Community Psychiatric Nurse

NHS; Hengoed; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Community Psychiatric Nurse with the NHS in Wales, working within the Older Adult Community Mental health team. The role involves managing clinical caseloads, conducting assessments, and formulating care plans for service users experiencing complex mental health issues. The position offers extensive training opportunities and promotes work-life balance.

Benefits

Extensive training and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Paid mandatory training

Occupational health support

Wellbeing Centre of Excellence

Qualifications

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification.
• Experience at B5 RNMH is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining clinical caseloads and conducting assessments.
• Formulation, planning, and evaluation of care.
• Promotes independence through the recovery process.

Skills

Relevant Skills to meet the needs of the role

Ability to speak Welsh

Education

Relevant and necessary qualifications for role

Job description

The Community Psychiatric Nurse will be a member of the Older Adult Community Mental health team, working closely with the multi- disciplinary team. Responsibilities include the maintaining of clinical caseloads and conducting assessments of highly complex problems which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of solutions for service users who are experiencing severe and complex mental health difficulties, both organic and functional.

Main duties of the job

The Community Psychiatric Nurse will work within their code of practice to take responsibility for their allocated caseload to ensure assessments of health and social needs. This will include formulation, planning and evaluation of care which include regular reviews and update of risk assessments documentation and care planning. They will be a care co-coordinator and advocate for the service user at times and promote independence through the recovery process.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

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

Skills

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
• Relevant Skills to meet the needs of the role
• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Experience

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
• Experience at B5 RNMH
• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Qualifications

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
• Has relevant and necessary qualifications for role
• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

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.