What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physical Health Nurse position at Elysium Healthcare?
Job summary
This is a temporary role for up to 12 months' maternity cover as a Physical Health Nurse at the Farndon Unit, a purpose-built low secure hospital run by Elysium Healthcare. You will be responsible for monitoring observations and assessments, developing and supporting physical health interventions, and working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist care for individuals with complex needs.
Main duties of the job
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. You will be required to adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct, develop and support physical health interventions using evidence-based practice, engage in practice development and evaluation, and work collaboratively with primary health and other physical health departments.
About us
Elysium Healthcare is 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 an opportunity for you to grow and move within the organization. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Please note that this role is up to 12 months' maternity cover Are you a Registered Physical Health Nurse or General Nurse looking to promote health and wellbeing for people with complex needs? If so, join the team at The Farndon Unit as a Physical Healthcare Nurse. You will work Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. 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.
What you will be doing :
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.
As a Physical Healthcare Nurse, you will be :
Things that you will have :
Where you will be working :
Location : The Farndon Unit, Farndon Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 4SW
You will be working at the Farndon Unit, a purpose-built low secure hospital which offers personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways, including a trauma specific pathway, for women with complex care needs.
You will join the multidisciplinary team in providing specialist care for people with a diagnosis of severe and enduring mental illness and / or personality disorder and / or mild learning disability.
The combination of general low secure wards and a recovery ward area (also within the low secure perimeter) provide a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering recovery and rehabilitation.
What you will get :
There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and 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.
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Salary : $36,362
