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Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Nurse - Oxford
Job Type
Permanent
Reference
267-OC5679937
Salary
Location
£37,338 to £44,962
Posted Date
21 January 2025
Abingdon
Closing Date
3 February 2025
Job summary
In our South Oxon CAMHS Getting More Help Team we are proud to be developing a needs-led, responsive and accessible service based on the Thrive model.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to work within our integrated Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team and make a real difference to the lives of young people.
You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, consisting of Nurses , Social Workers, Occupational Therapists , Family therapists , Psychologist and Consultant Psychiatrists, with plenty of opportunity for sharing skills and knowledge. You'll also be able to access supervision and training to support you in this role. We offer individual and peer supervision, along with regular reflective space.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you'll be delivering generic mental health assessments and risk assessments of children and young people (CYP) open to the Getting More Help Team. Depending on the needs of the CYP this could either be on an urgent or routine basis. Working collaboratively with CYP families/other agencies, you will develop holistic plans of care which are evidence based.
You'll be holding a clinical caseload which consists of care co-ordination as well as providing evidence based therapies. We'll also need you to partake in the duty rota, where the clinician responds to and support plans for children and young people who are presenting with an element of risk.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression
Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Getting More Help CAMHS team is a supportive team with a particular focus on your wellbeing. We understand that working in CAMHS can be challenging and therefore strive to ensure that you are well supported. Teams managers work alongside clinicians to ensure that individual job plans are created to support clinicians in managing capacity of caseloads.
We ensure that we celebrate our successes and acknowledge the hard work we do to support children and YP. There is a strong sense of team working and supporting one another.
There will be opportunities to develop clinical skills through ongoing training, such as systemic skills, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy skills and Dialectical Behaviour Skills. Mandatory training will be provided as well as ongoing training to undertake the role. In house training by CAMHS specialist teams occur regularly and on an ad hoc basis.
The CAMHS South Getting More Help Team serves the community of Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage, Henley, Thame, the surrounding villages and parts of Oxford, providing a service that operates Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. This post is full time but if that doesn't work for you, we're open to discussions about part time hours too!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
RMN or RN with additional Mental Health Qualification; or Occupational Therapist with HCPC Registration or Social Worker with HCPC registration
Desirable
Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma
Personal Qualities
Essential
Ability to reflect on and critically appraise the performance of self and others.
Ability to organise own time and diary and that of junior staff and learners
Commitment to client centred, non-discriminatory practice
Commitment to lifelong learning
Willingness to be flexible
To be I.T competent
Desirable
Skills in spreadsheets and other office applications
Experience
Essential
Experience of working with children and young people who have serious mental illness and their families and carers in the community
Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others
Desirable
To have experience of supervising student placements
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