Job overview

A rare opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join the Memory Assessment Team in Newport.

We are seeking a candidate who is who is highly innovative, enthusiastic, and passionate about working with older people in a person-centred approach. The role requires the successful candidate to assess and support people with a diagnosis of cognitive impairment, dementia, and their families.

The successful candidate will be somebody with passion for delivering high quality patient centred care, in a forward thinking and developing memory service. 

The post entails delivering memory assessments, balancing risk, and dealing with patients with complex needs within a friendly and supportive team

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner who is highly innovative, enthusiastic, and passionate about working with older people in a person-centred approach. The role requires the successful candidate to assess and support people with a diagnosis of cognitive impairment, dementia, and their families.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team in a the city of Newport, that has a growing population of older people. You will have knowledge and experience in the care of people with cognitive and enduring mental health problems in a community setting. You will have the opportunity to work alongside other professionals within the MDT.

You will be committed to ensuring the delivery of the highest quality user-centred care and contributing to the development of mental health services in the Borough of Newport.  

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

Working for our organisation

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 speciality 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.