Physical Health Nurse

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust as a Physical Health Nurse, playing a vital role in promoting physical health within forensic services. This position involves working closely with a multidisciplinary team in clinical settings, ensuring high-quality care and aiding patients in managing their health. With robust opportunities for professional growth, this role offers a unique chance to make impactful changes in patients' lives across multiple secure units.

Benefits

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Access to tailored learning and development

NHS Discounts across various retailers

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation available

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with continued professional development.
• Experience in a secure mental health setting is desirable.
• Ability to provide coaching within a clinical atmosphere.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in physical health nursing and illness prevention.
• Assess and address patients' physical health needs.
• Support the implementation of health strategies in alignment with NHS goals.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Health promotion

Teaching/Coaching

Education

Registered Nurse – general/adult

Job description

Are you a registered nurse looking for a role within Forensic Services where you can make a real difference to the lives of our patients?

We are recruiting for aPhysical Health Nurseto join our team and champion physical healthcare, health promotion, and illness prevention across our forensic services. You’ll play a vital role in educating staff, students, and patients, helping to optimise service users’ ability to take charge of their own physical wellbeing.

You’ll be a visible, approachable, and expert presence—working directly in clinical settings, supporting staff, and collaborating within a dynamic multidisciplinary team. You’ll ensure physical health needs are thoroughly assessed and addressed, promoting a proactive approach to care.

This role is based at our Littlemore Mental Health Centre in Oxford and covers all 10 wards within ourlow secureandmedium secureforensic units across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Working closely with ward-based health leads, our community team, and wider services like physiotherapy, you’ll help shape a joined-up, patient-centred approach to physical health. If this sounds like your next career move, we would love to hear from you!

This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical judgment, expertise and advice on all aspects of physical health nursing, health promotion and illness prevention to staff, students and/or patients/clients.
• Optimise the service users’ potential to participate in promoting and maintaining their own good physical health.
• Support progress on the implementation and embedding of key areas of work aimed at addressing health inequalities for our patients and identifying deteriorating patients, such as NEWS2, physical health monitoring, care planning and wellbeing clinics.
• Support the Head of Nursing and their team in delivering the Trusts’ physical health strategy and National drivers aligned with the NHS Long Term Plan, and participate in clinical audit in relation to physical health. Contribute to research as required.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are:“Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse – general/adult

Desirable criteria

• Post qualification experience
• Experience of working in a secure mental health setting
• Experience of carry out clinical audit

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evidence of continued professional development

Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching/ coaching in a clinical setting