Job Description

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.



The post will involve working across our adult inpatient acute wards at the Maudsley Hospital.



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.



Please note this post is open to RGN and dual registrants only.

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 nursing 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 conditions, and the ability to use this experience to develop the skills of 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.

Key responsibilities:

Provide treatment and preventative healthcare services, as and when requested, working within the policies and procedures of the organisation Support teams to deliver local and national objectives for physical health care in mental health services Ensure that all documentation is accurate, up to date, of good quality and within professional requirement standards of record keeping. Collect and collate information about individual clinical activity on the Electronic Patient Record. Meet as appropriate with care/management teams to report on progress and contribute to the development of services across the inpatient acute care pathway Work to assure the quality of physical health care being provided through achieving high operational standards To maintain professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of service users and their families Maintain knowledge and proficiency in Infection Prevention & Control, medical devices and physical health care through continuing education, engagement and training Work collaboratively with inpatient teams to develop and maintain good working relationships To participate in Quality Improvement projects Supervise junior colleagues or trainees

Clinical - individual



Develop and implement a system to ensure that all inpatients with SMI in the post holder's designated clinical area are offered physical health screening Support the assessment and management of service user's physical health care needs through initial data collection, monitoring of service users progress, feedback, discussion, and reviews with the clinical team Understand the barriers around access to physical health checks for people with SMI and help to troubleshoot and provide solutions Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professionals, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate

Professional conduct, teaching, training and research



Undertake all duties in line with Professional Codes of Conduct and maintain professional registration requirements for the post according to discipline/profession Work in accordance and within the principles, policies, procedures and guidelines of all aspects of clinical governance Attend and actively engage in monthly supervision and annual appraisal meetings Identify development and training needs with manager in accordance with Trust/Directorate guidelines. Remain up to date with changing practices and wherever possible make full use of all training and educational facilities Join and lead with colleagues in specialist teaching, consultation /support to other professionals and agencies. Participate in the provision of a good quality learning environment for staff and students * Work with others to undertake and promote research-based practice and use that knowledge in your everyday practice, sharing it with others in the team