About the Role
You will work alongside a supportive team and will be involved in community visits and building relationships with clients with a history of SMI (Serious Mental Illness) that are not engaging with their GP surgery; the work includes client contact and communication, undertaking simple physical health checks when necessary as well as encouraging/ supporting clients to attend their surgery appointments. You will work with a group of GP surgeries in a specified area of West Sussex, taking into consideration your location preference, as an important member of the Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team, to help to form a joined up approach for SMI patients.
Responsibilities
* To actively undertake community visits in a variety of settings (E.g. G.P Surgeries, home visits and community centres), to deliver a simple physical health assessment including taking bloods once venepuncture training is completed.
* Work with a range of Health Care staff and attend relevant GP Surgery and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) meetings to ensure individuals you work with receive appropriate interventions and follow up care.
* To work with individuals, Health Care and Voluntary and Community partners to develop physical health care goals for the people you work with and plans to promote and encourage self-management of physical health.
* Refer and help individuals worked with to develop supportive relationships with partner organisations and communities to access Health Improvement interventions.
About SPFT
We work towards providing accessible and supportive service across Sussex, transforming our community mental health services to recognise the changes in how people want to access them. We are working in close partnership with a range of partners and our 'experts by experience' to develop and improve our service offer. As part of this exciting transformation, we are expanding our community rehabilitation, personality disorder and eating disorder services, as well as providing investment to our community mental health teams and increasing mental health provision in primary care. We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is.
Qualifications
* An interest in and enthusiasm for supporting people with mental health conditions
* Ability to communicate and build relationships with service users, carers and family members
* Willingness to complete relevant physical health checks and interventions
* Willingness to complete relevant physical health checks training including taking bloods
* NVQ Level 3 in care, or equivalent qualification or level of experience with transferrable skills E.g. Customer/people facing experience
* Willingness to undertake Continuing Personal Development
* Experience of working with clients, the public or both
* Experience of working as part of a team towards a common goal
* Basic understanding of the NHS and its independencies; successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced.
* You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Benefits
* Generous holiday entitlement
* Cycle scheme
* Generous pension
* Flexible working
* Tax free child care
* Travel season ticket
* Continuous professional development
* Retailer and restaurant discounts
* Gym and fitness discounts
* Mindfulness courses
* Free eye exam and discounted glasses
* Discounted car scheme
* Free health checks
* Employee networks
* Free parking
* Free legal and financial information
* Free confidential counselling
* Wellbeing MOTs (we have our own Wellbeing team)
* Mobile phone discounts
Work Bases will be allocated according to your assigned area.
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