Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-NMR306-0724
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tonteg Hospital
- Town
- Tonteg, Pontypridd
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Team Lead Complex Care CAMHS/Prison
Band 7
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 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
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board seeks to appoint a highly motivated individual to join the CAMHS Directorate in an innovative and dynamic team based within the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Locality.
The successful candidate must have the calibre to work at a fast pace, and support the Senior Nurse in leading a diverse team of nurses based within the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Locality.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with young people who have complex needs and require a multi-agency approach to their care and treatment. They will be skilled in providing assessment and intervention to young people with complex needs in a range of settings, including Care Homes, bespoke placements and within Youth Justice Services.
The approach will be young person centered and will focus on the needs of the child. The post holder will work closely with care staff and provide support and consultation on managing behaviours related to emotional or mental health need. The work will include specific advice, bespoke education and approaches to support the management of behaviours which can often be trauma related.
The post holder will work closely with the wider multi-agency team to make decisions and provide interventions agreed as part of the care and treatment package.
The multi-agency approach will include working closely with services across Cwm Taf including Local Authorities, Police, Youth Justice, Children’s Services, Education, FACT and Clinical Nurse Specialist Looked after Children (CNS LAC).
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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
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
- Educated to master’s degree level or equivalent experience in a related subject area
- Safeguarding training to Level 3; Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures; Understanding of governance frameworks for safeguarding/looked after children within the organisation and partner agencies
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate situations where effective leadership and management skills have been used; Excellent communication skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working with and assessing the mental health needs of children Significant experience of working with complex children and young people
Registration
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration
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
- Chrystelle Walters
- Job title
- Senior Nurse CTM CAMHS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443008
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