Physical Health Practitioner / Nursing Associate

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS); Louth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Louth is seeking a dedicated professional to join the Physical Health Care Team within the Early Intervention in Psychosis service. The role involves supporting service users in accessing high-quality physical healthcare and providing necessary interventions. Ideal candidates will have experience in physical healthcare monitoring and a compassionate approach to care. Flexible working options and ongoing training opportunities are available.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and promotion opportunities

Support for diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Experience in providing physical healthcare interventions.
• Ability to work collaboratively with service users and families.
• Understanding of safeguarding procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide physical healthcare monitoring interventions.
• Monitor and assess the health needs of service users.
• Engage in local audits and contribute to service developments.

Skills

Physical healthcare monitoring

Holistic care

Communication

Safeguarding knowledge

Information governance

Job description

To be an integral part of the Physical Health Care Team within the Lincolnshire Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service. Supporting patients aged 14-65 years old in community settings to access high quality physical healthcare assessment, care plans and interventions.

Offering physical healthcare monitoring under the direction of the EIP Physical Healthcare Lead within the community settings around the East of the County however being countywide may also be required at times.

The post holder will support the wider nursing team to provide holistic and person centred physical healthcare monitoring and low level psychologically based interventions to make necessary improvements.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide physical healthcare monitoring interventions with service users in the countywide including providing advice to patients
• Monitor the condition and physical health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with service users, families and carers
• Contribute to ongoing assessment, recognising when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment
• Carry out care packages related to the physical health aspects of planned care
• Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of service user care
• Involve service users/ carers in the planning and delivery of care in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs
• Maintain the welfare and safety of service users and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance
• Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect service user confidential information
• Make and maintain accurate records of monitoring interventions in accordance with Trust policy
• Participate in regular clinical supervision
• Engage in public health, community development and in the reduction of health inequalities
• Be able to identify role boundaries

Leadership

Work in partnership with multi-professional colleagues or agencies, participate in service developments, contribute to innovation and new ways of working, take part in local audit and research activities where appropriate, and maintain a professional role.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Doyle Job title: Early Intervention in Psychosis East Locality Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01522 421757