Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing & Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 267-OA6242265-B
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Slade
- Town
- Oxford (or Swindon)
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Case Manager - Adult Eating Disorders, Oxford or Swindon
Band 8a
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
We are seeking a Specialised Mental Health Case Manager with mental health clinical and practice background to be part of our Adult Eating Disorder HOPE (Healthy Outcomes for People with Eating Disorders) Provider Collaborative.
The Adult Eating Disorder HOPE PC brings together inpatient and community providers to improve clinical care across a defined geographical region and to ensure that patients receive inpatient treatment as close to their home as possible. This is an innovative network of partners across a large geography covering Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset and Gloucestershire.
The partnership brings together clinical expertise, experience, and innovation, aiming to improve quality, use resources most effectively, and deliver best practice consistently to all patients.
You will actively be working in partnership to innovate to improve patient provisions and outcomes.
About the location:
Office space is available in Oxford & Swindon.
Main duties of the job
- To provide clinical assurance of the quality of the care provided by services / providers within the HOPE region, and for those patients placed in out of area placements.
- Support the team in the assurance of specialised services compliance to applicable specification and guidance including Transforming Care.
- Provide the link with Integrated Care Boards (ICB) and their commissioned services within the network to ensure there is a coordinated approach to care and discharge planning, which results in robust and effective care packages.
- Monitoring and overseeing individual patient pathways to ensure high quality services and care planning outcomes are achieved.
- Have oversight of the overall patient pathway, supporting strong multiagency involvement to ensure patients are receiving care in the least restrictive environment and barriers to discharge are expediently addressed.
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
Ensuring safe and effective care pathways are in place, overseeing robust access assessments, for all patients within the HOPE Provider Collaborative, within the NHS and Independent Sector.
Please see attached JD/PS for details.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of legal issues pertaining to specialised mental health services, including MHA 1983, S117 after care, DOLS, MCA, safeguarding and child protection legislation.
- Detailed operational knowledge of specialist area, acquired through post graduate training or equivalent experience, plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent.
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse or other registered health or social care professional
- Relevant additional professional qualification (e.g. master’s level) or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Technical Expertise/ Competence
Essential criteria
- Development and maintenance of therapeutic alliance with patients and their families / carers.
- Case management skills, focusing on the needs of the individual and the context of their care pathway in relation to all clinical and legal processes.
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
- Sheena Peters
- Job title
- Senior Clinical Pathway Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07584 142535
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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