Job responsibilities
We are looking for a confident Physical Health Lead Nurse (RGN) who can inspire, support and oversee the delivery of the very best care.
You'll be working 40 hours a week (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm) at Cygnet Pindar House.
This post is supernumerary, you will not be included in the ward day to day numbers. We have a mix of RMN, RGN and RNLD nurses who all contribute effectively to the excellent patient care that we provide.
Cygnet Pindar House is our 22 bed Neuropsychiatric rehabilitation service for men affected by acquired brain injuries.
It is a safe and secure place to aid recovery as well as offering those diagnosed with a progressive neurological disease like Huntingtons Disease, a caring and longer term placement to support and help manage the progression of their symptoms.
The service accepts unplanned, often urgent admissions where a service user requires a safe place to start treatment at the earliest possible time as well as planned admissions.
Your day-to-day
- Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well being.
- Overseeing and evaluating individual care and treatment plans for patients with physical health conditions
- Identify and manage as appropriate, care and treatment plans for patients at risk of developing physical health conditions
- Regular monitoring and interventions for patients with long term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, hypertension, epilepsy etc
- Prioritise physical health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily and apply principles of self care
- Provide information and advice on physical health medication regimes, side effects and interactions
- Assessment and management of patients with wounds
- Work closely with the visiting GP overseeing GP referrals, annual physical health check referrals, referrals to specialist services etc
- Working alongside the ward Drs with phlebotomy and ECG services making sure all are done accurately and timely.
- Responsible for physical health induction and training for all staff
- Implement the hospital wide smoking cessation programme
- Oversee referrals to dieticians, opticians, dentists, hearing tests, chiropody and SALT
- Regularly check physical health supplies/equipment and order as required
Why Cygnet? Well offer you
- NHS & employee discount scheme
- Most of our sites provide free meals on shift
- Free parking
- Bespoke career pathways
- Plus much more
You
An experienced RGN with a current Pin Number, you'll have
Essential:
- At least two years experience as a Registered General Nurse.
- The ability to maintain documentation, undertake audits & demonstrate integrity in your role
- A good understanding of the latest nursing practices
- A commitment to patient recovery in order to effectively monitor, manage & reduce risk
- Compassion, resilience & a dedication to empower & support service user independence
Desirable:
- An interest in leadership, research & assessment
Cygnethas been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years.In this role you'll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.
Here at Cygnet, we are incredibly proud of our globally diverse team, all working together to help improve the lives of the people in our care every single day. We celebrate diversity because different people, with different perspectives make Cygnet a better health and social care provider. Cygnet is an equal opportunities employer.