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Physical Health Nurse (Mental Health)
The closing date is 31 August 2025
Wotton Lawn Hospital are excited to be looking to recruit an RGN to support the physical health needs of the patients within the hospital.
You will be working alongside the existing workforce in helping us to provide fully holistic care to the patients we care for.
You will be supported by the hospital staff, senior leaders and also other physical health nursing working across the mental health hospital s sites
Main duties of the job
To be a visible, accessible and professional presence for staff, working alongside Mental Health inpatients teams. To be in direct contact with patients to ensure high standards of physical healthcare are being carried out within a Mental health Inpatient setting.
Assessing, diagnosing, care planning and reviewing all aspects of physical healthcare ad supporting ward staff to also do this
To ensure provision of high quality, safe, evidence-based advice and care to patients and Mental Health staff throughout the Trust
Demonstrate significant clinical skills and works closely with Lead Nurse for Physical Health (MH &LD) & Matrons to raise the parity of esteem agenda for inpatients
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
* 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
* 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
* 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Provides a physical health nursing expertise within the Mental Health Inpatient setting for people with SMI
Works collaboratively with staff throughout the Mental Health inpatient setting to provide a high standard of physical health care
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic care for complex presentations
To take responsibility for immediate care delivery interventions within the Mental Health inpatient setting
Acute and chronic wound care interventions and advice within the Mental Health inpatient settings
End of life care clinical advice and support to the teams within the Mental Health inpatient settings.
Infection control advice and guidance
Carry out proactive health promotion approach with all patients, utilising the Lester Tool
Undertakes and develops advanced nursing procedures in accordance with established nursing principles, NMC guidelines and code of conduct and GHC policies.
Utilises excellent decision-making skills, which demonstrate sound clinical knowledge
Leadership and management
To be able to support modern matrons to provide nursing leadership on physical health care with the
Contribute and deliver in the planning and delivery of teaching sessions to other members of the multi-disciplinary team in order to pass on specialist knowledge and skills.
To be able to manage, prioritise own caseload across the Mental Health inpatient setting
Will have highly developed organisational skills
To provide support for junior nurses, students and other members of the MDT as and when required
To act as a role model, educator, coach, mentor and supervisor in joint working
Professional
Maintain accurate written records to ensure that service user details and details of care given is recorded in notes and on the Trust database in line with Trust policy
Ensure the physical health needs of service users are met, including advice, support and health education to both the service user and carers
Undertake other duties as appropriate to the post as requested by senior managers
Take responsibility for ordering and maintaining stocks of clinical supplies
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registered Nurse
* Hospital experience
* Lone working
* Mental health experience
Experience
* Demonstrable significant post qualification experience in mental health or related area
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.
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