Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - Inpatient Unit
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Other
- Job ref
- 267-OC6473372
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Meadow Unit - Warneford Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum/pro-rata (plus CMH allowance £1475 per annum/pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Adolescent Mental Health - CAMHS PICU - Oxford
Band 5
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
This role carries an incentive premium of £3,500 (pro-rata) which will be paid in instalments over an 18th month period. Please note that this scheme is not open to existing employees of Oxford Health and is subject to a claw back clause. Further information will be provided.
Are you a qualified mental health nurse who is interested in working in a new and dynamic team where support and training for staff is prioritised?
If you are, an exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Trust at our Meadow Unit - a purpose built 8 bedded psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) for children and adolescents at the Warneford hospital in Oxford.
This Unit will provide short term intensive treatment for acutely unwell adolescents while keeping the young people as close to home as possible.
We provide care for young people with a range of difficulties including eating disorders, anxiety OCD, depression and bipolar mood disorders, unusual experiences and psychosis, trauma, self-harm, and relationship and attachment-based difficulties. Families are often contending with multiple and complex psycho-social difficulties, and we aim to take a holistic approach guided by evidence and best-practice.
Main duties of the job
This is a specialist service which will equip you with developing a range of skills including acute management of mental health, functional assessments and models of therapy such as Dialectical Behaviour therapy and trauma work. Rotational posts are also available within CAMHS services including the Highfield GAU.
We are seeking individuals who are compassionate and enthusiastic and who are able to work collaboratively with the patient and family during an acute phase of a young person’s illness.
We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements as part of this role – get in touch if you would like to discuss these.
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
Any nurses joining the team will have many development opportunities, with training being provided on the Positive Behaviour Support model, 3 day Dialect Behavioural Therapy skills based training, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and physical health nursing skills.
You will have the unique opportunity to be involved in the development of the CAMHS PICU service.
We are committed to offer you regular teaching, training and research opportunities, with many occasions for development and further education. We can also support with Preceptorship for any newly qualified nurses.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN/RNLD or RNC
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support or additional training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in mental health care or the care of young people (e.g. within CAMHS).
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within an CAMHS inpatient unit
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding and appreciation of the impact of staffs eating behaviour and weight on patient group suffering with eating disorders or other presentations.
- An understanding of collaborative working in conjunction with boundary setting
- Able to co-ordinate a span of duty on an acute ward
- Able to handle complaints sensitively and effectively
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tom Lankester
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 901400
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