Registered Nursing Associate

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Health Support role within the Tameside GM SMI Team to support patients with Severe Mental Illness in accessing Primary Care physical health screens and promoting integrated care. You will work across Primary and Secondary Care to ensure continuity and effective communication.

The role emphasizes health promotion, escalation of concerns, and coordination of physical health checks, with training for venipuncture and supervision of team members as

Qualifications

• Ability to liaise with GP practices and multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to promoting parity of esteem between mental and physical health.
• Willingness to travel across Greater Manchester as required.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with and support GP practices in reviewing the SMI register.
• Collaborate with Primary Care partners to support the service.
• Arrange initial appointments and assist service users in accessing health services.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

GP liaison

Venipuncture (training)

Health promotion

Tools

Venipuncture equipment

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Tameside GM SMI Team.

You will participate in the running and ongoing development of an arm of the Physical Health & Treatment Team, focusing on patients who have been identified as having a Severe Mental Illness (SMI), and supporting them to access a Primary Care Physical Health Screen, reducing barriers and helping patients who cannot access services directly. You will work across Primary and Secondary Care Settings, promoting continuity of care and effective communication.

Key Responsibilities Of The Post

• Liaising with and supporting GP practices in the reviewing of the SMI register
• Working alongside our partners in Primary Care in supporting this service
• Provide support to enable patients’ to engage in meeting their health needs. This may include arranging initial appointments and attending with the service user if required, contacting them by phone and enlisting other services to support
• To support patients whose health and wellbeing is at risk, acting upon and escalating concerns appropriately.
• To provide health promotion to patients, understanding the relationship between mental health and physical health. To be able to enhance a patients overall wellbeing, and promote parity of esteem
• To undertake physical health checks, and respond to & report concerns appropriately
• To undertake venipuncture after relevant training and ongoing guidance
• To refer onto expert services in the community where a need has been identified
• Supervision of others staff members within the team, as appropriate.
• To undertake any other duties, appropriate to the grade, that may be required.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sally Jones Job title: Health Support Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 716 3500