Physical Health Nurse (RGN)

Cygnet Health Care; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS discount scheme

RCNi membership

Bespoke career pathways

Free meals on duty

Free parking

Job summary

This is a Registered General Nurse position on Castle Ward, a 13-bed female psychiatric intensive care unit at Cygnet Hospital Godden Green. The ward handles emergency and crisis admissions, including referrals from acute and prison services, focusing on individual care planning and the Care Programme Approach.

Hours are 37.5 per week on weekday day shifts. A current NMC PIN is required, and successful candidates must pass an enhanced DBS check.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC PIN.
• Experienced as a registered general nurse.
• Enhanced DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate, assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual patient care programmes.
• Ensure the Care Programme Approach requirements are met in a timely manner.
• Report ill health among patients and request professional visits where necessary.
• Complete and maintain individual care plans with patients, relatives and other healthcare professionals, in line with NMC guidelines.
• Take part in planning, delivering and evaluating specific therapeutic interventions.

Skills

Care planning

Risk assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Compassion & resilience

NMC regulations

Job description

This Registered General Nurse post sits on Castle Ward, a 13-bed female psychiatric intensive care unit at Cygnet Hospital Godden Green. The ward takes emergency and crisis admissions, including referrals from acute and prison services, so the work centres on individual care planning and the Care Programme Approach. Hours are 37.5 a week on weekday day shifts, and the hospital sits in its own grounds in the Kent countryside. A current NMC PIN is required, and successful candidates must pass an enhanced DBS check.

What the job involves

• Co-ordinate, assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual patient care programmes
• Ensure the Care Programme Approach requirements are met in a timely manner
• Report ill health among patients and request professional visits where necessary
• Complete and maintain individual care plans with patients, relatives and other healthcare professionals, in line with NMC guidelines
• Take part in planning, delivering and evaluating specific therapeutic interventions

What’s required

Registration & licences

• Registered General Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC PIN

Experience

• Experienced as a registered general nurse

Skills & knowledge

• Maintaining documentation and undertaking audits
• Demonstrating integrity in the role
• Good understanding of current nursing practice
• Commitment to patient recovery, monitoring, managing and reducing risk
• Compassion, resilience and a commitment to empowering service user independence

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check

What’s offered

• NHS and employee discount scheme
• 50% of NMC registration renewal paid by Cygnet
• RCNi membership
• Bespoke career pathways
• Free meals on duty
• Free parking