Physical Health Practitioner

2 months ago


Louth, United Kingdom Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

To be an integral part of the Physical Health Care Team within the Lincolnshire Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service. Supporting patients aged 14-65 years old in community settings to access high quality physical healthcare assessment, care plans and interventions.

Offering physical healthcare monitoring under the direction of the EIP Physical Healthcare Lead within the community settings around the East of the County however being countywide may also been required at times.

The post holder will support the wider nursing team to provide holistic and person centred physical healthcare monitoring and low level psychologically based interventions to make necessary improvements.

Provide physical healthcare monitoring interventions with service users in the countywide including providing advice to patients

Monitor the condition and physical health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with service users, families and carers

Contribute to ongoing assessment, recognising when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment

Carry out care packages related to the physical health aspects of planned care

Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of service user care

Involve service users/ carers in the planning and delivery of care in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs

Maintain the welfare and safety of service users and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance

Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect service user confidential information

Make and maintain accurate records of monitoring interventions in accordance with Trust policy

Participate in regular clinical supervision

Engage in public health, community development and in the reduction of health inequalities

Be able to identify role boundaries

Leadership

Work in partnership with multi-professional colleagues or agencies

Participate in service developments

Contribute to innovation and new ways of working

Take part in local audit and research activities where appropriate

Maintain a professional role

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Responsibilities for direct/indirect patient care

Provide physical healthcare monitoring and health promotion interventions, implementing care packages under the direction of the Registered Practitioner

Report and escalate concerns or abnormal outcomes of monitoring interventions to the Registered Practitioner or Responsible Clinician

Monitor and contribute to the review of service user progress where frequent concentration is required against planned objectives and use initiative to act on the results within the sphere of ones own responsibility, including reporting observations and taking action to minimise risks

Implement planned care which encourages and empowers service users and carers to maximise self care and autonomy under the direction of the Registered Practitioner

Contribute to case conferences and reviews, supporting service users and carers to engage and contribute to their care

Engage in the public health, community development and in the reduction of health inequalities

Responsibilities for policy and service development implementation

Adhere to legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines both local and national. Regularly attend workplace and staff engagement meetings and contribute positively to discussions about the improvement of care

Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

Exercise personal duty of care in the safe use and storage of equipment
- Be environmentally aware and prudent in use of resources and energy



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