Physical Health Nurse

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Birthday off

Ely-Vate benefits

Blue Light Card

Life Assurance

Stream wage access

Job summary

Thornford Park hospital in Thatcham is seeking a Registered Nurse to join a multidisciplinary team and help deliver physical healthcare plans. You will lead on nasogastric feeding education, ensure ECGs and tests are completed, and support staff to maintain high-quality patient care.

The role requires NMC registration and 2–3 years post‑registration experience, with training others, experience in phlebotomy, and a good understanding of mental health needs.

Qualifications

• NMC registration required and evidence provided.
• Experience in NG feeding and phlebotomy.
• Experience training others.
• Understanding of eating disorders and mental health.
• Experience working with young people desirable.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating physical healthcare plans and treatments.
• Support staff to carry out routine tests and record results.
• Lead care plan development for physical health needs.
• Support clinical team on the ward and cover staff when required.
• Ensure ECGs are prescribed and documented.
• Educate staff on NG tube feeding and prescriptions from dietitian.
• Attend weekly ICR meetings to contribute to care plans.
• Chair the hospital's healthy living group and promote physical wellbeing.
• Act as lead for infection control and provide staff education.
• Undertake clinical audits and assist with drills.
• Facilitate educational workshops on physical care practices.
• Support vaccination programmes within hospital.

Skills

Phlebotomy

NG feeding

Training others

Mental health awareness

Young people experience

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Are you a Registered 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 the team at Thornford Park. Elysium Healthcare brings together a unique approach to the delivery of care where the patient is embedded in the heart of all aspects of hospital life. Our inclusive way of working has the patient as a true partner in their care. We recognise that each and every member of staff has an important role to play in the success of Elysium. It is with their dedication, passion and hard work that we can deliver excellent care programs that truly benefit the patients.

What you will be doing

• Facilitating physical healthcare plans/ treatments to patient’s, in order to maintain their optimum level of physical well-being.
• To facilitate/support staff to ensure that routine and ad hoc tests e.g. blood screening for Clozapine/Lithium are carried out as prescribed and the results recorded appropriately within Care notes.
• To facilitate/support that routine testing for long term conditions e.g. asthma, diabetes, are carried out as prescribed and that the results are recorded appropriately in Care notes and in line with latest national guidance.
• To lead the development and review of all care plans for physical health, to ensure that patient’s physical health needs have clear interventions, which are being met.
• You will be supporting the clinical team on the ward and covering staff when required.
• To ensure that all patients have their ECG’s as prescribed by the Consultant and evidence is documented on Care notes.
• To be the lead for 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.
• To attend each ICR meeting on a weekly basis, to contribute to the development and review of physical healthcare plans.
• To chair the Hospitals healthy living group, promoting physical well-being topics on a monthly basis example-Obesity, Smoking cessation, Exercise.
• To be the named lead for infection control within the hospital, providing professional advice, education, and support to staff in all clinical and non-clinical areas.
• To undertake clinical Audits, and support with emergency Drills.
• Facilitating educational workshop/teaching sessions on aspects of physical care healthcare best practice treatments.
• Support immunisation within the hospital eg. flu vaccine, routine childhood vaccinations, ensuring this is done within a timely manner.
• Offer healthcare/health promotion across a range of conditions for staff.
• Work alongside families and professionals to develop a positive approach to healthy living.

To be successful as a RGN Physical Healthcare Nurse, you'll need

• Hold a full and valid NMC registration – evidence required.
• A minimum of 2 or 3 years post registration experience.
• Experience in NG Feeding & Phlebotomy.
• Experience of training others.
• An understanding of eating disorders and mental health.
• Experience of working with young people is desirable.

Where you will be working

Location: Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET.

You will be working at Thornford Park, a 141 bedded independent hospital which supports service users that require medium and low secure Forensic Mental Health Services. In addition to these services there is also a PICU Mental Health Service. The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering people in their recovery and rehabilitation.

Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder, and females and males in a PICU service.

What You’ll Get

• Annual Salary of £38,934
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) - plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream - instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking

About your next employer

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 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