Secure Services & Forensic inpatient Mental Health Staff Nurse

An exciting opportunity for a registered mental health staff nurse to join our team on the Low Secure Unit.

Cwm Seren Low Secure Unit is a purpose built 14 bedded Low Secure Unit that provides assessment and treatment for individuals with enduring and complex mental health problems and covers the catchment area of Hywel Dda.

Care and Treatment is provided through CTP with an emphasis on recovery, providing hope and optimism for the future, evidenced based interventions and psychological therapies.

Various full and part time hours are available.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will deliver a variety of care and treatment interventions and possess good communication skills, demonstrate a willingness to develop in the staff nurse role and be willing to work flexibly within the team.

The successful candidate will have access to regular clinical and managerial supervision.

The role will encompass the patients journey through secure services and the transition work into the community.

The role will support the individual on their journey through the inpatient admission and into the community, with comprehensive transition plans that will require outreach from the ward.

The team consists of Healthcare Support Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Peer Mentor, Psychologists, Pharmacists, Doctors and a Consultant Psychiatrist.

Interviews to be held on 5/6/24

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres