This role is for a capable practitioner to utilise their specialist skills and knowledge in physical health and lead within their identified teams to ensure that effective physical health assessment and interventions are embedded in the regular practice of the team.
The practitioner will engage and support the teams in ensuring that Team clients/patients are receiving their annual physical health check and where required that appropriate action is taken to address identified areas of concern, for example weight, substance misuse, cholesterol levels etc. They will provide training and support to local multi-disciplinary practitioners to improve their understanding and skills to address their patient’s physical health.
The postholder will work across the Adult Mental Health (community) and combining pre-existing physical health and mental health skills, to promote the physical health and wellbeing of our patients, measured via the Annual Health Check and interventions.
You will work within and alongside clinical staff in community to support them in prioritising physical health, using mixed approaches including teaching sessions, direct hands-on assessment, role modelling and problem solving in ensuring that patients of the services have physical health assessments.
You will need to be able to work closely and within multiple teams and be effective at understanding local challenges and working with colleagues to resolve these. You will be a “go-to” person for physical health and will need to develop excellent relationships with teams and colleagues.
To lead on the completion of an annual health check within the identified service using the CNWL Physical Health Assessment tool and relevant physical health assessments for an identified patient group in a service, initially focussed on people with serious mental illness.
To ensure that patients receive or access appropriate interventions to address the domains of assessment outcomes, where indicated; e.g. smoking cessation, either by direct delivery or signposting and support.
Jameson Division operates mental health services across Harrow, Brent, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster, as well as learning disability services (inpatient and community) and a growing perinatal service, in community teams and a Mother and Baby Unit.
The areas covered are diverse, both in the populations and the environments covered, ranging from suburban areas in Harrow, to the inner city and West End of Brent, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.
The Trust is committed to embedding SCARF (Supportive, Caring, Accountable, Reflective and Fair) principles in the work we do, developing and delivering considerate support for staff based on human factors principles. The Trust has a number of active staff networks, including BAME, over 50s, LGBT+, women’s’ and others and these are actively promoted.
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This role is for a capable practitioner to utilise their specialist skills and knowledge in physical health and work within identified teams to ensuring that effective physical health assessment and interventions are embedded in the regular practice of the team.
The practitioner will engage and support the teams, ensuring that Team clients/patients receive annual physical health checks and that appropriate action is taken to address identified areas of concern, for example weight, substance misuse, cholesterol levels etc. The post holder will provide training and support to local multi-disciplinary practitioners to improve their understanding and skills to address their patient’s physical health.
The postholder will work across the Adult Mental Health (The Westminster adult community Mental Health) combining pre-existing physical health and mental health skills, to promote the physical health and wellbeing of our patients, measured via the Annual Health Check and interventions.
Practice
To lead on the completion of an annual health check within the identified service using the CNWL Physical Health Assessment tool and relevant physical health assessments for an identified patient group in a service, initially focussed on people with serious mental illness.
To ensure that patients receive or access appropriate interventions to address the domains of assessment outcomes, where indicated; e.g. smoking cessation, either by direct delivery or signposting and support
Where locally required, to carry out the annual physical health assessment of individual clients (in collaboration with the responsible person in the care setting)
To ensure that local services, e.g community teams are provided with relevant training and support regarding physical health assessments and interventions, tailored to service need.
To support local managers and clinical staff in developing a culture of awareness and intervention regarding annual health checks and relevant interventions for patients of the
service.
Teaching and education
To identify the educational, support and training requirements of the local service regarding the physical health of their patient group, the annual health check and relevant interventions and to work on addressing these with that team/service.
To train, educate and support locality community teams in undertaking physical health assessments and understanding the results of these.
To train, educate and support locality and community teams on the relevant interventions to address results of the annual physical health assessments and how to deliver these or signpost/support patients to access relevant support/interventions, e.g. smoking cessation, alcohol or weight management support.
To support and work with students of different disciplines, promoting a learning environment
Reporting
To benchmark the current situation in the Team of the required SMI Annual Health Check, understand the reasons behind this and with local managers develop a strategy to improve performance against this.
To ensure that physical health assessment information is recorded on the single Annual Health Check System 1 template
To present the achievement and improvement of performance indicators related to clients’ physical health, and be able to provide narrative on this to interested stakeholders, e.g. local Physical Health meetings, performance meetings etc, including suggestions on how the performance indicators can improve.
To present explanation on shortfalls in performance for individual areas, and collaborative proposals for addressing these
To ensure all service specific data is submitted in a timely manner.
To ensure that key performance indicators are met and relevant action taken if not.
To provide regular feedback to team members on progress.
Service improvement/development and sustainability
To engage with and develop collaborative and supportive working relationships with multi-professional members of local services, across the community settings
Establish strong working relationships with other specialist services and signpost service users as required.
To identify and liaise with community voluntary and service user groups to assist in the process of promoting physical health of patients.
To be accountable for supporting the development and delivery of the Teams’ physical health agenda.
To support and oversee the process of implementing physical health interventions
To participate and develop relevant local QI, clinical audits and research, to inform service delivery and development.
To contribute to ongoing service development including developing and refining of access criteria, clinical protocols and clinical pathways relevant to the physical health monitoring.
To act as Physical Health Lead for the identified service areas and attend relevant internal and external meetings as required.
Leading and supporting will be a critical function of the role.
To act as a resource to colleagues in improving/promoting the physical health of patients.
To work closely with Team Leaders/local managers to ensure designated staff members are appropriately skilled to deliver the service.
To work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
To demonstrate leadership skills in influencing and implementing the delivery of physical health care within the team.
To work within agreed clinical protocols and all organisational policies and procedures.
To work in partnership with the Team, review existing or develop new clinical guidelines and protocols as required by the service.
To support and work with students of different disciplines, promoting a learning environment
To ensure information sharing processes between partner services and agencies is within the legislative framework.
To support the collection of ongoing patient and carers surveys.
To act without delay if you believe that you or a colleague may be putting someone at risk.
Resources
To ensure the correct resources are available within the team and inform local manager of issues relating to equipment.
To ensure IPC is followed in practice to maintain standards and to provide an excellent role model for colleagues and patients.
To ensure good practice of medical device management and competencies are achieved as required and consistent with Trust policy

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