South AMHT Community Mental Health Nurse or OT - Wallingford

Job overview

The Wallingford, Henley and Thame AMHT have a rare opportunity for you to join our team.

Are you a qualified Psychiatric Nurse or Occupational Therapist passionate about mental health and supporting people with severe mental illness towards their recovery in their community?

Do you wish to work for a team that is going through an exciting time in terms of undertaking pilot projects in line with the Community Mental Health Framework in order to promote patient involvement in their recovery?

If so, then why not consider applying to become part of the well-established Wallingford, Henley and Thame Team, that is part of the broader South Oxfordshire Adult Mental Health Team (AMHT)?

The South AMHT is currently undertaking pilot projects in line with the Community Mental Health Framework in order to promote patient centred care and recovery.

There will be changes to the framework in which we support patients and are currently moving away from Care Programme Approach.

The South AMHT consists of four satellite bases in Wallingford, Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage and consists of the multi-disciplinary team of Consultant Psychiatrists, junior doctors, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, support time and recovery workers, occupational therapists and the integrated social care team.

We also work closely with embedded third sector services in each locality.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve being the allocated key worker (formerly known as Care Coordinator) for a caseload of patients with severe and enduring mental illness.

In these instances, you will be playing an integral role as part of an multi-disciplinary team in that person's recovery, which would include the assessment, collaborative care planning and review of the person's needs.

We would like the successful candidate to undertake assessment of patients new to the team, offering biopsychosocial assessments and providing brief intervention as appropriate.

Staff also undertake the duty role, which involves the triage of new referrals with the view to signpost people to appropriate services or offer assessments with the team in appropriate timeframes.

You will need to be able to work autonomously, however there will be ongoing support from peers and the leadership team in the form of both informal and formal clinical and management supervision.

You will also be able to critically assess and manage risk, including the use of Safeguarding processes.

As a team we are aiming to provide an excellent service for our local community, and are seeking candidates who share our passion.

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 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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be supported by an experienced leadership team from across the professions who facilitate forums for Nursing and Occupational Therapists and hold your development as central.

We offer regular supervision and you will be encouraged and supported to undertake any training relevant to your professional development.

If the successful candidate is a newly qualified Band 5, we will offer additional support, training, preceptorship and supervision to support you to develop within the role, with the view that we support you to transition to Band 6 within our team.

The role will require travel so it is essential that the candidate has a valid UK driving licence and access to a car.

In terms of hours we would prefer 30 to 37.5 hours per week with opportunity to work late shifts (13 : 00-21 : 00 during weekdays ) and some weekend working (one in six weeks)- we welcome flexible working so please call us to discuss how we may be able to accommodate other working patterns.

You will not be required to work night shifts.

Please review the JD for the main duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

Education and Training

Essential criteria

• Professional Qualification (Degree or equivalent)
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) portfolio
• Professional Registration

Desirable criteria

Post graduate education specifically relating to client group (Post basic qualification in community care / research awareness / management)

Occupational Experience

Essential criteria

• To have experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• To have highly extensive experience which should include community and working with mental health
• To have a good knowledge and interest in community care and have specific clinical expertise in mental health

Skills required - IT / Admin

Essential criteria

• To be IT literate
• To have excellent English written communication skills
• 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