Job summary We are recruiting for a Lead Physical Health Nurse to join our Mental Health teams at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury where you will be working with our Adult and Older Adult Inpatient services to deliver high quality care. This is a great opportunity for a registered General Nurse/Dual Qualified Nurse (RMN/RGN) with excellent experience to support teams deliver safe and excellent physical health care for patients with complex mental health problems. You'll be instrumental in driving the physical health agenda across the mental health directorate, facilitate training and work collaboratively with services to provide good holistic care. You'll be a positive role model to our teams, working closely within the Multi-Disciplinary Team and be integral in decision making that improves physical health outcomes for patients. You'll also be involved in Quality Improvement work across the wards to improve overall service provision. This is a full-time role based at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire. Main duties of the job Advise and contribute to the delivery of high-quality nursing care for patients with physical health issues within the A&OA wards. Encourage and develop innovative practice that will improve the overall health and well-being of individuals with mental health problems who use the Trust services. Lead on the development and delivery of high-quality nursing care plans for patients with Serious Mental Illness which advise on physical healthcare including smoking cessation, diet, weight gain, exercise, lifestyle, sexual health, and side effect monitoring. Develop, co-ordinate and contribute to the delivery of physical health and well-being training programmes and educational materials for staff. Partake and lead on audits and research involving the physical wellbeing of patients throughout the service. Lead on developing and implementing a health promotion strategy within the service. Identify appropriate tools to measure the effectiveness of well-being support and health promotion programmes. Provide leadership to physical health leads within each ward and community services. About us Staff wellbeing is a top priority for us. We have a very active, award winning, wellbeing team within the service and work hard to ensure that a supportive, collaborative and productive culture is in place. HI therapists at Bucks Talking Therapies receive weekly clinical supervision (both individually and in groups); a monthly clinical skills forum meeting; opportunities for ongoing training in addition to regular Line Management. There is a wealth of opportunities for career development. We're looking for people who are compassionate, work well in a team, have plenty of enthusiasm and motivation. You will need experience of working in a mental health setting and excellent written and verbal communication skills. If you think you have the qualities we're looking for, we look forward to hearing from you. Click here to find out more about what it's like to work for Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies. Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include: Excellent opportunities for career progression 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers Staff accommodation Competitive pension scheme Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme Date posted 31 October 2024 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £53,755 to £60,504 a year Per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 267-BM6750242 Job locations Whiteleaf Centre Bierton Road Aylesbury HP20 1EG Job description Job responsibilities Provide professional clinical leadership, working in collaboration with the appropriate multidisciplinary groups to meet the physical health needs of patients within the adult and older adult inpatient wards. Provide specialist evidenced based knowledge and clinical skills to the staff and patients within the service to ensure that the physical health and well-being needs of individuals is met. Lead on the strategic development and delivery of health promotion and physical health care within the service. Develop and deliver, alongside the clinical practice educators, training on physical health and health promotion to clinicians within the service as required. Develop and maintain good links with other services, such as physiotherapy as required. Work collaboratively with other clinical nurse leads for physical health within the trust. Contribute to advanced practice initiatives in nursing by contributing to education and training with links with the learning and development department and higher education establishments. Provide professional and managerial supervision to other physical health nursing roles and managerial supervision to other health professionals working within the physical health team. Provide leadership to a team of physical health leads within each ward. Lead on clinical audit in relation to physical health. Contribute to research as required. Give advice, guidance and provide interventions for patients with complex physical health needs. Provide assurance that patients in the service have equitable access to NHS screening progress as those in the community. Job description Job responsibilities Provide professional clinical leadership, working in collaboration with the appropriate multidisciplinary groups to meet the physical health needs of patients within the adult and older adult inpatient wards. Provide specialist evidenced based knowledge and clinical skills to the staff and patients within the service to ensure that the physical health and well-being needs of individuals is met. Lead on the strategic development and delivery of health promotion and physical health care within the service. Develop and deliver, alongside the clinical practice educators, training on physical health and health promotion to clinicians within the service as required. Develop and maintain good links with other services, such as physiotherapy as required. Work collaboratively with other clinical nurse leads for physical health within the trust. Contribute to advanced practice initiatives in nursing by contributing to education and training with links with the learning and development department and higher education establishments. Provide professional and managerial supervision to other physical health nursing roles and managerial supervision to other health professionals working within the physical health team. Provide leadership to a team of physical health leads within each ward. Lead on clinical audit in relation to physical health. Contribute to research as required. Give advice, guidance and provide interventions for patients with complex physical health needs. Provide assurance that patients in the service have equitable access to NHS screening progress as those in the community. Person Specification Person spec Essential MEETS PERSON SPEC RGN/DUAL PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP SKILLS Desirable mental health experience physical health Essential skills and kowledge Leadership/management Essential Ability/experience in managing teams Desirable QI work Person Specification Person spec Essential MEETS PERSON SPEC RGN/DUAL PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP SKILLS Desirable mental health experience physical health Essential skills and kowledge Leadership/management Essential Ability/experience in managing teams Desirable QI work Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Oxford Health NHS Trust Address Whiteleaf Centre Bierton Road Aylesbury HP20 1EG Employer's website https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)