Registered Nursing Associate

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Tameside GM SMI Team.

You will participate in the running and ongoing development of an arm of the Physical Health & Treatment Team, focusing on patients who have been identified as having a Severe Mental Illness (SMI), and supporting them to access a Primary Care Physical Health Screen, reducing barriers and helping patients who cannot access services directly. You will work across Primary and Secondary Care Settings, promoting continuity of care and effective communication.

Key Responsibilities of the Post:

• Liaising with and supporting GP practices in the reviewing of the SMI register
• Working alongside our partners in Primary Care in supporting this service
• Provide support to enable patients' to engage in meeting their health needs. This may include arranging initial appointments and attending with the service user if required, contacting them by phone and enlisting other services to support
• To support patients whose health and wellbeing is at risk, acting upon and escalating concerns appropriately.
• To provide health promotion to patients, understanding the relationship between mental health and physical health. To be able to enhance a patients overall wellbeing, and promote parity of esteem
• To undertake physical health checks, and respond to & report concerns appropriately
• To undertake venipuncture after relevant training and ongoing guidance
• To refer onto expert services in the community where a need has been identified
• Supervision of others staff members within the team, as appropriate.
• To undertake any other duties, appropriate to the grade, that may be required.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#Pennine Care Peopleand  do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

• Registered Nurse Associate with Foundation Degree
• GCSE's Grade C/Grade 4-9 or above in Math's and English Language or equivalent

• Experience of working with individuals with mental health needs
• Experience of working with individuals in distress

• Working with groups/coordinating activities for service users

• Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code
• Understanding of mental health issues and how these impact on individuals.
• Knowledge of physical health observations and their importance.

• Awareness of local services.
• An understanding of the mental health system.
• Basic first aid skills

• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers, as required
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
• Ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour
• Ability to plan and implement care for individuals, as appropriate
• Good IT Skills

• Willingness to engage with or have undertaken Venepuncture and Physical Health Checks training.

• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with Service…