Band 3 Physical Health Care Assistant

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Birmingham

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GBP 26 000 - 32 000

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Il y a 7 jours

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Résumé du poste

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a healthcare assistant to support service users and assist in care, aiming to promote recovery and wellbeing in both hospital and community settings.

You will monitor basic health parameters, help plan and lead groups such as smoking cessation, exercise or healthy lifestyle sessions, and contribute to care plans with up-to-date records under supervision.

Description du poste

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To assist in service users care in order to encourage recovery and wellbeing in both, hospital and community settings.
To assess service users for basic health parameters core physiological measures- i.e. heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate where appropriate.
To plan, organise and lead groups independently and unsupervised in the community setting. e.g smoking cessation/exercise groups/ healthy lifestyle groups
To contribute to the clients physical health care plan, keeping all records up to date and validated by a registered staff member
To monitor the service users attending groups and report problems with individuals to the physiotherapy staff, GP medical or senior nursing staff for evaluation if they are not comfortable advising the client appropriately.
To participate in the screening of patients using screening tools developed by supervising clinical staff and clinical working groups.
To support service users to make healthy lifestyle choices about exercise and nutrition.
To signpost service users appropriately to community services where needed.
To be part of any necessary planning or reviewing of treatment progress.
To use ECG equipment and provide ECG trace readings for review by the medical staff.
To undertake venepuncture on request or for screening purposes within the health and wellbeing clinic setting.
Blood Glucose monitoring
To refer clients onto other agencies as appropriate.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
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