Job Description

MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9-5PM!

Job overview

6 months fixed term post. This is a new specialist Physical Health Team expanding and developing within Adult Community Mental Health Services in Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust is currently undergoing a Community Transformation Programme to improve the physical health outcomes for our patients with direction and standards issued by the Care Quality Commission, NHS England and NICE guidelines.

You will undertake cardio-metabolic monitoring in Out-patient Clinics and complete home visits.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Band 6 Clozapine & Physical Health Nurse is run in Out-patient Clinics and complete home visits to undertake annual cardio-metabolic physical health checks for patients on Clozapine, Lithium, or High-dose Antipsychotics. You will monitor physiological measurements, complete ECG's and take bloods (training will be provided).

You will lead a one-stop Clozapine Clinic, ensuring correct monitoring for all Clozapine patients; blood analysing, physical observations and side effect monitoring. Clozapine CPMS training will be provided.

We are seeking skilled, reflective and experienced clinician (RMN or RGN) who are able to form good working relationships and will further embed best practice, ensuring parity of esteem to adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties.

You will be flexible, creative and adaptable, will be committed to working in partnership with patients and their carers, promoting the independence and recovery working alongside the multi-disciplinary team and primary care network. Applicants must have excellent communication skills and a genuine interest in improving the physical health for patients. You should be able to form good working relationships with the multi-disciplinary team to deliver a safe, high quality and effective service. You will need to use your clinical knowledge and skills to prioritise care, act and refer accordingly. You will be expected to provide support and supervision to other members of the team.

Working for our organisation

The Physical Health Team is a unique specialist team, who have a strong work ethics; are dedicated, positive and hard working. Team work is our strength and our passion is to deliver high quality care and with a supportive work environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide support, advice, care management and structured interventions to service users who present with physical health issues secondary to severe and enduring mental health problems within a team based approach.
To provide a high standard of delivery of care within the Physical Health and Clozapine Clinics including the monitoring of patients on Lithium and High dose antipsychotics
To work, as a professional member of the nursing team within the Core Community Service setting.
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and will be required to teach nursing and non-nursing staff including basic and post basic students.
The post holder will be expected to be involved in the leadership of the clinical team and will carry out all appropriate care interventions and may be designated to take charge of the department/caseload or speciality in which she/he is placed in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility.
The post holder will assist the Clozapine and Physical Health Team Manager in developing and maintaining the quality of the department, including monitoring high standards of client care and developing areas of clinical excellence/best practice and a therapeutic & caring culture.
To support the service in developing partnership working and physical health care pathways in order to improve the health of service users and the knowledge of carers/relatives as appropriate.

Essential criteria

RMN/RGN Evidence of study/training in relevant specialist subject care - Physical health care Experience of working with people within area of speciality Working in a multi-disciplinary team Ability to prioritise workload Ability to support and supervise staff Knowledge of Clozaril / Lithium and high dose anti psychotic medication monitoring Awareness of the importance of the promotion of physical health care with patient group Experience of measuring and recording physiological measurements in routine presentations with service users Trained in and experience of Venepuncture with service users (or willing to undertake the training) Trained or willing to undertake POCHI training Trained or willing to undertake ECG monitoring

Desirable criteria

Awareness of point of care testing for Clozapine Understanding the organisational framework in which the service operates Full Driving Licence Non Medical Prescribing Evidence of Post Registration training
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: 37,338.00-44,962.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Canteen Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Discounted or free food Employee discount Employee mentoring programme Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Flexitime Free flu jabs Free or subsidised travel Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay Store discount Transport links
Schedule:

Day shift Monday to Friday No weekends
Ability to commute/relocate:

Oldbury B69 2DG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:

Physical Health Nursing: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:

NMC RGN or RMN (required) Knowledge of Clozaril / Lithium (required) driving licence (preferred)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 285-4466-MH