MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: Carry out specialist one-to-one and group interventions for behaviour change. Undertake physical health monitoring, including outreach for those who are difficult to engage. Work in partnership with members of the multi-disciplinary team to promote the physical health and wellbeing of service users within specialist mental health services. Liaise with partners to help reach target populations and communities.
Actively seek out Hard to Reach populations and help them to engage in health lifestyle initiatives. Support the development and delivery of training programmes for other professionals/interested parties internally and externally. Support the development, promotion, and co-ordination of health activities and other community engagement events. Signposting/referral into the One You Plymouth service and/or partner services such as IPS, and Harbour.
Contribute at appropriate network meetings and multi-disciplinary team meetings. Monitor and evaluate outcomes via processes, procedures, and systems. Give feedback on performance and local intelligence to senior management team. Ensure that all stakeholders receive up-to-date information on a wide range of health improvement topics.
Contribute to the communications and marketing strategy by collecting case studies and photos. Develop fact sheets and resources. Contribute to research and development as directed. Act as a Health Champion, Making Every Contact Count.
Be up to date with a range of health improvement topics through competency-based learning. Support the nursing team in daily medication management. Support the team in delivering medication interventions such as depot medication administration. Assess and utilize relevant clinical tools to support with monitoring side effects of medication and addresses as clinically indicated with the wider team.
Complete relevant mental health clinical competence to support practice. The post holder will be responsible for the induction of new team members. The post holder may be responsible for the line management of junior staff, providing day-to-day management and supervision, absence management, and appraisal.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that clinics run smoothly. The post holder may be responsible for the delivery of training. The post holder, once trained, may lead or support health walks. The post holder will be responsible for supporting Students in practice.
Responsibilities
* Collect information regarding purchasing and invoicing to support managers' budgetary requirements.
* Ensure records are up-to-date and stored as per record-keeping policy.
* Responsible for developing training and psycho-social education packs, presentation, leaflets, and handouts.
* Responsible for giving advice and support to service users and/or family members/carers over the phone, face-to-face, and digitally.
* Responsible for case load management.
Requirements
The post holder will contribute to service development and implement changes to established working processes as appropriate.
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