Community Psychiatric Nurse

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Ystrad Mynach; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board seeks a Community Psychiatric Nurse for the Older Adult Community Mental Health Team. The role involves managing a clinical caseload, conducting assessments, and promoting recovery and independence in patients with complex mental health needs. The organization values a diverse and inclusive workplace and offers many professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working

Extensive training and development opportunities

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 essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clinical caseloads and conduct assessments of complex problems.
• Formulate, plan, and evaluate care with regular reviews.

Skills

Relevant Skills to meet the needs of the role

Education

Necessary qualifications for role

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [e-mail]

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Skills

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification