Community Mental Health Nurse - Tim Dyffryn Clwyd

Job Overview

The Community Mental Health Team are seeking a skilled, motivated, organised and enthusiastic Mental Health Nurse to work within an established integrated, multi-disciplinary team, focusing upon individuals with severe and enduring mental health problems.

The successful post holder will undertake responsibility for the care co‑ordination and case management of a defined caseload of clients with complex and challenging needs as defined within Parts 2 and 3 of The Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post;
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

• Be responsible for care co‑ordination of a designated caseload of clients with severe and enduring mental health problems.
• Ensure that Care and Treatment Plans are adhered to and meet standards in line with the Mental Health Measure (Wales) 2010.
• Act as a point of contact for GPs and other interface services, offering advice, support and signposting to appropriate agencies.
• Formulate and develop standard and complex, outcome‑focused care and treatment plans, and complete comprehensive risk assessments for actual and potential risk.
• Support clinical duties such as assisting with the running of the depot/clozapine clinic and administering and supervising long‑acting injections, and complete physical health assessment and side‑effect monitoring for patients prescribed clozapine.
• Assess individuals in crisis, completing comprehensive assessments of health and social care needs, agree an appropriate course of action, evaluate and manage clinical risk, formulate a plan of care and deliver evidence‑based crisis interventions.
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies to deliver high‑quality care.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales is the largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000 across North Wales. Join our team and benefit from the support we provide in line with our Organisational Values and the ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the Disability Confident Employer scheme.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh; they will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted 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.

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