# Clinical Nurse Specialist - Physical Health

**Company**: South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £58133.00 to £65261.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced registered nurse to lead specialist physical healthcare across Crocus and Jasmines wards in this four-month fixed-term role.

You will provide expert advice, training, and clinical leadership to strengthen staff capability and practice, and work with multidisciplinary teams to reduce avoidable hospital transfers and physical health-related discharge delays.

The successful candidate will have strong assessment, clinical reasoning, and leadership skills, and be able to provide compassionate, proactive, and collaborative care.

**Main duties of the job**

- Provide specialist physical health assessment and care across Crocus and Jasmines wards.

- Identify, manage, and escalate physical deterioration using clinical assessment, NEWS2, and professional judgement.

- Support frailty care, long-term condition management, and prevention of falls, delirium, and deconditioning.

- Deliver clinical interventions, including ECGs, venepuncture, wound care, and emergency response, within competence.

- Work with multidisciplinary teams to reduce avoidable hospital transfers and physical health-related discharge delays.

- Provide expert advice, training, and clinical leadership to strengthen staff capability and practice.

- Lead audits, monitor physical health standards, and deliver quality improvement initiatives.

- Maintain accurate records and practise in line with professional standards and Trust policies.

**Benefits**

- Flexible working opportunities

- Career development and progression pathways

- Agile and flexible working arrangements

**Person Specification**

- Registered Nurse (Adult or Mental Health) with current NMC registration.

- Degree level qualification or equivalent professional experience.

- Venepuncture trained.

- Evidence of continued professional development.

- Significant post-registration experience at Band 6 or above.

**Salary:** £58,133 to £65,261 per annum.

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## Skills

### Required
- NEWS2
- clinical assessment
- venepuncture
- ECGs
- wound care
- emergency response
- leadership
- teamwork

### Nice to have
- CGA principles
- proactive and anticipatory care models
- delivery of patient care to reflect and refer to Evidence-Based Practice

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