Job vacancy: MECS Practitioner, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Ebbw Vale

Job summary

Main area: MECS Practitioner
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: 18 months (Fixed term until March 2027 (30 hours per week))
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (08.30 to 16.30 week days)
Job ref: 040-NMR303-0825

Employer: Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Ysbyty Tri Chwm
Town: Ebbw Vale
Salary: £39,263 - £47,280 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/08/2025 23:59

MECS Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 6

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.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]

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.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

MECS is a service which aims to deliver meaningful education, guidance and leadership to individuals working alongside people living with Dementia.
The role of the Mapping Education & Carers Service (MECS) practitioner will be to provide clinical leadership and expertise to individuals working in the Older Adult Directorate (OAMH).
The role also requires engagement with persons external to OAMH, who work or care for a person living with Dementia.
The MECS practitioner will be required to engage in Dementia Care Mapping updates and learning Positive Approaches to Care and others as identified.
The role will require completion of comprehensive assessments to determine the underlying reasons for behavioural presentations and develop appropriate intervention plans, using Dementia Care Mapping.
Dementia Care Mapping is a tool being implemented across Wales, as part of the All Wales Dementia Action Plan, and targets support for people living with Dementia who display behaviours that challenge.
The practitioner will ensure that any clinical interventions prescribed or recommended are undertaken in a holistic and person-centred approach to meet a service user’s needs.
The MECS practitioner will support patients in the OAMH Inpatient units, as well as across care homes, general wards and others as required.
The post holder will provide training to health staff, social care staff, third sector and care home staff.
The post holder will offer specialist mental health advice on dementia and person centred care approaches.
The post holder will ensure service delivery is of a high professional standard that is in Job Summary/Job Purpose:

Person specification

English

Essential criteria

Relevant clinical skills

Desirable criteria

Willing to develop professional role to fulfil duties of the post.

English

Essential criteria

English / Welsh

Desirable criteria

Previous relevant clinical experience.
Willingness to develop professional development to fulfil the role.

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.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Matt Galloway

Job title

Practice Facilitator

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

01495 768627

Additional information

Also, Dawn Morgan, MECS Team Lead. [email protected]

And Sarah Ball, Service Manager [email protected]

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Employer heading

MECS Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

English

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

English

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

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Applicant requirements

Documents to download

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