Physical Health Support Worker - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A new opportunity has arisen to join Moss House CMHT as a physical health support worker.

This role will involve completing physical health checks, including blood tests and ECGs, for service users of the Moss House Community Mental Health Team.

Applicants must have completed phlebotomy and ECG training.

Complete physical health checks for community mental health team service users, both within the CMHT and in the community.

To take ECGs, blood pressure and blood samples of service users and record these accurately in the electronic records system.

To provide lifestyle and health advice to service users, with advice from senior team members.

Organise clinics on site and arrange to see service users in their own homes.

Work flexibly, responding to the needs of the service and our service users, with guidance from senior team members.

You will be supported within a multi disciplinary team, consisting of nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychological therapists and support staff.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

We need you to help us achieve and deliver our ambition.

Please see attached Job Description for more details

Main responsibilities will include:

Providing 1:1 interventions with service users, in a community setting.

Monitoring of physical health under guidance of Senior nurse practitioner.

Participating in regular supervision.

Ensure appropriate records are maintained under the Senior nurse practitioner