Physical Health Nurse

Elysium Healthcare; Hove; On-site; GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare organization is seeking a dedicated Physical Health Nurse to join their Brighton & Hove Clinic. This role offers a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, creating impactful care plans and empowering individuals to manage their health. You will play a vital role in facilitating treatments, conducting health assessments, and educating staff to ensure the highest standards of care. With a supportive environment that encourages professional growth and development, this position promises to be both rewarding and fulfilling. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Free meals

Wellbeing support

Career development

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Flexible working opportunities

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Full NMC registration and 3+ years post-registration experience required.
• Experience in NG feeding and phlebotomy is essential.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate physical healthcare plans and treatments for patients.
• Lead development and review of care plans for physical health.
• Educate staff on Naso-gastric tube feeding and best practices.

Skills

NMC Registration

NG Feeding

Phlebotomy

Training others

Understanding of eating disorders

Experience with young people

Education

Registered General Nurse (RGN)

Job description

Are you a Physical Health Nurse looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you to develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck. Join our team in Brighton & Hove Clinic.

Working 37.5 hours per week as an experienced Nurse from the NHS or private sector, you'll join the team at Brighton & Hove as a Physical Health Nurse working 9am-5pm Monday to Friday where you will change lives for the better.

Your career at Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Working alongside the individual and their families, the MDT will collaboratively create care plans and risk assessments. You will empower individuals to manage and improve their health through their treatment within the community. It’s a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

What you will be doing:

• Facilitating physical healthcare plans/treatments to patients, in order to maintain their optimum level of physical well-being.
• Leading the development and review of all care plans for physical health, to ensure that patients' physical health needs have clear interventions, which are being met.
• Carrying out routine and ad-hoc PCR swabs for patients.
• Facilitating/supporting staff to ensure that routine and ad hoc blood tests are carried out as prescribed and the results recorded appropriately and followed up where appropriate with the medical team.
• Ensuring that all patients have their ECGs as prescribed by the Consultant and that results are communicated to the clinical team and evidence is documented on Care notes.
• Educating staff in relation to the use of Naso-gastric tube feeding ensuring that staff are adhering to the requirements outlined in their prescriptions from the dietitian and that care plans are updated to reflect the current prescription.
• Attend ICR meetings as required and contribute to the development and review of physical healthcare plans.
• Undertaking audits.
• Facilitating educational workshop/teaching sessions on aspects of physical care healthcare best practice treatments.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• To hold a full NMC registration in general nursing (RGN).
• A minimum of 3 years post registration experience.
• Evidence of a Valid NMC registration.
• Experience in NG Feeding & Phlebotomy.
• Experience of training others.
• A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice.
• An understanding of eating disorders and mental health.
• Experience of working with young people is desirable.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £41,107.
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals.
• Wellbeing support and activities.
• Career development and training.
• Pension contribution.
• Life Assurance.
• Enhanced Maternity Package.
• Flexible working opportunities.

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.