Staff Nurse - Mental Health Inpatient Rehabilitation

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for full time staff nurses to work within the Mental Health Inpatient Rehabilitation Services in Pinewood House, Treorchy.

Pinewood House is a 16 bedded mixed sex rehabilitation and recovery unit that provides a step down service to patients from various inpatient and community settings.

Our philosophy is to provide a person centred service which maximises the person's quality of life, promotes independence, and social inclusion whilst maintaining the focus on individual strengths, providing hope on the journey towards recovery.

Staff work on a 12 hour shift pattern which includes days, nights and weekends.

Main duties of the job

Inpatient Rehabilitation ServicesThe adult mental health service within Cwm Taf Health Board has developed a comprehensive ward of inpatient rehabilitation beds at The Supported Recovery Unit and Pinewood House, Treorchy and Cefn Yr Afon, Bridgend.

We are looking for a registered mental health nurse with experience of working within adult mental health services to join our inspirational Multidisciplinary Team, to deliver high quality and effective care and treatment for Adults with Serious Mental Illness.Interested applicants will need to demonstrate an understanding of the recovery approach and be committed to working with patients who have serious and enduring mental health problems with sometimes complex and challenging behaviour.Successful applicants will be given the opportunity to build on existing skills and learn new skills required to enable the successful rehabilitation and move on of patients to more independent settings.

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

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

• We live by our core values:
• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.