Main area Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract 8 months (Fixed term / secondment to cover maternity leave) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5 Monday to Friday) Job ref 110-NMR295-0725
Employer Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Employer type NHS Site HMP Parc Prison Town Bridgend Salary £37,898 - £45,637 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/07/2025 23:59
HMP Parc In-Reach Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN)
Band 6
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given toapplications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
The post holder will be responsible for the care coordination of prisoners on caseload and Contributing to an effective secondary care mental health service within HMP Parc.
You will work under the Mental Health Measures framework to assess need and plan care and treatment for individuals who find themselves detained in custody, on remand or convicted and require secondary care mental health services .
You will work within the Mental health In-Reach team as a CPN, working closely with members of the prison health care teams, G4S operational staff, forensic teams, CMHT and probation teams.
The post holder will be expected to meet the complex needs of the identified client group, be responsible for liaison with key agencies (statutory and Voluntary) within the prison community and the wider geographical community.
We encourage response from individuals who are looking for an opportunity to work in an exciting and developing role and is interested in Mental health nursing in a unique environment.
Main duties of the job
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team fostering good communication with colleagues of all disciplines and adhere to the Values set out by CTMUHB.
Provide / receive complex, sensitive and contentious information within a potentially hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere in a secure setting.
Be aware of the importance of maintaining confidentiality and security of information gained during the course of their duties.
Ensure smooth transfer of care to specialist/out of area placements with appropriate local and national agencies
Attend weekly Single Point of Access Meetings (SPOA) participate in discussions in relation to in-reach referrals
Work collaboratively with other agencies including G4S to effectively manage individuals, information gathering and contributing to case conferences and ACCT reviews .
Foster good working relationships, to enhance joint working with other agencies to enhance release planning.
Care coordinate/co work individuals allocated to your caseload
Ensure record keeping meets the standard required by the NMC, IT systems as directed by the Team Leader and ensuring information sharing protocols are understood, and appropriately explained to clients.
Undertake comprehensive assessments using the Mental health measures framework, looking at strengths needs and risks (WARRN) .
You will be required to undertake a 5 day course ran by G4S prior to being allocated Keys to independently access the prison.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post is fixed term/secondment for 8 months due to maternity leave. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency ’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team fostering good communication with colleagues of all disciplines and adhere to the Values set out by CTMUHB.
Provide / receive complex, sensitive and contentious information within a potentially hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere in a secure setting.
Be aware of the importance of maintaining confidentiality and security of information gained during the course of their duties.
Ensure smooth transfer of care to specialist/out of area placements with appropriate local and national agencies
Attend weekly Single Point of Access Meetings (SPOA) participate in discussions in relation to in-reach referrals and will be required to attend external meetings.
Work collaboratively with other agencies including G4S to effectively manage individuals, information gathering and contributing to case conferences and ACCT reviews .
Foster good working relationships, to enhance joint working with other agencies such as Probation, Parole board, CMHT, FMHT, MAPPA, Resettlement team to enhance release planning.
care coordinate/co work individuals allocated to your caseload
Ensure record keeping meets the standard required by the NMC, IT systems as directed by the Senior Nurse/Team Leader and ensuring information sharing protocols are understood, and appropriately explained to clients.
Undertake comprehensive assessments using the Mental health measures framework, looking at strengths needs and risks (WARRN) as directed by the Team Leader.
You will be required to undertake a 5 day course ran by G4S prior to being allocated Keys to independently access the prison.
Key to the success of the post will be the effective working and partnership arrangements. They will be representative at relevant groups, meetings, forums and to provide specialist advice, knowledge on the management of mentally disordered offenders.
You may be required at times to provide training to G4S staff around mental health disorders and management of behaviours.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Registration
* UK NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse
Experience
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, and/or collaboratively with other organisations/agencies.
* Substantial post-registration experience in adult mental health care. Clinically credible with a background in multi-disciplinary working. Experience of managing/supervising staff.
* Experience of working autonomously and using own initiative
* Experience of working in NHS Primary Care Services/mental health settings/care homes/in-patient services.
Knowledge
* Professional knowledge acquired through Degree supplemented by post graduate Diploma specialist training. Evidence of continued professional development.
* Good understanding of risk assessment
Aptitude and Skills
* To work well within a team and foster good working relationships
* Good understanding of risk assessment
* Ability to work in a prison setting
* Strong and adaptable communication skills to suit varying environments and situations (written and verbal)
* Report writing and presentation skills. Change management skills
* Competent in assessment of risk
* Welsh language Speaking/Listening Skills Level 3/B2 or above
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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