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Physical Health Nurse with £3,000 Welcome Bonus

Employer
Priory Group
Location
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
Salary
£28k - 32.5k per year + £3,000 Welcome Bonus
Closing date
4 Dec 2020

Job Details

Ready for the recognition and rewards you deserve? We don’t just talk about putting employees first. We know that Priory wouldn’t exist without their combined energy, expertise and effort.  So we invest heavily in training, provide first-class support, promote collaborative teamwork and give everyone on our team the opportunities and resources to achieve their full potential.

Burton Park is a neurobehavioural locked rehabilitation hopsital for patients with acquired brain injury and neuroprogressive conditions patient displaying co-existing neuropsychiatric conditions and challenging behaviour.

 

There are three wards offering 50 beds. Warwick Lodge, Dalby and Cleves. A variety of care pathways are available, including acute and longer-term neurobehavioural rehabilitation and person-centred care, emphasising the least restrictive setting.

 

The multi-disciplinary team includes psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, speech & language therapy, physiotherapy, social workers and medical.

Burton Park is a member of the Independent Neurorehabilitation Providers Alliance (INPA). 

The role holder will require NMC registration and previous experience gained within a relevant healthcare environment.

 

The main role of the Physical Health Nurse is to provide support to the Nursing and wider MDTs in ensuring the patients in the defined area have their physical healthcare nursing needs identified, care planned and evaluated in accordance with best practice and clinical evidence. As well  as providing advice and support to colleagues at the site regarding  physical healthcare needs in general terms; this includes Infection control, screening programmes and site specific requirements, depending on the clinical speciality. Be the site lead for Infection Prevention and control and for student nurses and apprenticeship nurses.

 

• Ensure that all patients are receiving physical healthcare assessments on admission, and that their care needs are commensurate with the assessment and consistent with pre-existing care plans; This includes obtaining relevant historical information, test results etc. in partnership with medical colleagues.

• Accurate and efficient date input following screening and results; ensuring process in place regarding communication of the results to the GP and the onsite medics.

• Documents all individual patient contacts in their Electronic Clinical record promptly, escalating information to medical and other nursing colleagues as required

• Provide briefing and support to Registered nurses at the site regarding the physical healthcare needs in general terms; this includes Chronic disease management; Screening programmes; Diabetes; Hypertension; COPD; wound management

• Provides training and support to staff regarding the use of physical healthcare measurement tools, e.g. Waterlow

• Provide training and guideline implementation of new equipment for the nursing team

• Provides training and support to relevant staff regarding Baseline physical observations, recording, interpreting and escalating

• Oversee the nursing care plans for patients with physical healthcare needs, providing training and supervision for newly qualified nurses regarding physical healthcare

• Liaise with primary Care services regarding individual patient needs relating to one or more of the following: Diabetic review; Hypertension management; Flu vaccines; Cervical smears; PSA testing; Mammograms; Anticoagulant monitoring; Thyroxine reviews and others as required; Ensuring that recall services are in place on a named patient basis

• Maintaining efficient liaison with other agencies and external professionals to ensure continuity of care.

• Provide services to patients including Clozapine Clinic; ECG Recordings; Phlebotomy; Wound care, alongside other members of the medical and nursing team

• Lead on IPC audits and ensuring any outbreaks, infection and notifiable diseases are reported and managed in accordance with Group and Divisional policy and the Code of Practice for IPC

• Act as a resource at site regarding IPC and medical Devices; This includes facilitating the correct audits, checks and actions in these areas are undertaken

• Oversee practice placements by student nurses; provide support and mentoring to apprentices on the Priory nursing programme.

• Act as Preceptor for newly qualified nurses starting at the hospital

• Form and develop positive working relationships with Universities providing Nurse training, be the site liaison officer with the Universities and take a lead, with site HR and DoCs on nurse recruitment

• Oversee Health Care Support Worker induction to site; supporting them to achieve their care certificate within the 3 months of starting.

• Undertake Quality Walk Arounds; collate data and action plan for Clinical Governance.

• Support Smoking Cessation programmes at site

• Actively lead Health Education and public Health initiatives that relate to the service

• Work as part of a network of Physical Healthcare nurses across the region, and division

• In conjunction with the SMT create an annual health promotion programme.

About us

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services to adults and young people, Priory Group promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. 

Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes, education facilities and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory Group will cover the cost of a DBS check.

 

Company

Nursing at Priory Healthcare

At Priory Healthcare, we’re passionately committed to making a real and lasting difference for everyone we support. But that’s just the start. As a recognised leader in the healthcare sector, we’re equally passionate about harnessing the potential of everyone on our team – including our rapidly growing community of RMN’s.

So join us and we can promise you one of the most dynamic and supportive career environments in the sector.

We are already the largest mental health provider in Europe and treat upwards of 80 conditions in over 275 facilities around the country. But look beyond our size and you will also discover an unrivalled reputation for providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivery value for our service users.

What does this mean for you? More than you might imagine.

For a start, there’s greater clinical diversity here than anywhere outside of the NHS. This offers you the chance to develop your career at the forefront of nursing practice in one or  more of our six specialist areas – Acute Mental Healthcare, Secure, Rehabilitation and Complex Care, Eating Disorders and Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

You will enjoy excellent learning and development resources, too. In addition to benefiting from our award-winning e-learning programme, your structured career progression could include supported study for specialist diplomas, preceptorships if you are newly qualified, a range of other externally accredited courses, the option of becoming a trainer on your own site, and much more besides.

Our working environment and culture are also exceptional. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, psychiatrists, therapists and other health care specialists. We don’t just work together. We listen to each other, share ideas, explore new ways of doing things and actively pursue innovation and excellence is all that we do. So while the work can be incredibly demanding, you will never lack the support, collaboration and encouragement you need to perform to your best and achieve your true potential.

As for recognition and rewards, they are everything you would expect from an organisation that values your expertise and commitment. And your career prospects? Well, the sheer scope and scale of our behavioural care services – and the pace of our development as a business – means that you can grow as far and fast as we do.

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