Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and Crisis Triage PractitionerinCaerphillyinCaerphillyPUBLISHED THU 3 APR 2025
£12.60 per hour
EMPATHY MENTAL HEALTH NHS
Opportunity to be part of an established and evolving integrated community mental health team, contributing to the development of adult mental health services.
Ability to work with a diverse range of patients experiencing severe mental health difficulties, providing meaningful support within the community.
Access to comprehensive training and development opportunities, including mandatory training, recognized qualifications, and professional career pathways.
Promotion of a healthy work-life balance through flexible working arrangements and support for occupational health and well-being.
The chance to work within a multi-award-winning NHS organization, known for its commitment to caring and valuing its staff.
Involvement in a sector that prioritizes high-quality, user-centered care with a focus on evidence-based practices.
Potential for career growth within a large organization serving a population of 650,000, with numerous opportunities for advancement.
Are you a compassionate individual seeking a meaningful career in mental health? Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is excited to announce a full-time opportunity for a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and Crisis Triage Practitioner in Caerphilly. This is your chance to join a dedicated and innovative team committed to providing high-quality, user-centred care to those experiencing complex mental health challenges. We are particularly keen to welcome women and experienced carers who possess the empathy and skills to make a real difference in people's lives.
In this role, you will be the pivotal first point of contact within the CMHT, managing urgent and routine referrals while assessing individual needs and coordinating care. You will work closely with a network of professionals to ensure that every patient receives timely support and intervention. With a focus on collaboration and continuous professional development, our health board offers flexible working arrangements, comprehensive training, and a supportive workplace culture designed to help you thrive. Join us, and play a vital role in shaping community mental health services in North Caerphilly while enjoying a rewarding career that supports a healthy work-life balance. Apply now to embark on a fulfilling journey in healthcare!
In this role, you will be the pivotal first point of contact within the CMHT, managing urgent and routine referrals while assessing individual needs and coordinating care. You will work closely with a network of professionals to ensure that every patient receives timely support and intervention. With a focus on collaboration and continuous professional development, our health board offers flexible working arrangements, comprehensive training, and a supportive workplace culture designed to help you thrive. Join us, and play a vital role in shaping community mental health services in North Caerphilly while enjoying a rewarding career that supports a healthy work-life balance. Apply now to embark on a fulfilling journey in healthcare!
Opportunity to be part of an established and evolving integrated community mental health team, contributing to the development of adult mental health services.
Ability to work with a diverse range of patients experiencing severe mental health difficulties, providing meaningful support within the community.
Access to comprehensive training and development opportunities, including mandatory training, recognized qualifications, and professional career pathways.
Promotion of a healthy work-life balance through flexible working arrangements and support for occupational health and well-being.
The chance to work within a multi-award-winning NHS organization, known for its commitment to caring and valuing its staff.
Involvement in a sector that prioritizes high-quality, user-centered care with a focus on evidence-based practices.
Potential for career growth within a large organization serving a population of 650,000, with numerous opportunities for advancement.
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
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
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) provides a specialist service offering comprehensive assessment, treatment and care of service users who are experiencing severe mental health difficulties within the local community. The service also provides a dedicated point of entry system which manages all referrals which are either crisis, urgent or routine in a timely manner with an emphasis on solutions focused outcomes for patients and referrers.
This post will act as the main point of contact for the CMHT at first entry and manage all referrals into the service, whilst determining the urgency. This will sometimes entail contacting the patient to undertake a further assessment and working with existing patients who may require additional intensive case management to avert further escalation of their mental health.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and Crisis Triage Practitioner for Caerphilly CMHT, the successful applicant needs to be highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic about working with service users in the community within the Community Mental Health Team based at North Caerphilly CMHT.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of an established and evolving integrated community mental health team. You will have knowledge and experience in the care of people with complex, severe and enduring mental health problems in a community setting. You will have the opportunity to link with the wider service which includes the CMHT clinics, CRHTT, AOT and the inpatient ward.
You will be committed to ensuring the delivery of the highest quality user-centred care and contribute to the development of adult mental health services in North Caerphilly.
The successful applicant will be part of a developing service providing a high standard and evidence based care to those in North Caerphilly.
This is a permanent post.
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.
Experience
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
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
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) provides a specialist service offering comprehensive assessment, treatment and care of service users who are experiencing severe mental health difficulties within the local community. The service also provides a dedicated point of entry system which manages all referrals which are either crisis, urgent or routine in a timely manner with an emphasis on solutions focused outcomes for patients and referrers.
This post will act as the main point of contact for the CMHT at first entry and manage all referrals into the service, whilst determining the urgency. This will sometimes entail contacting the patient to undertake a further assessment and working with existing patients who may require additional intensive case management to avert further escalation of their mental health.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and Crisis Triage Practitioner for Caerphilly CMHT, the successful applicant needs to be highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic about working with service users in the community within the Community Mental Health Team based at North Caerphilly CMHT.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of an established and evolving integrated community mental health team. You will have knowledge and experience in the care of people with complex, severe and enduring mental health problems in a community setting. You will have the opportunity to link with the wider service which includes the CMHT clinics, CRHTT, AOT and the inpatient ward.
You will be committed to ensuring the delivery of the highest quality user-centred care and contribute to the development of adult mental health services in North Caerphilly.
The successful applicant will be part of a developing service providing a high standard and evidence based care to those in North Caerphilly.
This is a permanent post.
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.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
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