Physical Health Lead Nurse (RGN)

Cygnet Hospital Ealing provides a welcoming, non-institutional environment, offering personalised treatment for service users with an eating disorder or personality disorder over two separate wards. Our team works hard to create a cheerful, non-institutional environment, and to support individuals in their recovery and personal transformation. We make use of a range of therapies including psychodynamic, family, occupational, art, drama and complementary therapies. We also believe very strongly in patient-centred care, and involve our service users in shaping their own treatment, and in all aspects of hospital life.

We are looking for a Physical Health Lead Nurse (RGN) to join our team at Cygnet Hospital Ealing who is experienced in working within GP surgery or General hospital outpatient clinics. You will be expected to work 24 hours a week (between Monday - Friday) (8am - 4pm or 9am - 5pm) working three days a week.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Establish, lead and co-ordinate evidence based physical health practice initiatives across the service and 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.
• Lead on infection control practice for the hospital including the national clinical standards.
• Provide a programme of health promotion and education in close collaboration with the Dietician and ward Physical Health Lead Nurses and coordinate the implementation of physical health screening across the service including access to cervical screening for women.
• 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 patients' 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?

• Pay rate - £25.69 per hour
• 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

Qualifications:

• 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

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.