Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical support assistant to join the Primary Care Physical Health Service (PCPHS) working across South Tyneside. The PCPHS is an outward-facing team, working directly with General Practitioners (GP) and other Primary Care and third sector agencies across South Tyneside. The service is looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join the team and help improve how care is implemented across the borough. The PCPHS is responsible for improving the physical health monitoring of individuals with a diagnosed serious mental illness (SMI) and/or learning disability and/or autism in accordance with NICE Guidelines. It is well recognized that people within these population groups have a far lower life expectancy than those in the general population (15-20 years in some cases), often due to avoidable physical health conditions.
Main Duties of the Job
The PCPHS offers community-based assertive outreach work, as well as working directly into individual GP Practices. The successful applicant will be required to complete yearly physical health checks for those individuals identified via the GP network - this will include blood monitoring, checking blood pressure, height, weight, BMI, and in some cases offering an electrocardiogram (ECG). The role requires clinical skills and competence in not only offering a comprehensive physical health assessment but also low-level therapeutic intervention regarding the individual's health, lifestyle, and access to appropriate health services including signposting to external agencies and services. The PCPHS functions as a clinical MDT from both within the organization and with partner agencies to holistically and seamlessly meet the needs of the population of South Tyneside.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Senior Healthcare Support Worker or equivalent or working towards
Knowledge and Skills
* Physical Health Assessment Skills
* ECG Trained
Experience
* Experience of supporting individuals with mental health conditions, learning disabilities, and/or autism
* Experience working in the community
* Ability to establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with service users and carers
* Plan and evaluate care to contribute to discussions to determine ongoing needs and treatment planning
* Facilitate timely and recovery/wellbeing focused treatment plans with service users in their own homes
* IT skills appropriate for the role
* Manage delegated work under supervision
* Time management skills and ability to work autonomously
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.
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