Physical Health Practitioner

4 weeks ago

Stone Staffordshire, United Kingdom Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust Full time

Our friendly Dartford Crisis and Homecare Team are seeking a Full-time Physical Health Practitioner, apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.

We are seeking a Physical Health Practitioner who has the determination and must be able to work competently in a challenging environment and be able to react to changing care demands whilst demonstrating the highest levels of care and empathy towards patients. This is across all aspects of the role in a flexible manner demonstrating the trust values.

The Physical Health Practitioner will work collaboratively with the Band 7 team managers and senior practitioners, working alongside clinical staff to support the delivery of effective, high-quality, and safe patient-cantered physical health care within the Acute Care Group.

The post holder will lead the continuing education, professional development, and training of the nursing staff to promote the acquisition of new physical health skills and knowledge in practice. They will also support and educate patients and carers/relatives in promoting physical health and wellbeing, including living a healthier lifestyle.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job


  • Empathise with, and support people to improve and maintain their mental and physical health and wellbeing in their care environment
  • Maintaining and promoting a safe environment taking account of infection control, identifying and reporting hazards, risks in a timely manner and raising safeguarding.
  • Working a full range of shifts as per the requirements of the service. May also be required, at times, to work at other Trust units and/or sites.
  • Physically able to carry out all duties required of the care setting, following successful completion of physical interventions training as required

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

What is High Cost Area Allowance?

The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.

As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.

  • 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of 1,192 per year and a maximum payment of 2,011 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)

The salary listed is inclusive of the High-Cost Area Allowance.

Job description

Job responsibilities


  • Working autonomously and as a positive role model adhering to best practice guidelines within the parameters of the role, leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care.
  • Training staff to produce the patient-centered care plans to their physical health needs, monitoring the quality (in collaboration with the ACG Quality Lead)
  • Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives/carers.
  • Liaising and working positively with members of the multi-disciplinary team and partnerr
  • Leading and supporting/teaching staff on physical health risk assessment and management of any identified risk that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual patient and their social context, knowledge of the patients own experience and clinical judgment
  • Work closely with the Head of Nursing for Physical Healthcare and Senior Physical Health Nurse.
  • The post holder will exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgment, discretion, and decision-making in clinical care demonstrated through clinical competency.
  • Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and understanding of health issues and treatment options to provide physical health clinical guidance to all staff on matters relating to physical health and well-being
  • To provide clinical supervision to junior colleagues as per trust policy.
  • Identifying gaps in knowledge or designing training packages to meet the need.
  • Lead site implementation of Physical Health priorities, policies, and procedures within the Trust
  • Act as a Mentor, Assessor, and Coach as appropriate.
  • Provide physical health competency training for new and junior staff e.g. vital signs NEWS2/eOBS (when available), medical devices (agreed by CRHT Team Manager).
  • Take responsibility for identifying own development needs and set personal development objectives in line with the agreed Staff Development and Performance Review Programm
  • To undertake audit as required related to any aspects of physical health-related clinical practice, such as NEWS2 charts, physical health assessments, nutritional assessments, and any agreed CQUINS.
  • To undertake detailed physical health investigations such as ECGs or venepuncture.
  • Provide the Crisis Team with educational support and training to enhance their knowledge in physical health and wellbeing of the patient group enabling the team to understand the procedures and implement evidence-based care.
  • Establish strong working relationships with other specialist services and signpost patients as required such as to primary care and specialist secondary service
  • Support the Team manager to ensure compliance in physical health-related areas of practice such as medical devices, infection control, and resuscitation. To liaise with external leads as required

Please see the job description for full details.

Person Specification

Training

Essential


  • Registered General Nurse (RGN) currently on the NMC register
  • Mentorship qualification
  • Evidence of continued professional development/short courses e.g. diabetes, COPD, wound care, ECG

Desirable


  • Trained smoking cessation advisor

Experience

Essential


  • Experience of assessing physical health needs in a mental health setting.
  • Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas.
  • Significant relevant clinical experience (3 years post registration).
  • Experience as a mentor/preceptor.

Desirable


  • Experience of teaching e.g. lecturer
  • Experience of engaging or supporting clinical research projects.

Knowledge

Essential


  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including negotiation and influencing.
  • Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation.
  • Ability to present information in a group/one to one effectively.
  • Self-aware, self-confident, approachable and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
  • Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback.
  • Ability to role model, reflect and provide evidence of conflict resolution.
  • Ability to challenge practice and encourage learning.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, persuasiveness and diplomacy.
  • Self-management and motivational skills.
  • IT literate

Desirable


  • Evidence of leadership within current workplace (eg. Involvement/leading quality improvement)

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Little Brook Hospital, Dartford

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB

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