Are you a Registered Physical Health Nurse or General Nurse looking to promote health and wellbeing for people with enduring mental health difficulties? If so, join the team at Castleholme Lodge 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:
- Adhering to the NMC Code of Conduct and facilitate the compliance with local, Trust and national standards of practice.
- Developing and supporting physical health interventions used in the clinical area using knowledge of current best evidence-based practice.
- Engaging actively in practice development, evaluation, audit activities relevant to physical healthcare and/or service areas to promote evidence-based practice.
- Working collaboratively with primary health, developing and maintaining links with GP practices, and other physical health departments.
- Monitoring and maintaining Physical Health Dashboards.
Things that you will have:
- A relevant nursing qualification and registration
- Phlebotomy skills
- Strong team-working skills
- A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
- A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
- A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice
- Understand the physical health care needs for individuals who are living with enduring mental health difficulties.
Where you will be working:
Location: Castleholme Lodge, 4 Bryan Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD2 2AH.
Castleholme Lodge is situated in Huddersfield with excellent transport links to the surrounding areas. It is undergoing a complete refurbishment to ensure best environment for service users and staff to thrive in.
Castleholme Lodge will be a 20 bed Care Home with nursing, providing a range of mental health services for adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. It will form part of a cluster of Elysium services across the Yorkshire and Midlands region that work closely together in support of each other.
What you will get:
- Annual salary of £35,916 - £37,570
- You will work Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
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.