Physical Health Nurse
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Sleaford, NG34 0TYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Physical Health Nurse to join our established multidisciplinary Healthcare Team as we expand into the ...
You will deliver direct physical healthcare to children and young people within Millennium Lodge as part of the multidisciplinary Healthcare Team. You will undertake physical health assessments, screening and clinical observations; recognise and appropriately escalate abnormal findings or deterioration; contribute to individual healthcare plans; and undertake clinical procedures within their competence.
The role will support immunisation and vaccination programmes, sexual health interventions, health promotion, long-term condition monitoring and visiting GP/primary care clinics. You will work collaboratively with the Band 6 Physical Health Practitioner, GP, wider MDT, residential colleagues and external healthcare providers to ensure continuity of care. You will maintain accurate clinical records, contribute to safeguarding, audit, quality improvement and supervision, and deliver care using a child-first, trauma-informed and non-stigmatising approach.
You will work flexibly across commissioned hours, including early and late shifts, and contribute to the weekend and Bank Holiday on-call rota for new admissions.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake additional training and competency development relevant to the physical healthcare needs of children and young people within a secure setting
Desirable
- Registered Adult Nurse or Registered Children's Nurse
- Additional training relevant to physical healthcare, young people's health, sexual health, immunisation or long-term conditions
- Practice supervisor/ assessor preparation or willingness to undertake this following appropriate experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering direct nursing care
- Experience of undertaking physical health assessment and/or clinical observations
- Ability to recognise abnormal findings and appropriately escalate concerns
- Experience of communicating effectively with patients/service users, families/carers and other professionals
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of maintaining accurate clinical documentation
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience within primary care, community nursing, paediatrics, urgent care or another physical healthcare environment
- Experience within mental health, learning disability, youth justice or secure services
- Experience supporting people with complex health and psychosocial needs
- Experience of health promotion
- Experience of immunisation/vaccination programmes
- Experience of sexual health interventions
- Experience relating to substance misuse
Skills
Essential
- Good physical health assessment and clinical observation skills
- Ability to recognise deterioration and escalate concerns appropriately
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to engage children and young people who may be reluctant to engage with healthcare
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency environment
- Ability to plan and prioritise an allocated workload
- Ability to work within professional boundaries and recognise the limits of own competence
- Ability to maintain accurate and timely clinical records
- Ability to communicate sensitive healthcare information appropriately
- Understanding of confidentiality and information governance
- Understanding of safeguarding children and young people
- Understanding of equality, diversity and reasonable adjustments
- IT literacy and ability to use electronic clinical record systems
- Ability to work flexibly in response to service needs
- Commitment to trauma-informed, non-stigmatising and child-centred practice
Desirable
- Immunisation/vaccination competency
- Sexual health competency
- Knowledge of common childhood/adolescent long-term conditions
- Understanding of the healthcare needs of children and young people within secure settings
- Minor illnesses/ minor injuries assessment
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
24 September 2026
Last checked
28 September 2026
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