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Form of workAre you a RGN- looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you to develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be?
As a service we offer personalised assessment and treatment for service users with a primary diagnosis of a mental illness who may also have other complex needs around physical health. Some service users may also have a secondary diagnosis of a mild to moderate learning disability. The service users we provide care to are detained under the mental health act and may have history of offending behaviours some may also have failed in a number of previous placements.
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
Your role as a registered general nurse is to work under the supervision and alongside the hospital's Practice Nurse within the physical health department providing and delivering a high standard of nursing care, contributing to the ongoing assessment, providing, and monitoring care based on evidence and working in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team.
The role is based within the physical health department which will include working collaboratively with the Practice Nurse to ensure the physical health care needs are met for all service users.
Areas of support will include the below of which this list is not exhaustive.
Assistance with physical health clinics. Such as GP surgery's, dentistry, podiatry, and vaccination clinics.
The implementation and monitoring of physical health care plans.
Supporting with physical health promotions.
Attendance at hospital wide meetings.
Auditing within the physical health department as well as physical health equipment.
Working hours
Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00
About the location:
The combination of 2 psychiatric intensive care wards and 9 medium and low secure units as-well as some rehabilitation flats at Thornford Park provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering our 143 patients in their recovery and rehabilitation.
Thornford Park has excellent internal and external therapeutic and recreational facilities. The unit has been designed and built with a focus on integrating current best practice in both environmental performance and clinical care, to deliver a bespoke therapeutic environment.
What you will get
- Competitive starting annual salary of £30.599
- 5k Welcome Bonus
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Well, being support and activities.
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
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.
The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
