Lead Community Support Worker - Physical Health Checks
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We are very excited to be able to offer a permanent 24 hrs band 4 Lead Community Physical Health Checks Support Worker post.
We are very proud of our Physical health check service which is one of the highest performing in the South West of the UK.
Physical health outcomes in people diagnosed with serious mental illness are significantly poorer than the main population. In order to address this inequality this role will support patients who are cared for under the Care Programme Approach (CPA) to undertake annual physical health checks and should be offered proactive advice on how they can make lifestyle changes and improve their physical health.
Working across a range of community mental health services the post holder will hold a more senior position to their counterpart band 3 colleagues with the aim to provide countywide oversight of the service, to identify and share any training opportunities for colleagues, to facilitate the countywide peer group, organise cross cover and take a lead in developments that promote prevention not intervention for physical health difficulties.
Clinically, they will work closely with the teams undertaking annual physical health checks, in a clinic environment and, where this is not possible, in the patients’ own home.
There may be requests to cross cover over our other sites within Gloucestershire.
* Provide leadership within the service by means of the facilitation of the peer support group, representing the service at development meetings and actively contributing to service development and having a countywide oversight to allow for cross cover when required.
* Completion of physical health checks in line with national and local requirements for a caseload of patients with mental health diagnoses. Workload will be allocated as checks become due, the results will be documented and appropriate advice and onward referral to other services completed. The post holder will be provided with supervision provided by a senior member of the team who will coordinate activity.
* Based upon the results of the observations and interviews, suitable advice and referral will be provided to the patient.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
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Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
* 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
* 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
* 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Cleveland Job title: Operational Lead Email address: louise.cleveland@ghc.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0300 421 20172
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