Job overview

To support the provision of Health and Social Care to the people experiencing mental ill health in a range of settings within the context of a multi-disciplinary secondary care service and support the delivery of evidence based mental health care to clients in resource centres and a range of community premises. 

The post holder will, on occasions be required to work without direct supervision. 

The post holder will assist with the organisation and facilitation of the medication monitoring clinics and therapeutic groups. 

Main duties of the job

Work within a multi-disciplinary team under the direction of a Team Leader or community psychiatric nurse (CPN). 

Provide support to service users on an individual base, in their own home and in the community. 

With support and supervision from Team Leader and CPN/CC be responsible for and manage own workload and safety.  

Actively participate in continuing professional development through the Knowledge Skills Framework. 

Prepare and facilitate medication clinics undertaking venepuncture and ECG monitoring.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom. 

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 organization but of the diverse communities that we serve.