Physical Health Support Worker Lead job at London Full Time NEW

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We are looking for an Physical Health Support Worker Lead to join our team at Cygnet Hospital Ealing who is experienced of working within General hospital outpatient clinics.

You will be expected to work 40 hrs a week (Monday – Friday) (9am – 5pm)

As a Physical Health Lead Support Worker, your responsibilities will vary. You will be involved in embedding physical health care policy and promotion, along with supporting a GP clinic, Clozapine clinic and other physical health interventions within the hospital. You will support and assist patients with their individual physical health care plans, as well as being a pivotal team member in the input into these.

This is an exciting, hands-on role, you may be taking bloods or providing support to a service user who is anxious about their physical health. Examples of some day to day tasks may be, monitoring patients and performing basic health checks, coordinating a GP clinic and leading a health awareness session with staff.

Cygnet Hospital Ealing provides a welcoming, non-institutional environment, offering personalised treatment for service users with an eating disorder or personality disorder over two separate wards.

Our team works hard to create a cheerful, non-institutional environment, and to support individuals in their recovery and personal transformation. We make use of a range of therapies including psychodynamic, family, occupational, art, drama and complementary therapies. We also believe very strongly in patient-centred care, and involve our service users in shaping their own treatment, and in all aspects of hospital life.

Your Day-to-Day…

• Establish, lead and co-ordinate evidence based physical health practice initiatives across the service and also, coordinate the ongoing monitoring of physical health of all patients including annual health checks in close collaboration with the ward Doctors and Physical Health Nurses.

• Lead on infection control practice for the hospital including the national clinical standards.

• Provide a programme of health promotion and education in close collaboration with the Dietician and ward Physical Health Lead Nurses and coordinate the implementation of physical health screening across the service including access to cervical screening for the women.

• To work closely with the ward Doctors and Physical Health Leads in ensuring that patients across the service have access to primary care services including dental and eye checks.

• Maintain working knowledge of legislation, company policies, and other relevant local & national guidance pertaining to physical health guidance within mental health services.

• Contribute, as required, to national audits, and carry out clinical audits as required, to ensure that standards are maintained in line with Company policy and national best practice. Ensure information and comprehensive records relating to physical health is recorded in MyPath and entered appropriately on other data records as required.

• Ensure that the service has access to required medical equipment needed in ensuring that patients physical health needs are adequately monitored.

• Ensure that there are local protocols for the safe use of medical devices, educate staff on these protocols and conduct audits to ensure that these protocols are understood and practiced by the relevant clinical staff.

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you….

Salary – £30,000 per annum

• NHS and employee discount scheme

• 50% of NMC registration renewal paid by Cygnet

• Free Meals

• Employee discount savings & Cycle to work scheme

• Bespoke career pathways

• Company paid Life Assurance scheme

• Smart Health Toolkit- Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks

• Plus many more

You will have…..

Essential:

• Maths and English GCSE or equivalent

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  Further qualifications in Health and Social Care or Leadership

• Very confident in undertaking physical health assessments including Venepuncture/ Phlebotomy, ECG, Blood pressure, respiratory rate, side effect monitoring

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  Medication management
  

• Working currently in a healthcare setting

• Working in a Mental Health setting and/or Physical Health Care

• Evidence of continue professional learning and a willingness to train and develop new skills

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  Trained in Phlebotomy and other areas of physical health

• Infection control lead training or willingness to undertake an IPC course

• A commitment to patient recovery in order to effectively monitor, manage and reduce risk

Desirable:

• Please refer to the job description

Cygnet has been providing a national network of high quality specialist mental health services for 30 years.

Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others every day.

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