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We are looking for an experienced and passionate Physical Health & Resuscitation Lead Nurse to join our Health Protection Team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse with a strong background in physical healthcare, emergency care, critical care, or resuscitation practice to drive improvements in physical health outcomes across our services. You will play a key role in developing and embedding best practice, supporting staff development, and ensuring high standards of care for the people we support.
As a national lead, you will influence practice across the organisation, delivering education, coaching teams, analysing performance data, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement in the recognition and management of physical health deterioration and resuscitation.
What You'll Be Doing
You will:
- Lead the development and implementation of evidence-based physical health and resuscitation initiatives across Cygnet.
- Promote high-quality physical healthcare and support the early recognition and management of deteriorating patients.
- Coordinate and monitor resuscitation and physical health key performance indicators and support sustained service improvement.
- Deliver and oversee physical health and resuscitation education programmes for clinical staff.
- Work collaboratively with Operations Directors, Regional Nurse Directors, Medical Teams, Service Managers, Learning & Development, and other stakeholders.
- Provide expert advice on national guidance, best practice standards and Resuscitation Council UK recommendations.
- Support incident reviews, after-action reviews and improvement planning following serious incidents.
- Contribute to audits, research, quality improvement initiatives and organisational reporting.
- Develop educational resources, simulation-based learning opportunities and innovative training programmes.
- Act as a visible clinical leader, supporting and coaching staff within clinical environments.
About You
To be successful, you will have:
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RGN or RMN).
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Minimum three years post-registration experience.
- Significant experience within acute, emergency, critical care, or general physical healthcare settings.
- Experience managing long-term physical health conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD, obesity or epilepsy.
- Experience delivering education and training to clinical staff.
- Strong leadership and influencing skills with the ability to drive change across large teams.
- Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies.
- Excellent communication, presentation, coaching and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and patient safety principles.
What We Are Looking For
We are seeking a motivated individual who:
- Is passionate about improving physical health outcomes within mental health and learning disability services.
- Can inspire and influence colleagues through clinical expertise.
- Is confident working autonomously and managing multiple priorities.
- Has a strong commitment to education, quality improvement and professional development.
- Is dedicated to delivering safe, effective and person-centred care.
Why Join Cygnet?
At Cygnet, you'll be part of an organisation committed to delivering high-quality care and continually improving outcomes for service users. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across a national organisation while supporting the development of staff and services at every level.
What next?
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