Physical Health Nurse (RGN)

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Cygnet Group are looking for a Physical Health Nurse (RGN) to join our dynamic and forward thinking team, working 42 hours a week (working Monday to Friday 09:00 am till 05:00 pm) at Cygnet Sedgley House and Cygnet Sedgley Lodge.

Cygnet Sedgley House and Cygnet Sedgley Lodge offer a 34 bed high support inpatient rehabilitation (level 2) service for men with complex needs. The service is designed to provide an environment that promotes mental health recovery by focusing on space, personal privacy and dignity.

Cygnet Sedgley House is a 20 bed service providing a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT) including occupational therapy, psychology and psychiatry, with support from registered nurses and support workers. We can provide support for those in the early stages of their rehabilitation journey, including one to one support where needed. We offer activities and therapies on-site, as well as accessing community resources.

Cygnet Sedgley Lodge, a 14 bed service that provides increased independence and a more outward-looking community-based programme. This part of the service also benefits from a full MDT, including their own Consultant Psychiatrist.

Your Day-to-Day

• Establish and co-ordinate evidence based physical health practice initiatives across the service and also, coordinate the ongoing monitoring of physical health of all patients including annual health checks in close collaboration with the ward Doctors and Physical Health Lead Nurses.
• Provide a programme of health promotion and education in close collaboration with the Dietitian and ward Physical Health Lead Nurses and coordinate the implementation of physical health screening across the service including access to cervical screening for the women.

To work closely with the ward Doctors and Physical Health Leads in ensuring that patients across the service have access to primary care services including dental and eye checks.

Maintain working knowledge of legislation, company policies, and other relevant local & national guidance pertaining to physical health guidance within mental health services.

Contribute, as required, to national audits, and carry out clinical audits as required, to ensure that standards are maintained in line with company policy and national best practice. Ensure information and comprehensive records relating to physical health is recorded in MyPath and entered appropriately on other data records as required.

Ensure that the service has access to required medical equipment needed in ensuring that patient’s physical health needs are adequately monitored.

Ensure that there are local protocols for the safe use of medical devices, educate staff on these protocols and conduct audits to ensure that these protocols are understood and practiced by the relevant clinical staff.

Why Cygnet? We offer:

• Salary – £22.50 per hour
• Full-time contract of 42 hours per week
• NHS and employee discount scheme
• 50% of NMC registration renewal paid by Cygnet
• Free Meals
• Employee discount savings & Cycle to work scheme
• Bespoke career pathways
• Company paid Life Assurance scheme
• Smart Health Toolkit- Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks
• Plus many more
  
  

You…

An experienced RGN with a current Pin Number, you’ll have…

Essential

• Experience of working in a mental health setting
• First level Registered Nurse Adult (RNA) or Registered General Nurse (RGN) with current NMC registration and eligible to practice
• BSc Nursing (or AHP equivalent), or post-registration specialist course at BSc level

Post-registration teaching and assessing qualification (e.g. Mentorship, ENB 998 or City and Guilds 730, SSSA)

Post-registration Physical Assessment Skills (Adult) Level 6 qualification

Infection control lead training or willingness to undertake an IPC course

A commitment to patient recovery in order to effectively monitor, manage and reduce risk

Desirable

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Risk Management
• Incident Investigation
• Health and Safety
  
  

Please note that successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

What next?

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