Overview
Senior Support Worker to work in Older Adults Community Mental Health Teams at Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust. The role supports the Integrated Care Team, works alongside Discharge & Assessment nurses, and delivers physical and mental health care to older adults in a community setting.
Responsibilities
* Champion the use of new digital technology (Whzan Blue Box) to maximise remote and home physical health monitoring.
* Facilitate annual physical health checks required for cardio‑metabolic screening of service users living with Serious Mental Illness and prescribed high‑risk psychotropic medications.
* Work as part of the Multi‑Disciplinary Team to assess the physical health needs of a diverse population of service users over 65, within their home environment.
* Undertake physical health checks and wellbeing assessments for people with severe mental illness.
* Promote and encourage healthy lifestyles, assisting service users to access support for recovery from mental and physical health problems.
* Support the locality in ensuring the Severe Mental Illness (SMI) registers are updated.
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