Are you an experienced and ambitious Physical Health Nurse ready to take on a leadership role and make a significant impact?
About the Role
We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Physical Health Nurse to join our valued team within the M&S MHT+. This role offers the opportunity to lead and mentor a team, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality physical health services to our service users within the community mental health setting.
Responsibilities
* Coordinate and make recommendations to the care plan process – ensuring comprehensive and effective care plans are developed and implemented, aligning with Trust standards and the specific needs of the CMHT.
* Mentor, supervise and line‑manage staff – providing leadership, guidance and support to your team, fostering a positive and productive work environment within the Trust's framework.
* Assess, act on, and report any safeguarding concerns – ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our service users by adhering to the Trust's safeguarding policies and procedures.
* Promote a healthy, safe and secure environment by adhering to Trust statutory health and safety requirements and maintaining confidentiality of information at all times in compliance with Trust policies, procedures, protocols and guidance.
* Act as a role model and support new team members through demonstration and explanation of tasks and techniques.
* Facilitate, support and assess staff undergoing personal and/or professional development.
* Maintain all essential training to role.
* Work confidently in a variety of environments according to changing service needs, continuing to act in a professional manner.
* Be flexible and responsive to competing demands to ensure safe delivery of services.
* Facilitate clinics within the team, undertake annual physical health checks and monitoring of patients on lithium and antipsychotics as per the NICE Guidelines.
* Complete ECGs and take bloods (training will be provided).
* Assist with the Trust's view to improve the physical healthcare of all patients.
* Monitor patients' mental and physical health, coordinate clinics and liaise closely with patients, carers, GPs, Consultant Psychiatrists and others to ensure the wellbeing of patients and promote understanding of medication and monitoring issues.
* Provide health promotion advice to patients and their carers; participate in smoking cessation initiatives, providing support to patients and staff.
* Relay guidance and audit on the safe use of medical devices, monitoring equipment and teaching; support members of the Multi‑Disciplinary Team on physical healthcare and infection prevention initiatives.
Qualifications
* Full, valid UK driving licence and access to a car/vehicle for business purposes (unless a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
* Relevant clinical experience in physical health nursing.
* Ability to lead, mentor and manage a multidisciplinary team.
* Strong knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures.
* Commitment to continuous professional development and adherence to NICE Guidelines.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Jun 2026.
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