Registered Nursing Associate

To provide dedicated physical-health monitoring and intervention within the community mental health team, supporting people with severe mental illness to receive timely, holistic physical healthcare.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver and support the running and organisation of physical health clinics within Riviera Community Mental Health Team.
• Complete routine physical-health monitoring, including:
• Blood pressure and pulse
• Weight, BMI and waist circumference
• Blood glucose/Hb A1c
• Lipid profiles
• ECGs where trained and appropriate
• Smoking, alcohol and lifestyle assessments
• Support physical-health monitoring for patients prescribed antipsychotic medication, including depot medication.
• Identify abnormal results and identify appropriately to the registered clinician, GP or other healthcare professional.
• Provide brief health-promotion interventions around diet, exercise, smoking cessation and cardiovascular risk.
• Support patients to attend physical-health appointments and overcome barriers to accessing primary care.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and ensure results are recorded on relevant systems.
• Follow up outstanding investigations and referrals.
• Support recall systems so that patients receive their physical-health checks within required time frames.
• Assist with audits and data collection relating to physical-health performance.
• Work alongside nurses, doctors, pharmacists, healthcare assistants and primary-care colleagues.
• Undertake delegated clinical interventions within their competence and scope of practice.

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile;

making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job Purpose The role of the Nursing Associate is to work as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering evidence based health and social care that focuses on the holistic needs of people using services.

The Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of registered nurses,working within the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing process(Health Education England 2018).

• Monitoring the condition and health needs of people within their care continually in partnership with people, families and carers. Contributing to ongoing assessments and recognising when it is necessary to refer to others for re-assessment.
• Supporting people to improve and maintain their mental, physical, and…