Physical Health Project Co-ordinator – Neighbourhood

Job overview

We are introducing a new, standardised Physical Health Monitoring Clinic model across all our Neighbourhood Teams to improve safety, quality and equity for people prescribed antipsychotic medication. The role of the Physical Healthcare Community Co-ordinator is a one year fixed term contract and will facilitate the launch of this new model. They will ensure each Neighbourhood Team will run a protected, regular physical health monitoring clinic for people prescribed antipsychotics. The clinics will be supported by dedicated Band 4 Health Care Assistant and will have administrative time, with clear clinical oversight from existing senior clinicians.

The post holder will report directly to the Associate Director of Quality and Assurance and sit within the Physical health team and will hold managerial responsibility for the three Health Care Assistants, supporting and guiding them. They will establish effective working relationships within each of the thirteen Neighbourhood Teams and identify key staff to support the programme.

They will develop key relationships with pharmacy, digital, medical devices and physical health team and will be working with key stakeholders in the project including the Chief Pharmacist and the QI Improvement Advisor.

Main duties of the job

• Act as a key member of the project board and project workstreams. Provide guidance on how the physical health clinics should be run, including identifying key responsibilities and roles, and designing the workflow processes including referral, interventions, escalation strategy and recall.
• Develop key guides for each of the Neighbourhood teams to ensure consistency in implementation and fidelity with the clinical model.
• Provide regular updates with regards to the project and attend key meetings as required.
• Identify what training is required and where appropriate, deliver this training to key staff within each of the Neighbourhood teams. This will include training on what physical health interventions need to be undertaken, why and how. As well as how to record this information on our electronic health record system.
• Work with the Lived experience lead, to help meet the needs of people who are hard to reach.
• Ensure that the culture you develop is not just based on completing checks but focuses on next steps to support people (don’t just screen, intervene’). Developing a culture and programme where abnormal results must be reviewed, acted on, and clearly documented, with risks explicitly considered where treatment continues.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.