Physical Health Lead (Part time)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Nurse with a passion and background in psychical health? If so, join Elysium Healthcare and enjoy a career where no two days are the same as you develop physical healthcare pathways and interventions at St Neots Neurological Hospital.

As a Physical Health Lead, you will be responsible for providing and developing best practice clinical advice surround physical health subjects and concerns to the ward-based teams. 

With experience from the NHS and/or private sector, you will have knowledge and skills in leading physical healthcare and its governance. This will see you provide a health promotion programme, designing and delivering the Elysium Physical Healthcare Strategy and providing training and supervision to junior staff. 

You will lead service development and improvement projects for physical healthcare as you encourage service users to maintain and develop their physical health.

Other responsibilities:

• Oversee compliance requirements and KPIs required to support service users to maintain their physical health care.
• Design and implement an annual physical and full medical screening for all service users and develop relationships with local physical care provision to promote physical healthcare needs to be met
• Establish and implement screening processes and taking bloods 
• Meet the mandatory testing requirements for prescribed medication
• Liaise and co-ordinate our visiting GP service.
• Basic risk assessment

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

• To be an RGN with at least 2 years’ experience
• Evidence of clinical practice development
• Demonstrates effective verbal/written communication skills
• Experience in management and leadership of a team/service
• Experience in quality improvement projects and KPIs
• Experience in the management of long term physical health conditions

What You’ll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

• Annual salary of £17,269 (22.5 hours a week)
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave pro rata (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 us:

Elysium Health care has 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• To be successful in this role, you must be an RGN with at least 2 years' experience, with evidence of clinical practice development. You should demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills, experience in management and leadership of a team or service, and expertise in quality improvement projects and KPIs. Additionally, you should have experience in the management of long-term physical health conditions.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

St Neots

PE19 2JA

Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)