NHS - Specialist Health Care Assistant (Mental Health)

As a Specialist Health Care Assistant, your role involves conducting physical health assessments for individuals with identified mental health needs. You will collaborate with various healthcare providers, primary care teams, families, and carers to ensure that the physical health requirements of patients with mental health conditions are addressed effectively. Your responsibilities will include supporting patients in accessing other relevant services, participating in service user reviews, and promoting good health practices. You will also play a crucial role in reaching out to patients who may struggle with engagement and targeting vulnerable and hard-to-reach. Additionally, there may be a component of the role dedicated to conducting physical health checks for patients with eating disorders, particularly those who are stable and engaged in their treatment.

Working across Peterborough Wisbech and Cambridge, use of own car is a requirement

Working hours 8-6 4days a week with a set day off each week., The job duties involve a variety of tasks aimed at supporting the health and well-being of patients within a mental health service. These tasks include conducting phlebotomy, ECG recording, blood pressure monitoring, pulse and temperature measurement, skin review, and testing of proximal muscle strength. Additionally, the role includes non-clinical responsibilities such as raising awareness of health promotion, assisting with screening services, supporting long-term condition checks and medication reviews, and identifying early signs of relapse or changes in social care needs. The role requires maintaining accurate records, adhering to professional standards and ethics, staying updated on relevant guidelines and legislation, participating in training and appraisal processes, and collaborating within a team-based care approach.

Greater Peterborough Network is a fast growing and ambitious at scale primary care provider. We work closely with our 26 member GP Practices in our area to support our 280,000 patients. We are a dynamic and responsive team who pride ourselves on our can do attitude. We embrace and encourage flexible working and good work life balance. We are very excited to be advertising this role as the successful candidate will be joining us a time of significant growth with a number of exciting projects lined up for 2024.