Job description
An opportunity has risen in the North Newham Community Integrated Mental Health Service as a band 4 Health care assistance.The post holder will be a member of staff within the Community Integrated Mental Health Teams (North) providing physical health checks to a defined group of SMI patients.
The post holder will be required to use both RIO and EMIS systems to perform investigations and enter health data on patients attending the mental health primary care network teams.
The employment of HCAs working across the secondary care-primary care interface will enable much better links along the care pathway and allow direct communication between HCAs in primary care and secondary care.
The QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) physical health checks are the key physical health checks required.
- 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 and the Lester Tool
- Blood lipids including Cholesterol
- Blood sugar (HbA1c)
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
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