Physical Health HCA

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist in service users to encourage recovery and wellbeing in both, hospital and community settings.

To assess service users for basic health parameters core physiological measures- i.e.. heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate where appropriate.

To plan, organise and lead groups independently and unsupervised in the community setting.

e.g. smoking /exercise groups / healthy lifestyle groups

To contribute to the clients physical health care plan, keeping all records up to date and validated by a registered staff member

To monitor the service users attending groups and report problems with individuals to the physiotherapy staff, GP medical or senior nursing staff for evaluation if they are not comfortable advising the client appropriately.

To participate in the screening of patients using screening tools developed by supervising clinical staff and clinical working groups.

To support service users to make healthy lifestyle choices about exercise and nutrition.

To signpost service users appropriately to community services where needed.

To be part of any necessary planning or reviewing of treatment progress.

To use ECG equipment and provide ECG trace readings for review by the medical staff.

To undertake venepuncture on request or for screening purposes within the health and wellbeing clinic setting.

Blood Glucose monitoring.

To refer clients onto other agencies as appropriate.

To attend relevant training, meetings, and reviews as required.

To promote, improve and provide service delivery using innovation

To be aware of and practice universal precautions when dealing with bodily fluids such as faeces, blood, or urine.

Administrative and inter-professional working

Joint working with other professionals.

To document attendance and progress of the clients contemporaneously.

To record accurate and precise documentation following any patient intervention, care planning or liaison in line with operating standards for wellbeing services.

To maintain a safe working and treating environment.

To maintain patient confidentiality, privacy, and dignity in their contact with groups of individuals and at all other times.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK)

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• ECG Qualification
• Phlebotomy

Desirable

• Vital physical health observation

Experience

Essential

• 2 years Health Care experience
• MDT experience

Desirable

• Experience working in mental health services
• Community experience

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

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maple Leaf Centre

Maple Leaf Drive

Marston Green

B37 7JB

Employer's website

https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)