Physical Health Care Assistant

The post holder will be a member of staff within the Recovery Service/ Neighbourhood Teams providing physical health checks to a defined group of SMI patients and others. The post holder will be required to use both RIO and EMIS systems to perform investigations and enter health data on patients attending the NMHT. The employment of HCAs working across the secondary care-primary care interface will enable much better links along the care pathway and allow direct communication between HCAs in primary care and secondary care.

The QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) physical health checks are the key physical health checks required.

• BMI
• Blood pressure and pulse
• Look at the appointments list and check patients EMIS records to see what physical health check data for SMI QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) and antipsychotic drug monitoring is outstanding.
• Offer a physical health check to patients following them seeing their key workers.
• Complete needed tasks including bloods, ECGs, lifestyle advice and onward referral where needed- e.g. for smoking cessation, exercise on prescription etc.
• Enter the data onto the mental health template on EMIS and the corresponding RIO entry.
• Liaise with the practice nurse or GP where needed.
• Enter onto the RIO care plan for CPA patients
• Ensure the care plan is sent to GP
• Consider other health interventions such as encouraging bowel screening, cervical screening, sexual health screening where needed.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are:
We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.