Job requirements
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Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working within healthcare, the voluntary or community sectors, supporting vulnerable groups;
- Experience
Strong listening and communication skills;
- Experience
You will be familiar with local resources and services and how to access them;
- Experience
Motivated by helping people, with care and empathy;
- Experience
Ability to deliver person-centred support in a non-judgmental way;
- Experience
Experience of completing holistic, person-centred care-planning assessments;
- Experience
Understanding of the needs of small, volunteer-led community groups and the ability to support their development;
- Experience
Commitment to collaborative working with all local agencies;
- Experience
Experience and confidence in the delivery of lifestyle change interventions.
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
Ideally have Diploma Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care, psychology, sociology or public health. or equivalent qualification or experience;
Job summary
Sudbury & West Suffolk Rural (S&WSR) Primary Care Network hasanexcitingopportunity for a social prescriber to join our practice teamon afull-time basis for 16 hours per week.
Social prescribers are responsible for providing non-clinical support by linking patients to community and voluntary services across their area, adopting a holistic approach to supporting patients to improve their health and wellbeing.We are looking for someone to join our team in order to provide this service across S&WSR PCN at, Clare Guildhall, and Siam Sudbury Surgeries.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing one-to-one support, identifying issues that impact on patients' health and wellbeing, developing personalised care and supporting plans to address their needs, making onward referrals to community and voluntary sector services, and recording patient outcomes.
About us
S&WSR is a 4 practice PCN supporting over 24,500 patients. The culture is encouraging, supportive, forward thinking and there is a commitment to continually improving the quality of healthcare focusing on its patients.
- NHS pension
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata)
- Supportive induction period
We are a regulated service under The Health and Social Care Act 2014 and therefore fall within the proposed regulation changes of 9 November 2021 which require staff who have face to face contact with patients to have completed a course of an approved COVID 19 vaccine, subject to limited exceptions, by no later than the 1st April 2022 .
Benefits:
- Competitive salary for this role, we are offering a salary depending on experience.
- We provide opportunities for training and development
- We offer membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
- Some of our sites have free on-site parking (subject to availability)
If you are interested in applying, please complete an application form, referring to how your skills, qualification, knowledge and experience match the requirements set out in the person specification in your supporting statement.
Details
- Date posted: 03 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience Advertising Salary Band 5 equivalent (lowest point)
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 29965
- Job locations: Wickhambrook Surgery, Boyden Close, Nunnery Green,, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, CB8 8XU, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
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This advert is for Social Prescriber with Primary Care Careers in Wickhambrook, England. It is listed as a Prescriber role. The advertised salary is Negotiable. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Sep 2026.
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