The YOD service was first established in 2011, and across the past ten years has evolved into a multidisciplinary service providing clinical, nursing, psychosocial, and therapies support to people with a diagnosis of young onset dementia living within Cardiff and the Vale. Supporting carers and families is essential work. A core principle is that the YOD service provides continuity of care. The service engages with people from the point of diagnosis and remains involved across the entire course of an individual's dementia progression.

The service is founded upon developing collaborative relationships of trust, understanding individual's personal stories, bringing people together to enjoy mutually supportive social engagement activities, and being available to respond to often rapidly changing mental health, psychological, physical and social care needs.

The service is based at the Cariad Centre, Barry Hospital, which is alongside the services inpatient facility at St Barrucs ward. This is a fantastic development opportunity to work in the community broadening skills in holistic assessments of the needs of clients, carers and families.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will have a mix of responsibilities including Care Coordination for a caseload of clients in the community, supporting outpatient clinic reviews and hospital discharge planning processes, undertaking reviews with clients in care home settings and contributing to the wide range of cognitive stimulation therapy interventions and therapeutic group work which the service has evolved.

This is an exciting time to join the service as we forward plan and shape the service for post-pandemic work. You will be joining a highly dedicated and enthusiastic MDT where collaborative working both within the MDT and with allied health and social care partners, and third sector services is central to the ethos.

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

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together, and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

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 Mental Health Nurse
• Evidence of post-registration continuing professional development activity

Desirable

• Psychological Therapies

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of experience in clinical practice

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multi-agency community mental health setting

Skills

Essential

• Organisational ability and time management skills
• Clinical assessment and formulation skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Special knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrable postregistration knowledge through experience as a qualified mental health nurse and attendance of formal/informal specialist courses/training to be able to work autonomously in the community
• Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice
• Sound working knowledge of the legal and policy framework underpinning mental health service provision e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, National Service Frameworks, Mental Health (Wales) Measure
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures for children and adults

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Flexibility to meet the needs of the service
• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to work on own initiative

Employer details

Employer name

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Address

Barry Hospital

Barry

CF62 8YH

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

001-NMR218-0524-A