• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Are you passionate about health promotion, reducing health inequalities and co-production? Then this is the post for you.

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12 month secondment for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse/Professional to be part of a team working with Support Workers with lived experience in improving access to cancer screening in individuals with identified mental health needs, learning difficulties and autism. The focus for this project will be improving access to Cervical Screening in North Warwickshire.

  The post holder will be required to work collaboratively with community mental health and learning disability and autism services to support service users to access cancer screening services. To co-produce and deliver with stakeholder's health promotion and targeted interventions in relation to local and national cancer screening programmes, with the aim to reduce health inequalities within targeted populations across Coventry and Warwickshire.

  Main duties of the job

  • To establish effective links with local multidisciplinary cancer screening teams and stakeholders to ensure timely presentation and improved uptake of cancer screening programmes.
  • Coordinate and support the delivery of interventions to increase cancer screening and to promote the Healthy Lifestyles agenda across the community mental health and learning disability and autism teams.
  • To be competent in Physical Health and Healthy Lifestyles promotion and education.
  • To promote cancer screening services and to educate target populations signposting appropriately, while ensuring accessibility.
  • To support the establishment and embedding cancer screening interventions as part of normal routine physical healthcare.
  • To work flexibly and be involved in engaging in Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) as a fundamental part of this process.

  If you're successfulyou will receive, regular management and clinical supervision, an annual appraisal and fantastic training opportunities within the Trust, universities, and the local authorities. In the wider trust we have an excellent health and wellbeing support offer to staff, regular mindfulness 'pause sessions' embedded in your diary and the opportunity to request flexible working as well additional support for working carers.

  For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

  About us

  At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

  We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

  These include:

  • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
  • excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
  • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
  • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
  • wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
  • staff networks and support groups

  We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

  Date posted

  09 November 2023

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

  Contract

  Secondment

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  444-5810808-BL

  Job locations

  City of Coventry Health Centre

  2 Stoney Stanton Road

  Coventry

  CV1 4FS

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder will play a pivotal role in acting as an individuals advocate, supporting and empowering them to make informed choices and decisions relating to cancer screening.

  The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across all aspects of Physical Health within community mental health and learning disability and autism services.

  The post holder will be expected to have a progressive attitude and a drive for continual improvement within this service.

  To act as an expert practitioner and a role model to junior team members. The post holder will be a resource of clinical knowledge and competence in the service area contributing to staff and service development. The post holder will be expected to supervise other staff.

  Be able to support smooth running of the service on a day-to-day basis, dealing with issues at the frontline of service delivery and report any more complex issues to the Management team. The post holder and team will be required to work to the organisations agile working policy.

  The post holder will be required to undertake delegated responsibilities as required.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder will play a pivotal role in acting as an individuals advocate, supporting and empowering them to make informed choices and decisions relating to cancer screening.

  The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across all aspects of Physical Health within community mental health and learning disability and autism services.

  The post holder will be expected to have a progressive attitude and a drive for continual improvement within this service.

  To act as an expert practitioner and a role model to junior team members. The post holder will be a resource of clinical knowledge and competence in the service area contributing to staff and service development. The post holder will be expected to supervise other staff.

  Be able to support smooth running of the service on a day-to-day basis, dealing with issues at the frontline of service delivery and report any more complex issues to the Management team. The post holder and team will be required to work to the organisations agile working policy.

  The post holder will be required to undertake delegated responsibilities as required.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Current level one NMC Registration
  • Recognised Physical Health course
  • Health promotion experience

  Knowledge and skills

  Essential

  • Experience at Band 5 to include: supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
  • Experience of working in other NHS healthcare professionals
  • Excellent communications skills
  • Mature approach to Physical Health issues when dealing with patients
  • Commitment to team working
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Provision of treatments either by Patient Group Directives or as an independent Presciber
  • Audit experience

  Experience

  Essential

  • Used to dealing with highly confidential client & staff information

  Other

  Essential

  • Ability to travel and access to vehicle for work purposes

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Current level one NMC Registration
  • Recognised Physical Health course
  • Health promotion experience

  Knowledge and skills

  Essential

  • Experience at Band 5 to include: supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
  • Experience of working in other NHS healthcare professionals
  • Excellent communications skills
  • Mature approach to Physical Health issues when dealing with patients
  • Commitment to team working
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Provision of treatments either by Patient Group Directives or as an independent Presciber
  • Audit experience

  Experience

  Essential

  • Used to dealing with highly confidential client & staff information

  Other

  Essential

  • Ability to travel and access to vehicle for work purposes

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

  Address

  City of Coventry Health Centre

  2 Stoney Stanton Road

  Coventry

  CV1 4FS

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

  Address

  City of Coventry Health Centre

  2 Stoney Stanton Road

  Coventry

  CV1 4FS

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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