Community Mental Health Nurse - Tim Dyffryn Clwyd

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; Denbigh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in North Wales is seeking a skilled Mental Health Nurse to join the Community Mental Health Team. In this role, you will coordinate care for clients with severe mental health problems and work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate will be registered as a mental health nurse and possess the ability to manage complex caseloads. This position offers a meaningful opportunity to make a difference in the lives of individuals with challenging needs.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage a defined caseload with complex needs.
• Welsh language ability is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care for clients with severe mental health problems.
• Develop care and treatment plans.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments.
• Assist with clinical duties like administering injections.
• Collaborate with service users and partner agencies.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Care Coordination

Crisis Intervention

Education

Registration as a mental health nurse

Job description

Overview

The Community Mental Health Team is seeking a skilled, motivated, organised and enthusiastic Mental Health Nurse to work within an established integrated, multi-disciplinary team, focusing upon individuals with severe and enduring mental health problems. The successful post holder will undertake responsibility for the care co-ordination and case management of a defined caseload of clients with complex and challenging needs as defined within Parts 2 and 3 of The Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the care co-ordination of a designated caseload of clients with severe and enduring mental health problems.
• Ensure that Care and Treatment Plans are adhered to and that standards are met in line with the Mental Health Measure (Wales) 2010.
• Act as a point of contact for GPs and other interface services to offer advice, support and signposting to appropriate agencies.
• Formulate and develop standard and complex outcome-focused care and treatment plans.
• Ensure a comprehensive risk assessment is completed and documented for actual and potential risk.
• Support clinical duties such as assisting with the running of the depot/clozapine clinic and the administration and supervision of long-acting injections.
• Complete physical health assessment and side-effect monitoring for patients prescribed Clozapine (successful candidate only).
• Assess individuals in crisis, complete comprehensive assessments of health and social care needs, and agree the most appropriate course of action.
• Assess, evaluate and manage clinical risk; formulate a plan of care and interventions based on identified need and deliver evidence-based crisis interventions as appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies to deliver high-quality care.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Registration as a mental health nurse and eligibility to practice.
• Ability to work within an integrated, multi-disciplinary team and to manage a defined caseload with complex needs.
• Welsh language ability is desirable; applications from English and/or Welsh speakers are welcome.

Additional Information

If you relish a challenge and have a passion to help others, this role offers a fresh start within Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, a large health organisation providing a full range of services across North Wales.

Application Notes

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive recruitment correspondence via the email on the application form. Applications may be submitted in Welsh; Welsh submissions will not be treated less favourably than English.