Practice Nurse​/Physical Health Nurse​/RGN

Castleholme Lodge, Huddersfield | £39,281 per annum | Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

Are you a Registered Nurse looking for an opportunity to develop your clinical skills, make a meaningful difference to people's lives and take the next step in your nursing career?

As Castleholme Lodge's Physical health Nurse, you'll have the opportunity to play a key role in promoting and maintaining the physical health and wellbeing of adults living with complex mental health needs. You'll work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team and external healthcare professionals to ensure that physical healthcare is an integral part of every individual's care.

At our care home, we put the people we care for at the heart of everything we do. We believe in delivering personalised, compassionate care, where service users are active partners in their treatment and recovery. We also recognise the importance of investing in our colleagues, supporting them to develop their skills, build their confidence and achieve their professional ambitions.

If you're passionate about physical healthcare, enjoy supporting and developing others, and want to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Location: Castleholme Lodge, 4 Bryan Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD2 2AH
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Castleholme Lodge is situated in Huddersfield, with excellent transport links to the surrounding areas. It is undergoing a complete refurbishment to provide a welcoming, high-quality environment for both service users and colleagues.

Castleholme Lodge is a 20-bed care home with nursing, providing support to adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. As part of a wider network of Elysium services across Yorkshire and the Midlands, you'll benefit from opportunities to collaborate with colleagues, share best practice and learn from a wider clinical network.

As our Physical Health Nurse, you'll take a lead role in coordinating physical healthcare across the service, ensuring that individual needs are identified, monitored and addressed through effective, evidence-based care.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing, implementing and reviewing individual physical healthcare plans to ensure that service users' needs are identified and supported through clear, effective interventions.
• Coordinating physical healthcare assessments, investigations and treatments to promote and maintain optimum physical health and wellbeing.
• Supporting colleagues to ensure routine and ad hoc clinical tests are completed as prescribed, with results accurately documented in care records.
• Overseeing routine monitoring for long-term conditions, including asthma and diabetes, ensuring practice is consistent with current national guidance.
• Ensuring ECGs are completed as prescribed by GPs and appropriately documented within care records.
• Attending weekly ICR meetings to contribute to the development and review of individual physical healthcare plans and goals.
• Co-chairing a monthly Healthy Living Group, promoting positive lifestyle choices through topics such as nutrition, weight management, smoking cessation and exercise.
• Undertaking clinical audits and supporting emergency drills to promote safe, effective care and continuous service improvement.
• Delivering educational workshops and teaching sessions to colleagues on physical healthcare, clinical best practice and relevant treatment approaches.
• Supporting the timely delivery of or access to immunisations, including influenza and routine vaccinations, in line with relevant guidance and individual requirements.
• Providing health promotion and healthcare advice to colleagues across a range of physical health topics.
• Working collaboratively with service users, families and…