Job summary
- Main area
- Older Adult Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 040-NMR503-0624
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ysbyty'r Tri Chwm
- Town
- Ebbw Vale
- Salary
- £28,834 - £35,099 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Mental Health Staff Nurse - Cedar Parc Ward
Band 5
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process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 exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Cedar Parc Ward team, this is a 14 bedded Dementia Assessment Unit based in Ysbyty'r Tri Chwm, Ebbw Vale.
The ward accommodates Older people for Mental Health assessment and treatment.
Cedar Parc ward specialises in the assessment of confusion, diagnosis and care of dementia. Our goal is always to treat each person as an individual and support independence, maintain contact with loved ones and promote enjoyment in activities and the best quality of life possible.
The ward is homely and informal whilst remaining a safe clinical ward where dignity is maximised at all times. On Cedar Parc Ward there is a patients’ TV lounge, dining area and a separate visitors’ lounge, which are dementia friendly.
Activities on the ward are wide and varied and assist to structure the patient’s time but also enable the staff to assess the patient’s needs and functioning. The multi-disciplinary team formulate care together. The family/carer will be involved in planning discharge to meet the person’s needs.
This post would enable applicants to access the Journey of Excellence (JoE) professional development programme aligned to the learning and development opportunities offered within the Health Board.
The management team are keen to enable development of staff and welcome conversations about advancing skills.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a hard working dedicated individual with a passion for working with people living with dementia,
Our goal is always to treat each person as an individual and support independence, maintain contact with loved ones and promote enjoyment in activities and the best quality of life possible.
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 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. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. 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
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
Knowledge of Dementia
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of basic dementias
Desirable criteria
- Extensive Knowledge of Dementia
Experience in MH
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
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
- Kirsty Collier
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01495 353212
- Additional information
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