Community Mental Health Nurse in Older Persons Mental Health
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health nurse to join our busy Older Person's Community Mental Health Team, based in Quarella Road Bridgend.
You will be expected to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in conjunction with Bridgend County Borough Council. You may have to undertake the role of care coordinator, providing quality mental health services under the framework of the Mental Health Measures (2010) Wales. In addition to this, you will undertake CHC reviews and nursing assessments to inform categories of care. As a registered nurse, you will be involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including mentoring of students and the supervision of junior staff. You will work autonomously and also under the supervision of a band 7 registered team leader, delivering a range of supportive services for those individuals under the care of the Community and part 1 and 2 of the Mental Health Measure.
The team currently covers the hours of 9-5, 5 days per week. The team also covers on a rotation basis our Out of hours 5-8 pm Mon-Friday and Saturday and Sunday 9-5pm.
If you have the passion and ambition to join this busy, dynamic, multi-agency service, then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* To be responsible for the management of a caseload with accountability and responsibility for patient-centred assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care in conjunction with the carer, multidisciplinary team, and other agencies within the community.
* Undertaking individual care and treatment planning working alongside other health professionals as the allocated care coordinator.
* To assist the Team Leader in managing a team of community nurses, coordinating and deploying resources within varied environments.
* To assist the Team Leader in the delivery of service objectives, performance management, and service targets, as well as providing expert knowledge and advice to a wide range of service providers and users of the service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary, and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
* We listen, learn, and improve
* We treat everyone with respect
* We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organization but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Experience
* Previous experience in Older Persons Mental Health setting
* Experience in Community Nursing
* Experience in Risk assessing
* Experience of multi-agency working
* Experience with undertaking assessments
Education/Qualifications
* RMN
* Evidence of post-registration education/CPD
Skills
* Good assessment and formulation skills
* Demonstrated excellent communication skills
* Ability to time manage and organise self
* Ability to work collaboratively with a multi-agency network
* Ability to work flexibly within a developing service
Knowledge
* Able to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge of older persons care/dementia care
* Demonstrates knowledge relating to legal frameworks (i.e., MHA, MCH, DOLS, CTP, CHC)
* Demonstrates knowledge in relation to safeguarding processes
* Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the All Wales Dementia Pathway of Standards
* Experience of working within a memory service
Personal Attributes
* Flexible approach to work and ability to work under pressure
* Ability to work autonomously and able to use their own initiative
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Welsh speaker
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
£37,898 to £45,637 a year, pro rata for part-time
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