Brent Physical health lead

The purpose of the role is to oversee and undertake physical health checks and health promotion support to complex patients with severe and enduring mental health problems (SMI) who are under the care of Brent Community mental health teams (CMHT) Inpatient services, Learning disability services (LD), Home treatment team (HTT), Older adults (OPHA), and Early intervention services (EIS). The postholder will supervise and support the teams to deliver high standards of physical care to patients with long-term conditions in accordance with up-to-date, evidence-based professional practice subject to local and Trust policies and to provide leadership to the nursing teams within the services. They will focus on supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health promotion, and screening.

The post holder will lead on preparation and delivery of health promotion initiatives linking in with Trust resources, local business, and healthcare providers. The post holder will ensure that health promotion materials are up to date, available in various languages, and easily accessible across the services. Based on the principles of co-production, the post holder will support the administration and facilitation of service user forums and feedback relating to physical health and health promotion initiatives.

Main duties of the job

• Provide professional clinical leadership, working in collaboration with the appropriate multidisciplinary groups to meet the physical health needs of patients within community services.
• Provide specialist evidenced-based knowledge and clinical skills to the staff and patients within the services to ensure that the physical health and well-being needs of individuals are met.
• Lead on the strategic development and delivery of health promotion and physical health care within CMHT, OPHA, HTT, EIS, and Acute Inpatient Services.
• Active involvement and leadership on our QI Project on physical health Improvement model.
• Expected to complete QI training to assist with QI project.
• Working collaboratively with medical members of the team to deliver high standards of physical health care.
• To continually strive to improve physical health care of service users through our services.
• Phlebotomy trained including training on how to understand blood results, or expected to complete training and support doctors in carrying out blood tests.
• Develop and deliver training on physical health and health promotion to clinicians within the services as required.
• Develop and maintain good links with other services, such as occupational therapy and primary care as required.
• Work collaboratively with the Physical Health Champions within Borough, Physical Health Leads, and Nursing Directors in Jameson.

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We can offer:

• Flexible working with the opportunity to work condensed hours and working from home.
• Working within a dynamic team with visibility of the Senior Management Team (Service Manager & Borough Director).
• Award-winning Staff Networks that have thousands of members and exciting events.
• Career mapping and development programmes.
• Support and guidance with your Nurse revalidation.
• Opportunity to shadow senior leaders.
• Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies.

The Team serves the population of Brent, a diverse and vibrant borough. It is an established team with a friendly, supportive culture. There is a visible, supportive management team and a strong emphasis on training and professional development opportunities.

Brent is a place of contrast, a destination for thousands of British and international visitors every year. Home of the iconic Wembley Stadium, the world-famous Wembley Arena, the new London Designer Outlet & the spectacular Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, it provides a stage for cultural, sporting & religious events of national and international importance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust, we strongly encourage & support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues & of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.

The post holder will also take the lead on maintaining Physical health performance within Brent Teams and Chair the Borough Physical Health Review monthly meeting.

The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) physical health checks are the key health checks that are required and include: BMI, Blood pressure and pulse, Lifestyle, including diet and exercise, Smoking status, Substance misuse (drugs and alcohol use), Cardio-metabolic risk using tools such as Q-Risk, Blood lipids including cholesterol, Blood sugar (HbA1c).

Contribute to advanced practice initiatives in nursing by contributing to education and training with links with the learning and development department and higher education establishments.

Lead on clinical audit in relation to physical health. Contribute to research as required.

Give advice, guidance and provide interventions for patients with complex physical health needs.

To support and oversee the process of implementing CNWL physical health strategy.

More can be gleaned from attached JD and Person Spec.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Nursing qualification / RGN Dual qualification
• Professional Registration - Nursing and Midwifery Council

Desirable

• Teaching qualification

Knowledge

Essential

• An understanding of community and acute mental health services within Brent.
• Knowledge and understanding of Quality & Outcomes Framework physical health checks.
• Knowledge of health issues related to those with severe and enduring mental health problems.
• Knowledge of corporate governance and assurance frameworks.
• Knowledge of clinical governance / CQC processes.

Desirable

• The management of organisational change.
• Knowledge of human resources processes including training & education, recruitment, workforce planning, staff budget management, performance management, union negotiation and disciplinary action.

Skills

Essential

• Facilitating small groups / Teaching staff and service users new skills.
• Multi-professional and multi-agency working.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills including diplomacy, negotiating, problem solving.
• Developing training opportunities for professional and unqualified staff.
• Working to deadlines under pressure.
• Computer literate.
• Ability to manage services in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to build and maintain partnerships, internal and external to the organisation.
• Ability to work as part of a management team. To be able to manage change in a positive and proactive manner.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of senior nursing positions in healthcare services for adults.
• Experience with Safeguarding legislation.

Desirable

• Preparation of reports and presentations to internal/ external agencies.

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fairlight Avenue Clinic
Fairlight Avenue
London
NW10 8AL

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333-J-BR-0694