Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge and rewarding progressive career in Mental Health Services? Swansea Crisis Team are looking for new recruits to join our amazing team. We are looking for caring, compassionate, energetic and motivated individuals who are passionate about improving the lives and mental health of our patients

Main duties of the job

This is a pivotal role as our team helps to support the reduction of hospital admissions. Our team provides Crisis assessment, support and intensive home treatment to people in Swansea who are experiencing mental health crisis and emotional distress. The service can be fast paced and the ideal applicant will be extremely organised and self-motivated to provide high quality assessment and formulation for the people within the service. We provide evidence based assessments and interventions. Individual will be able to work independently but also work well in a team.

In exchange you will be well supported, with continuing opportunities for your on-going professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The nature of this works requires a calm, consistent approach to some of the most challenging clinical situations alongside a willingness to be compassionate, creative and flexible in delivering care to people and their families/carers.  As the team continues to develop you will be given the opportunity to influence and contribute to service development, providing a high degree of job satisfaction and personal progression. The successful candidate will be able to confidently lead and direct more junior staff. They will also be able to make sound clinical decision to help reduce and manage the risk of harm, liaising effectively with other agencies and professionals. To apply for this role you will have experience in mental health services and whilst having knowledge of unscheduled care is desirable more importantly is having the right values and attitude plus a desire to learn new skills. You will also have an understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act), detailed understanding of Safeguarding and Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice. If you think that you have what it takes and you are someone who likes a challenge then the team would like to hear from you.

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.

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