Staff Nurse - Older Persons Mental Health Services

Job summary

Exciting opportunity to join a great team within the Older Persons Mental Health Services on Onnen Ward Cefn Coed Hospital.

The ward is a dementia assessment ward with organic and functional mental health illnesses.

The team are a great team and are very welcoming, caring and work within the Health Board Values of Caring for each other, Always Improving and Working Together

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to function as a member of the multidisciplinary team, assess individual patients' care needs and subsequently develop, implement and evaluate appropriate programmes of care, acting as Care Co-ordinator for specified patients. They will allocate duties to nursing staff during their span of duty in charge of the ward. The role will include the supervision and instruction of unqualified and junior members of nursing staff.

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.