Job summary
This is an exciting position which will focus on the physical wellbeing of our service users with mental health needs. The post holder will be responsible for the leading on the physical health care agenda within Central West Community Mental Health Services under the supervision of the Team Manager
The post holder will ensure the delivery of all physical health care CQUIN requirements and trust key performance indicators. They will act as a specialist resource and advisor to care coordinators within the community teams. The post holder will work across community settings, including clinic bases and home visits.
The post holder will be required to work, for the majority of time, as an autonomous clinical practitioner for patient groups across a range of clinical settings,. The post holder will be expected to forge strong links with the Care Coordinators, Physical Health Support staff, Primary Care services particularly GP practices.
Main duties of the job
Management of Physical health support staff.
Assessment of Physical healthcare and developing management plans
Experience of completed Physical Health investigations and associated interventions
Experience of undertaking physical health observations
Effective communication skills and experience in the management of others
Ability to act on own initiative and provide advice and support to nursing staff
Ability to liaise and communicate with a range of internal and external personnel
Ability to use clinical information/IT systems
To implement change within a clinical setting
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Heading
Duty/Responsibility
Management and Leadership
Communication
- Participate in and provide clinical supervision sessions
- To take a lead role in the evaluation of physical healthcare guidance and to translate this into practice to ensure the service maintains excellence in practice
- To take a lead role in supporting the senior leadership team and team managers with the embedding of any new physical healthcare policy or practice
- To champion the physical health and wellbeing agenda within the community teams
- To take the lead role in the application and evaluation of the Shared Care Protocol for prescribing anti-psychotic medication.
- Take a lead role in evaluating the effectiveness of service
delivery and, where necessary, take steps to improve efficiency
and quality of service provision
- To take a lead role in the monitoring of the service performance in relation to any physical healthcare CQUINs or key performance indicators
- Assist the senior leadership team in the clinical review of and physical healthcare incidents
- Act as a clinical physical health practitioner and advice resource for care coordinators
- Where appropriate liaise with staff at the acute hospital where patient transfer may be required ensuring all relevant clinical information is provided
- Accurately record any clinical interventions/advice provided on individual patients using IT Systems
Record all interventions fully and accurately in patients notes
Physical Healthcare
Assessment and Interventions
- Ensure PHIT assessments and interventions are completed for service users identified in high risk groups in line with associated key performance indicators, e.g. CQUIN targets, etc
- Undertake any audits that are related to physical health care e.g. Physical health improvement tools, blood sugar monitoring equipment and resuscitation audits and ensure that any actions are completed in a timely manner
- To be competent in Immediate Life Support (ILS)
- To provide assessment and management of any chronic wounds and to make any necessary onward referrals
- To ensure that any physical healthcare risk assessments are completed in a timely manner and reviewed as appropriate
- Ensure compliance of self and others with any infection prevention and control requirements
- Liaise with medical staff as and when required
- To ensure that patients have access to health improvement interventions and to signpost as appropriate
- Participate in the functioning of the clozapine clinic on a weekly basis.
Medicine Management
- To attend the directorate medicines management meeting when required
Human resources and learning and development
Participate in the annual appraisal and PDP process and agree objectives with the Team Manager
- Attend and participate in Clinical and Management supervision as per Trust policy and Supervision framework for nursing guidance
- Provide supervision and mentorship to junior staff and students as required
- Participate in any agreed projects, service developments and investigations as agreed with the Senior Manager and Assistant Director
- Maintain professional requirements and standards for NMC and Revalidation
- Participate in any learning and development initiatives for self and others as required
Trust Mandatory On-going Requirements
To undertake any other reasonable duty, when requested to do so by an appropriate Trust manager
To understand and comply with all Trust policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines
To understand the Trusts Strategic Goals/Values and how you can support them
To understand the need to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and adhere to all principles in effective safeguarding
To carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Equal Opportunities, Equality and Diversity and dignity in care/work policies and principles
To avoid unlawful discriminatory behaviour and actions when dealing with the colleagues, services users, members of the public and all stakeholders
To access only information, where paper, electronic, or, in another media, which is authorised to you as part of the duties of your role
Not to communicate to anyone or inside or outside the NHS, information relating to patients, services users, staff, contractors or any information of a commercially sensitive nature, unless done in the normal course of carrying out the duties of the post and with appropriate permission
To maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
To ensure their day to day activities embrace sustainability and reduce the impact upon the environment by minimising waste and maximising recycling; saving energy; minimising water usage and reporting electrical faults, water leakages or other environmental concerns to the facilities department or their line manager
Take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and other persons
To contribute to the control of risk and to report any incident, accident or near miss
Undertake and participate in complaint investigations
Undertake and participate in Serious Untoward Incident Reviews
To protect service users, visitors and employees against the risk of acquiring health care associated infections
To take responsibility for your own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn in line with appraisal and supervision
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, wed love to hear from you. Please contact Denise Gleave, Recruitment & Retention Advisor 0161 358 1448 or email denise.gleave@gmmh.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Heading
Duty/Responsibility
Management and Leadership
Communication
- Participate in and provide clinical supervision sessions
- To take a lead role in the evaluation of physical healthcare guidance and to translate this into practice to ensure the service maintains excellence in practice
- To take a lead role in supporting the senior leadership team and team managers with the embedding of any new physical healthcare policy or practice
- To champion the physical health and wellbeing agenda within the community teams
- To take the lead role in the application and evaluation of the Shared Care Protocol for prescribing anti-psychotic medication.
- Take a lead role in evaluating the effectiveness of service
delivery and, where necessary, take steps to improve efficiency
and quality of service provision
- To take a lead role in the monitoring of the service performance in relation to any physical healthcare CQUINs or key performance indicators
- Assist the senior leadership team in the clinical review of and physical healthcare incidents
- Act as a clinical physical health practitioner and advice resource for care coordinators
- Where appropriate liaise with staff at the acute hospital where patient transfer may be required ensuring all relevant clinical information is provided
- Accurately record any clinical interventions/advice provided on individual patients using IT Systems
Record all interventions fully and accurately in patients notes
Physical Healthcare
Assessment and Interventions
- Ensure PHIT assessments and interventions are completed for service users identified in high risk groups in line with associated key performance indicators, e.g. CQUIN targets, etc
- Undertake any audits that are related to physical health care e.g. Physical health improvement tools, blood sugar monitoring equipment and resuscitation audits and ensure that any actions are completed in a timely manner
- To be competent in Immediate Life Support (ILS)
- To provide assessment and management of any chronic wounds and to make any necessary onward referrals
- To ensure that any physical healthcare risk assessments are completed in a timely manner and reviewed as appropriate
- Ensure compliance of self and others with any infection prevention and control requirements
- Liaise with medical staff as and when required
- To ensure that patients have access to health improvement interventions and to signpost as appropriate
- Participate in the functioning of the clozapine clinic on a weekly basis.
Medicine Management
- To attend the directorate medicines management meeting when required
Human resources and learning and development
Participate in the annual appraisal and PDP process and agree objectives with the Team Manager
- Attend and participate in Clinical and Management supervision as per Trust policy and Supervision framework for nursing guidance
- Provide supervision and mentorship to junior staff and students as required
- Participate in any agreed projects, service developments and investigations as agreed with the Senior Manager and Assistant Director
- Maintain professional requirements and standards for NMC and Revalidation
- Participate in any learning and development initiatives for self and others as required
Trust Mandatory On-going Requirements
To undertake any other reasonable duty, when requested to do so by an appropriate Trust manager
To understand and comply with all Trust policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines
To understand the Trusts Strategic Goals/Values and how you can support them
To understand the need to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and adhere to all principles in effective safeguarding
To carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Equal Opportunities, Equality and Diversity and dignity in care/work policies and principles
To avoid unlawful discriminatory behaviour and actions when dealing with the colleagues, services users, members of the public and all stakeholders
To access only information, where paper, electronic, or, in another media, which is authorised to you as part of the duties of your role
Not to communicate to anyone or inside or outside the NHS, information relating to patients, services users, staff, contractors or any information of a commercially sensitive nature, unless done in the normal course of carrying out the duties of the post and with appropriate permission
To maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
To ensure their day to day activities embrace sustainability and reduce the impact upon the environment by minimising waste and maximising recycling; saving energy; minimising water usage and reporting electrical faults, water leakages or other environmental concerns to the facilities department or their line manager
Take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and other persons
To contribute to the control of risk and to report any incident, accident or near miss
Undertake and participate in complaint investigations
Undertake and participate in Serious Untoward Incident Reviews
To protect service users, visitors and employees against the risk of acquiring health care associated infections
To take responsibility for your own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn in line with appraisal and supervision
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, wed love to hear from you. Please contact Denise Gleave, Recruitment & Retention Advisor 0161 358 1448 or email denise.gleave@gmmh.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Evidence of post registration qualifications or training
Desirable
- Training in: venepuncture, cannualtion IV Therapy, ILS, Ecg reading and taking, reading and sign posting blood results
- Acute Chronic wound management, clinical examination skills, Mentorship in practice. Willingness to undertake the above
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working as an autonomous clinical practitioner
- Experience of working with mental health patients in any health/social care setting
- Experience of working as part of a team in order to achieve a shared vision/goal
Desirable
- Experience in more than one specialism, Leading change in a health care setting,Experience of providing support to vulnerable/social excluded individuals/groups
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Evidence of post registration qualifications or training
Desirable
- Training in: venepuncture, cannualtion IV Therapy, ILS, Ecg reading and taking, reading and sign posting blood results
- Acute Chronic wound management, clinical examination skills, Mentorship in practice. Willingness to undertake the above
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working as an autonomous clinical practitioner
- Experience of working with mental health patients in any health/social care setting
- Experience of working as part of a team in order to achieve a shared vision/goal
Desirable
- Experience in more than one specialism, Leading change in a health care setting,Experience of providing support to vulnerable/social excluded individuals/groups
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
