Physical Health Pathway NA - Internal MPFT Applicants Only

Job summary

INTERNAL MPFT APPLICANTS ONLY

• The direct provision of high-quality evidence based person-centered physical and mental health care to patients within the Community Mental Health Pathways/Mental Health Service.
• To work in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
• To undertake expert physical health assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of care for a specific group of service users.
• Providing leadership in the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care to the wider multi-disciplinary team, particularly STR workers who provide input to the physical health clinics.
• To supervise and teach service users and carers, professionals from the multi-disciplinary teams, qualified and unqualified staff and the public.

Main duties of the job

Physical health outcomes in people diagnosed with serious mental illness are significantly poorer than the main population. In order to address this inequality this role will support patients who are cared for under Mental health team to undertake an annual health checks and should be offered proactive advice on how they can make lifestyle changes and improve their physical health.

Working across a range of community mental health services the post holder will work closely with the teams undertaking annual physical health checks, in a clinic environment and, where this is not possible, in the patients' own home.

The assistant practitioner has a breadth of knowledge and skills providing holistic and person centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. The assistant practitioner works independently under the leadership of registered nurses/NMP's and consultant psychiatrists.

The Assistant practitioner will work under the supervision from a registered nurse or other registered professional to provide high quality care and treatment as a member of the multi-disciplinary team informed by excellent communication, analysis of information, planning and organisational skills.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.