Job responsibilities
Are you a Registered Physical Health Nurse or General Nurse looking to promote health and wellbeing for people with enduring mental health needs? If so, join the team at The Woodmill as a Physical Health Nurse on a Part time basis, working 16 hours per week.
As a qualified Physical Health Nurse, you will lead and coordinate all aspects of the physical health needs of service users, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting good teamwork with the multidisciplinary team, such as GPs and other physical health departments.
You will be responsible for monitoring observations and assessments to identify any actions that need to be addressed and documented.
Your career within 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.
It’s a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
As a Physical Health Nurse, you will be:
- Adhering to the NMC Code of Conduct and facilitate the compliance with local, Trust and national standards of practice.
- Developing and supporting physical health interventions used in the clinical area using knowledge of current best evidence-based practice.
- Engaging actively in practice development, evaluation, audit activities relevant to physical healthcare and/or service areas to promote evidence-based practice.
- Working collaboratively with primary health, developing and maintaining links with GP practices, and other physical health departments.
- Monitoring and maintaining Physical Health Dashboards.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- A relevant nursing qualification and registration
- Phlebotomy skills
- Strong team-working skills
- A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
- A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
- A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice
- An understanding of the physical health care needs for individuals who are living with enduring mental health difficulties.
Where you will be working:
Location: The Woodmill, Exeter Road, Cullompton, Devon, United Kingdom, EX15 1EA
The Woodmill is an 18 bed rehabilitation service for women with complex emotional and mental health needs.
The 18 bed unit creates a pathway for patients to step down through their recovery. Ivy is a 6 bed admission area and Rose is a 12 bed rehabilitation area, with the option to flex within the 12 bed area to a four bed section that can create a further step down with a separate entrance for those patients that are progressing well and are preparing for discharge to the community.
The aim of the service is to support women to improve their self-worth, build a better quality of life for themselves and to equip them with the skills needed for community living and increased independence.
What you will get:
- Annual salary of £36,500 (Pro Rata)
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (Pro Rata) (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, 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 and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
