Nurse Assessor/Case Manager

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and dynamic Band 6 Mental Health or Learning Disability Practitioner to become part of our Individual patient commissioning Service within the Mental health and learning disability directorate.

Applications would be welcomed from Nurses with experience of working in relevant mental health or learning disability settings.

The post holder will be responsible for providing comprehensive assessments supporting the Continuing Health Care, NHS Funded Nursing Care, and 117 aftercare processes. The post holder will work as part of a team, acting as a resource to provide nursing advice in relation to appropriate placement and management.

The post holder will develop and maintain a collaborative approach to the fair application of 117 aftercare, NHS Funded Nursing Care and Continuing Health Care criteria. The post holder will encourage joint working and actively work towards improving outcomes for patients via the process, and provide accurate advice and information to Lead Nurse/Co-ordinator, families etc regarding the outcome of the assessment process.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the service Manager and Commissioning case manager for the designated locality in the future development of the Nursing Team. This will also include the facilitation of integrated working with colleagues in Local Authorities and 3rd sector organisations to support individuals, who may at times be presenting in crisis. The ability to make balanced decisions and use positive risk taking approaches, whilst managing potentially high pressure situations is an essential part of this role.

The post involves interagency liaison and collaborative working with local Social Services, education, families, independent providers and other agencies, as needed.

The post holder will also be responsible for providing Consultation and training in line with a developing commissioning MH/LD service, within the directorate as well as to outside agencies.

Current provision of service is Monday - Friday, normally 9-5.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English 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 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

Qualification

• NMC registration for MH/LD
• Evidence of post-registration continuing professional development activity

Experience

• Significant experience working at band 5 or above in a mental health or learning disability setting
• Relevant experience within patient commissioning services

Skills

• Clinical assessment and formulation skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to understand and manage complex issues and environments.
• Effective interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Effective performance management skills.
• Presenting to other disciplines.

Knowledge

• Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice
• Evidence of working towards post graduate qualification.

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.

Address

Ysbyty Cwm Cynon/Royal Glamorgan Hospital

Senior Nurse for patient commissioning MH/LD

Ysbyty Cwm Cynon/Royal Glamorgan Hospital