Job overview Are you passionate about improving the lives of service users and do you like young people?
Do you have high clinical standards in the delivery of evidence based mental health support?
Do you want to try a new area or develop your skills further?
If yes, then this role might be for you!
The Oxfordshire CAMHS Getting More Help (GMH) team provides a community service to children and adolescents who are experiencing mental illness, those who may require a formulation of ongoing difficulties, using multiple evidence-based interventions.Our service is currently developing, and we are recruiting for a number of new roles.
The post will be based in Oxford South GMH, a team with a reputation for being creative, innovative, forward thinking, dynamic and research led.
The wellbeing of staff is top of the agenda, and a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection and team working.
Whilst this post is the first in the South GMH team, the North GMH team already has a similar post, with whom the post holder will be working closely with.
We are looking for someone with existing or transferable experience/skills and a passion to work with children and young people with complex difficulties, to improve service quality and empower recovery.
The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible, creative to find solutions, an excellent communicator and leader, and with good organisational skills.
Main duties of the job Using your clinical expertise, you will provide help and support to patients with complex presentations, and adopt a lead role in the provision of evidence-based interventions and/or support the wider professional network with understanding the young person's presentation, and adhere to care plans.You will be expected to exercise autonomous clinical responsibility for the assessment and formulation, treatment and discharge of patients in the service; whilst being embedded within a diverse multidisciplinary team.
The role will enable you to offer professional leadership and expert advice, consultancy and supervision to support the work of colleagues providing care and treatment.
You will also liaise with members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for client care.
Working for our organisation 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 progressionAccess to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceNHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailersCompetitive pension schemeLease car schemeCycle to work schemeEmployee Assistance ProgrammeMental Health First AidersStaff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team Detailed job description and main responsibilities What we need from you: Registered Mental Health Nurse, with current professional registrationAdvanced clinical skills in the assessment, formulation, and treatment of children and young people with complex presentations, under the GMH servicePost graduate trainingExperience of delivering professional leadership and expert advice, consultancyEvidence of involvement in innovative practice or service developmentsBe self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as showing initiative and promoting new ideas on how to improve the service.
Be compassionate, caring and creative with excellent communication skills.
Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Registered Mental Health Nurse, with current registrationEducated to degree levelAdvanced clinical skills in the relevant specialtyCompletion of evidence-based interventions for eating disorders across the age rangeContinuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession, e.g., NMC Desirable criteria Non-medical prescribing qualification, willingness to work towardsLeadership training/qualification.
Knoweldge and Experience Essential criteria Post graduate training in and experience of evidence-based interventions in CAMHSEvidence of contribution to policy, protocols, and patient care pathway developmentFormal management skills and experienceEvidence of involvement in innovative practice or service developmentsFormal leadership skills and experience Desirable criteria Published papers.Involvement in Quality Improvement and or Research Experience Essential criteria Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of othersExperience of teaching, facilitating and formal training course All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study.
Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential.
All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research.
Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site.
The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing