Community Psychiatric Nurse

NHS; Pontypridd; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

An established health board seeks a dedicated Mental Health Nurse to provide holistic care within a community mental health team. This role involves managing a clinical caseload, conducting assessments, and collaborating with various agencies to enhance mental health services. The ideal candidate will possess strong clinical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to professional development. Join a passionate team that values respect, collaboration, and community engagement, making a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with continuing professional development.
• Experience in clinical practice within adult mental health.

Responsibilities

• Manage a clinical caseload providing assessment and treatment.
• Collaborate with multi-agency teams to improve mental health services.

Skills

Organisational ability

Clinical assessment

Excellent communication skills

Time management skills

Presentation skills

Keyboard/word processing skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

To deliver evidence based holistic professional mental health care to people within the context of an integrated multi-disciplinary, multi-agency integrated community mental health team.

The post holder is identified as a skilled and creative practitioner with knowledge of working with and supporting people living within their own communities and will be an integral member of the Community Mental Health Team.

Acting within their professional boundaries, the post holder will provide support and intervention for the presenting person through holistic person centered assessment, clinical consideration, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care within a multi-agency team approach. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care and support for people within their homes.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary general practice teams to meet the needs of people within their community

Main duties of the job

• To take responsibility for a clinical caseload providing comprehensive assessment, care and treatment to clients referred to the Community Mental Health Team in accordance with CTP and Mental Health legislation.
• Foster robust working relationships with all partners in particular Local Authority and Primary Care
• Contribute to the continuing improvement and development of community mental health services.

We are looking for highly motivated individual to join our well established multi- disciplinary CMHT. The main purpose of this role is to deliver evidenced based, holistic care to individuals suffering with mental health issues.

The post will be based in Maritime Resource Center with strong links with Local Authority, the inpatient wards at Royal Glamorgan Hospital, our GP partners and third sector organisations.

The post holder will need to hold a first level qualification in mental health nursing and have excellent clinical knowledge and experience of mental health and the Mental Health Measure 2010. Excellent communication, listening and organisational skills are essential along with MDT working, in a challenging and changeable environment.

The post holder will be expected to manage a caseload of patients with mental health issues, subject to CTP and will work under the leadership of a Band 7 Team Leader.

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 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation 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

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse Evidence of post- registration continuing professional development activity

Experience

• Evidence of achievement in clinical practice within the area of speciality e.g. adult mental health, older person's mental health.
• Experience of working within a multi-agency community mental health setting

Skills

• Organisational ability and time management skills, Clinical assessment and formulation skills, Presentation skills, Excellent oral and written communication skills, Keyboard/word processing skills

Knowledge

• Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice, Sound working knowledge of the legal and policy framework underpinning mental health service provision e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, National Service Frameworks, Care Programme Approach, Mental Health Measure, Knowledge of safeguarding procedures for children and adults

Personal attributes

• Flexible approach to work Ability to work under pressure Able to work on own initiative

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 yearper annum, pro rata'd if part time