About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced Support Time and Recovery Worker passionate about improving the physical health of people experiencing mental health difficulties?
We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service team as a Physical Health Specialist, a unique development opportunity for those with significant mental health experience and physical health skills, particularly in phlebotomy, health promotion and supporting lifestyle change.
You will work closely with service users and the multidisciplinary team to deliver physical health monitoring, health interventions and personalised wellbeing programmes, helping to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for people with severe mental illness.
We are particularly interested in applicants who:
Have substantial experience working in mental health services.
Are confident engaging with service users with complex needs.
Have phlebotomy skills or are willing to undertake training.
Have an interest in physical health, fitness, wellbeing, and health promotion.
Are committed to professional development.
This is a development post and the successful applicant will be supported through Trust funded physical health training and qualifications and competency development to progress to Band 4 Physical Health Specialist.
Join us and play a key role in improving the physical health and wellbeing of people accessing our EIP service.
Main duties of the job
Understand the processes of physical health monitoring in EIP teams.
To implement health coaching and physical activity interventions and lifestyle modification to support service users to make life changes to promote better health outcomes.
To undertake physical health checks using processes that follow SHFT and national guidelines.
To contribute to the collection and analysis of information relating to physical health monitoring and compliance with policy to support service evaluation and improvement.
To facilitate and/or provide health promotion and education to service users and staff. To support colleagues within the EIP team to complete physical health checks, particularly with those service users who are difficult to engage or are in isolated locations with limited public transport.
To carry out any duties as specified to ensure physical health is monitored in line with best practice and to reduce the mortality gap To ensure that physical health monitoring outcomes are communicated with primary care in a timely manner.
To use ICE or relevant systems to request testing to ensure timely monitoring and results being communicated effectively. To collaboratively create and deliver personally tailored physical health action plans to service users in the team.
Liaise with a wide range of internal and external stakeholder to develop an understanding of available physical health interventions.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Good literacy and numeracy skills. Previous experience working in a care setting. Phlebotomy trained, or willing and able to complete phlebotomy training. Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post. Willingness and ability to complete a recognised Personal Training and Coaching qualification. Successful completion will support progression from Band 3 to Band 4, subject to meeting all other requirements.
Desirable
Knowledge of Lester tool/cardiometabolic monitoring Registered with CIMSPA- Chartered Institute for the management of sport and physical activity
Experience Essential
Experience of working with mental health service users Experience of supporting physical health interventions Ability to undertake physical health observations Ability to engage hard to reach service users Knowledge of severe mental illness and physical health inequalities Able to facilitate group work Up to date on national best practice and guidelines applicable to service pathway Demonstrable skills in using clinical record systems and performance monitoring systems, for example Insights, and RiO/SystmOne. Demonstrates excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to respond to unexpected challenges and make sound judgments about when to act independently or escalate. Skilled in interrogating, analysing, and validating data from various computer-based record systems to ensure accurate reporting and performance monitoring. Consistently considers how their work can support clinicians in delivering better outcomes for service users. Committed to high standards, promoting quality in all aspects of work Able to produce comprehensive reports, data summaries, and formal correspondence with clarity and professionalism.
Desirable
Experience of working with service users presenting with psychosis Experience of behaviour change interventions Knowledge and awareness of organisations which provide physical health support and interventions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Parklands House
London Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4AP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)