MECS Practitioner

Job summary

If you have a passion for dementia care and their carer's and have a drive for improvement Mapping, Education, Carers, Service (MECS) is an exciting new innovative that is being introduce to Older Adult Mental Health services (OAMH). MECS is the first service within OAMH which aims to deliver meaningful education, guidance and leadership to individuals working alongside people living with Dementia.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Mapping Education & Carers Service (MECS) practitioner, will be to provide clinical leadership and expertise to individuals working in the Older Adult Directorate (OAMH).

The role also requires engagement with persons external to OAMH, who work or care for a person living with Dementia.

The MECS practitioner will be required to engage in Dementia Care Mapping updates and learning, Positive Approaches to Care and others as identified.

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

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future