Are you a mental health nurse with leadership experience or interested in developing your leadership and management skills?
We have an exciting opportunity within Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) to appoint a new Lead CPN within the Community Mental Health Team. We would welcome applications from people with or without management experience. There will be plenty of support to help you develop your leadership skills in order for you to be effective within the role. We are able to offer management and leadership courses to assist in your development.
About Mental Health Services for Older People
This is a brilliant time to join MHSOP as we are currently undergoing significant service development. We are committed to working within the recovery model and dedicated to improving the well-being of service users and their carers’. Therefore, we have invested in specialist staff and training to ensure our staff are fully supported within their roles. We are very keen to assist staff to develop their use of psycho-social interventions. This allows them to meet the needs of our service users and carers.
We are an integrated team and work very closely with our local authority partners. The integrated team is based in Llanfair Unit on the University of Llandough Hospital site. We are a supportive, experienced and highly motivated multidisciplinary team.
About the role of Lead CPN
The Lead CPN will be managerially and professionally responsible for the community mental health nurses based within Cardiff and the Vale Localities. They will work alongside the Clinical Lead Nurse who is responsible for the development and training of staff. You will work closely with the two lead social workers for each locality as part of the integrated team. You will be supported within your role by the Senior Nurse and Integrated Manager.
You will ensure a high standard of care and treatment is delivered for service users in line with the Mental Health Measure (2010). This will be facilitated by regular supportive supervision of staff. You will work with other members of the team and other agencies to best meet the health and social needs of the service users. You will also play a key role in the development of services as per the goals of MHSOP directorate.
Benefits available to you
- Regular supervision from Senior Nurse and support from the Integrated Manager.
- Development and training opportunities available via UHB, Local Authority and Cardiff University.
- Opportunities for management and leadership courses.
- A commitment to support you in your own personal development.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
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.
