Practice Nurse

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave at Pinhoe View, a new purpose-built facility in Exeter where a range of mental health services are provided for adults with acute mental health conditions. As a Practice Nurse, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team supporting and encouraging service users to improve their physical health, while also contributing to risk assessments, liaising with the GP service, supervising junior staff, and implementing screening processes.

Main duties of the job

The Practice Nurse role at Pinhoe View involves supporting the Mental Health service to help service users build a brighter future. You will work alongside the multidisciplinary team to improve the physical health of service users, conduct risk assessments, liaise with the GP service, supervise junior staff, and implement screening processes. No two days are the same, providing variety and opportunities for growth and development.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is 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 within the organisation.

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Nurse with experience from the NHS or private care? If so, join the team atPinhoe View inExeter as a Practice Nurse and change lives for the better.

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 Practice Nurse, you will support theMental Health service for people to build a brighter future, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting good teamwork.

Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will support and encourage service users to improve their physical health and will be responsible for risk assessments, liaising with our GP service, supervising junior staff and implementing screening processes.

No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine.

There are also career development opportunities, with a huge range of courses that will help you grow and succeed. If you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

This is 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity.

To be successful as Practice Nurse, you’ll need

• RGN experience
• Relevant nursing qualification
• NMC registration
• Experience in a similar environment.
• Evidence of clinical practice development

Where you will be working:

Location:Pinhoe View, College Way, Exeter, EX1 3PZ

Pinhoe View is a new purpose-built facility where a range of mental health services are provided for adults with acute mental health conditions across two wards and eight individual flats. The 24-hour acute inpatient service is supported by a full multidisciplinary team, which specialises in the assessment, treatment and stabilisation of people suffering from a significant mental health episode and in crisis

What you will get

• Annual salary of £42,732
• 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 is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful as a Practice Nurse, you'll need RGN experience, a relevant nursing qualification, NMC registration, and experience in a similar environment. Evidence of clinical practice development is also required.

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.