Clinical Nurse Specialist - Intensive Home Treatment Team in Cardiff

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future.

Are you driven to improve the care and experience of children and young people (CYP) who access mental health services? Are you looking for an opportunity to play a pivotal role in CYP’s mental health journeys? We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our Intensive Home Treatment Team.

In recent years and in particular following the Covid-19 pandemic, CYP have experienced a significant impact on their emotional and mental health needs and the number of CYP accessing Crisis services has increased. You will be joining our new Intensive Home Treatment Team (IHTT), a team of nurses providing intensive community support to CYP as an alternative to hospital admission and, where an acute hospital admission is required, you will support the CYP and their family/carer, working in collaboration with colleagues in CAMHS, across the UHB and local authority to ensure their needs are met.

The post holder will have experience working with CYP who present with complex, high risk behaviours. They will work with a team of multidisciplinary professionals to deliver a high quality service to children and young people presenting with moderate to severe mental health difficulties within the Cardiff and Vale locality.

Main duties of the job include:

• Providing home based treatment wherever possible as an alternative to hospital admission for children and young people.
• Supporting the CYP and their family/carer when an acute hospital admission is required.
• Collaborating with colleagues in CAMHS, across the UHB and local authority to ensure the young person's needs are met.

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

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve.

We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status.