Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 22.5 hours per week (Part time)
- Job ref
- 040-NMR268-0424-A
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
- Town
- Ystrad Mynach
- Salary
- £35,922 - £43,257 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse (Memory Assessment Service)
Band 6
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.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join the Memory Assessment Team in Caerphilly.
We are seeking a candidate who is who is highly innovative, enthusiastic, and passionate about working with older people in a person-centred approach. The role requires the successful candidate to assess and support people with a diagnosis of cognitive impairment, dementia, and their families.
The successful candidate will be somebody with passion for delivering high quality patient centred care, in a forward thinking and developing memory service.
The post entails delivering memory assessments, balancing risk, and dealing with patients with complex needs within a friendly and supportive team
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner who is highly innovative, enthusiastic, and passionate about working with older people in a person-centred approach. The role requires the successful candidate to assess and support people with a diagnosis of cognitive impairment, dementia, and their families.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team in a large area that has a growing population of older people. You will have knowledge and experience in the care of people with cognitive and enduring mental health problems in a community setting. You will have the opportunity to work alongside other professionals within the MDT.
You will be committed to ensuring the delivery of the highest quality user-centred care and contributing to the development of mental health services in the Borough of Caerphilly.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; 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 specialty 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.
Detailed job description and main 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.
The post holder will be working across the Older Adult Memory Assessment Service . Facilitating and co-ordinating the timely and effective assessment / discharge / transfer of patients by utilising clinical, managerial and communication skills. The post holder will be responsible for the timely assessment and management of patients who have complex health and social needs as a result of memory difficulty.
The post holder will play a pivotal role in liaising with Primary Health to enable the team to provide early specialist input into assessment, advice and support on a range of mental health problems. The post holder will offer specialist mental health advice and assessment in addition to raising standards in awareness of and treatment in mental health difficulties in older adults.
The post holder will ensure service delivery is of a high professional standard that is in line with Health Board policies and procedures.
Person specification
qualification
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
skills
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
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
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carl Grist
- Job title
- Memory Service and OACMHT Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 802408
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