Health Care Assistant (HCA) Physical Health East London NHS Foundation Trust

Alfabétiko; London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated health professional to join their Neighbourhood Teams. This role focuses on providing essential physical health checks to patients with serious mental health issues, ensuring that their physical health needs are met through comprehensive interventions. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively within a multi-professional team, utilizing systems like RIO and EMIS to maintain accurate health records and contribute to effective reporting. If you are passionate about making a positive impact on people's lives and thrive in a supportive environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing physical health checks for patients.
• Familiarity with RIO and EMIS systems for health data management.

Responsibilities

• Provide integrated service for physical health checks of SMI patients.
• Ensure all contract and performance targets are met.

Skills

ECG

Venepuncture

Data Entry

Multi-professional Collaboration

Monitoring Templates

Education

Relevant Health Qualification

Tools

RIO System

EMIS System

Job description

The post holder will be a member of staff within the Neighbourhood Teams providing physical health checks to a defined group of SMI patients and others. This will also include ECG and venepuncture.

The post holder will be required to use both RIO and EMIS systems to perform investigations and enter health data on patients attending the NMHT.

1. To provide an Integrated Multi-professional service for people with serious enduring mental health problems in relation to their physical health checks and interventions.
2. To work with the Teams to ensure that all contract and performance targets are met.
3. To review the annual physical health checks completed for clients on the SMI list.
4. To contribute to the use of monitoring templates, effective monthly reports and promotion of technology systems within the team that will enable the collation of data for monthly reporting.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

This advert closes on Monday 25 Nov 2024.