The assessments will take place in a range of locations dependent on needs; this could be in the service users home or at a trust site.
The role will require independent and lone working at times. To develop and deliver educational groups regarding good physical health regimes.
This role will require staff to cover a large geographical area with limited public transport while carrying equipment to undertake physical health assessments.
To identify the SMI cohort open to case holding teams in Swindon, review the clinical record to ensure a physical health check and record appropriately if so, offer physical health checks to those that need them at NHS base or home address according to service user needs, write to GP's and other involved professionals about the outcome of the checks. Support with groups and projects in the realm of physical health and SMI including the allotment project which is currently running.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
To carry out comprehensive physical health assessments at the point of when service users are accepted into the Swindon community mental health services or at the point the service user agrees to a physical health check and if there are any changes or concerns. This will include sexual health, healthy teeth, eye care, exercise regime, smoking, alcohol intake, substance use, blood pressure, weight, height, blood glucose, blood collection for testing blood results to include cholesterol levels.
To interpret and act upon information obtained from the physical health assessment, seeking advice if necessary.
To provide information, advice, signposting or delivery of interventions to support physical health and wellbeing
To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate effective plans of care for physical health and wellbeing.
To support the ongoing delivery of the NICE quality standard 5 “ service users have received a comprehensive physical health check, which include the following measure, smoking status, alcohol intake, substance misuse, BMI or waist circumference, blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol.”
To support the ongoing delivery of the NICE quality standard 6 “ service users are offered relevant interventions for their physical health including, smoking cessation, harmful alcohol use, substance misuse, weight gain or obesity, hypertension, diabetes/high risk of diabetes, dyslipidaemia.”
The most challenging part of this role will be to encourage service users to value their physical health and to engage them in health assessments and interventions.
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