Physical Health Specialist Nurse

South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and experienced band 7 Physical Health Lead Nurse to join our Corporate Physical Health Team on a full-time basis, working Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00.

The post will involve working across our inpatient acute wards at one of our four hospital sites: Maudsley Hospital, New Douglas Bennett House, Bethlem Royal Hospital or the Ladywell Unit at University Hospital Lewisham.

The post holder will be responsible for oversight and ensuring consistency in the delivery of physical health care in line with national guidelines and the Trust Strategy.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Lead and support multiple inpatient teams towards the delivery of safe, effective and evidence based physical health care across our inpatient services.

Provide meaningful physical healthcare interventions for our inpatient service users.

Promote health inclusion in primary and secondary care, and support service users to access local health services and national screening programmes.

Work closely with Matrons, Ward Managers, Clinical Service Leads, General Managers and medical colleagues to deliver on quality and improvement, consistent with CQC standards, Trust values and strategic objectives.

Hold experience and expertise in assessing and supporting service users with comorbid serious mental illness (SMI) and physical health issues, and the ability to use this experience to develop the skills of junior and MDT colleagues.

Be a strong and visible advocate for the importance of physical healthcare for people with SMI, and skilled in engaging service users, carers and colleagues in that care.

Develop and deliver training, education and development opportunities for staff across all professional backgrounds, building effective working relationships and trust

Deliver in house training designed by the Trust Resuscitation Officer

Drive evaluation, research and audit to improve quality and assurance.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, we provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark: as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.