If you wish to develop in a busy friendly team, where your skills and ideas are valued and your professional development is supported. Come and join the Liaison Psychiatric Team for Older Adults (LPOP).

This dynamic liaison team work with adults over the age of 65 with the aim to facilitate earlier discharge from hospital. This is achieved by providing timely assessments, advice and interventions. The teams' working practice in underpinned by involving patients and carers in decision-making while working in parallel with medical and surgical teams.

The role of the successful candidate will include the managing a small caseload of patients. This will include completing assessments, advising, supporting junior members of the team particularly highly complex patients. The ability to delivering specialist teaching/training of UHB staff will also be a key part of the role.

The post holder will work as part of a team to deliver a high standard of care which is least restrictive, goal focused and patient centred. So if you are passionate about improving care, fostering working relationships, working across organisational boundaries and constantly adapting practice to meet changing demands, we welcome you to apply for this role.

The team operates across all hospital sites within the UHB.

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

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Team Leader/Ward Sister/Charge Nurse, Deputy Team Leader/Deputy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse and multi-disciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining excellent clinical standards of nursing practice and staff development.

The post holder will be responsible for the continuing professional development and overall performance of staff by acting as a mentor and preceptor.

Where applicable, the post holder will take charge of the team/ward/department on a regular basis.

The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant and specialised forms of care without direct supervision and is required to demonstrate procedures, supervise registered and/or unregistered staff whilst maintaining a safe working environment.

The post holder will be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover for any area specified.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Boardis one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission isCaring for People, Keeping People Well,and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

Job description

Job 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

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• NMC registration
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Specialist training to Postgraduate Diploma level

Experience

Essential

• Day to day shift management
• Experience of supervision of junior staff
• Knowledge of research & audit

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Teaching skills
• Organised time management
• Able to use initiative

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate application of expanded roles/skills within clinical setting

Special Knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of patient group
• Able to assess interpret and action specialist patient conditions
• Able to use appropriate condition specific psychological therapy

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to work within a team and independently
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Able to work under pressure
• Pleasant disposition
• Caring nature
• Enthusiastic

Employer details

Employer name

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Address

University Hospital of Wales / University Hospital of Llandough

Heath hospital/Penlan Road

University Hospital Wales / University Hospital Llandough

CF64 2XX

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

001-NMR314-0824