an urgent care team of health care professionals.

  Details

  Date posted

  25 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience £14.89 - £16.33 per hour

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  W0052-25-0001

  Job locations

  Scott Road Medical Centre

  Scott Road

  Selby

  North Yorkshire

  YO8 4BL

  
  

  Up For Yorkshire

  Portholme Road

  Selby

  North Yorkshire

  YO8 4QQ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Assess patients health and wellbeing needs to ensure they can be met by services and other opportunities available within the community.

  Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing based on the persons priorities and wider determinants of health.

  Collaborate with patients to produce a simple-to-follow personalised care plan to address patients health and wellbeing needs by introducing or re-connecting patients with access to community groups or statutory services. This can be based on their priorities, interests, values and motivations, including what they can expect from participation with groups, activities and services they will connect with through social prescribing referrals.

  Evaluate how the care and support plan(s) meet the individuals health and wellbeing needs, and take a holistic approach based on the persons priorities and the wider determinants of health.

  Help patients identify wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, unemployment, loneliness and caring responsibilities.

  Promote the role of social prescribers in-house and the wider community.

  Need to manage and prioritise their own caseload in accordance with the health and wellbeing needs of their local population needs, referring patients to other health professionals within the PCN as necessary.

  Develop effective working relationships with local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) and community groups make and receive timely, appropriate and supported referrals.

  See attached Job Description for more information.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Assess patients health and wellbeing needs to ensure they can be met by services and other opportunities available within the community.

  Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing based on the persons priorities and wider determinants of health.

  Collaborate with patients to produce a simple-to-follow personalised care plan to address patients health and wellbeing needs by introducing or re-connecting patients with access to community groups or statutory services. This can be based on their priorities, interests, values and motivations, including what they can expect from participation with groups, activities and services they will connect with through social prescribing referrals.

  Evaluate how the care and support plan(s) meet the individuals health and wellbeing needs, and take a holistic approach based on the persons priorities and the wider determinants of health.

  Help patients identify wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, unemployment, loneliness and caring responsibilities.

  Promote the role of social prescribers in-house and the wider community.

  Need to manage and prioritise their own caseload in accordance with the health and wellbeing needs of their local population needs, referring patients to other health professionals within the PCN as necessary.

  Develop effective working relationships with local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) and community groups make and receive timely, appropriate and supported referrals.

  See attached Job Description for more information.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • See attached person specification.

  Desirable

  • See attached person specification.

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • See attached person specification.

  Desirable

  • See attached person specification.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • See attached person specification.

  Desirable

  • See attached person specification.

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • See attached person specification.

  Desirable

  • See attached person specification.

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Selby Town PCN

  Address

  Scott Road Medical Centre

  Scott Road

  Selby

  North Yorkshire

  YO8 4BL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.selbytownprimarycarenetwork.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Selby Town PCN

  Address

  Scott Road Medical Centre

  Scott Road

  Selby

  North Yorkshire

  YO8 4BL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.selbytownprimarycarenetwork.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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