Community Mental Health Nurse

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

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

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

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

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a keen, enthusiastic nurse to work as part of Bridgend south CMHT.

The post is at band 6 and, the successful applicant will work with a multi-disciplinary team.

The successful applicant will be the care co-ordinator for a caseload of patients and work within the framework of the Mental Health Measures (2010) Wales providing specialist knowledge and advice to a range of service users and providers.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for a caseload of patients with varying mental health needs and diagnosis. This will involve a comprehensive assessment of need, care planning and implementation of that care along with regular reviews in line with team and national standards.

As a member of the team, there is a requirement to work weekends on a rota basis. This rota is shared between staff in both north and south CMHT's. Staff are generally required to work approximately 4 weekends per year, 9 - 5 including some Bank Holidays.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to work as part of the wider MDT but also autonomously. You will also undertake assessments and be involved in joint working.

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/Knowledge

• Must be a qualified RMN

• Some evidence of post graduate training

Skills

• An ability to communicate effectively and clearly

• An ability to manage staff and willingness to lead

Experience

• Post registration experience

• Experience and knowledge of risk assessments

If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.