Job Description

Job Title: Registered Mental Health Nurse Team Leader - CAMHS

Trust : Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Swindon SN1 4JS & Warneford OX3 7JX

Pay Rates: Day 23.82 per hour

Sat/Nights 30.97 per hour

Sun/Bank Hols 38.11 per hour

About the Trust -

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across the Thames Valley and beyond. As a large Trust, there is a variety of opportunities both in communities and hospitals. By working in partnership with a range of organisations such as universities, Oxford Health works hard to promote innovation in healthcare, support research and to train doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

Why might this job interest you?

This position allows you to make a significant impact on individuals' lives by providing essential support and compassionate care in mental health settings, all while having the freedom to choose your own working hours. The flexibility of a bank role enables Mental Health Care Support Worker to balance professional responsibilities with personal commitments, promoting a healthy work-life balance. The ability to contribute to patient care on a flexible schedule makes this role both rewarding and accommodating, ensuring that individuals receive the necessary support when they need it most.

What you can add:

Clinical Responsibilities:

Liaison and collaborative working with colleagues within the TEDS teams, but also with medical, nursing and dietetic colleagues in the general hospital in Swindon. This will include ensuring implementation of TEDS care plans for children and young people whilst on the wards in the hospital and providing advice to hospital staff. Undertake a care co-ordinator role for children and young people open to the team and work collaboratively with young people, their families and wider care team in the context of their environment. Providing effective assessment, planning and review of care needs using the CPA process. Establishing, maintaining and ending purposeful, therapeutic relationships with children and young people experiencing severe mental health difficulties. Practice will be creative and underpinned by specialist knowledge of, and skills in, evidence based and psychosocial interventions. Using knowledge of psychological therapies, for example CBT, DBT and Solution Focused approaches. Providing time-limited intervention, identifying appropriate discharge goals and working positively with risk using own professional judgment and team processes. Assessing risk in collaboration with children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties, significant others and other workers/professionals, alongside use of own professional judgment and team processes. This involves exploring individual's risk of harm to themselves and/or others and may involve working with challenging, hostile and distressing behaviour. Identifying and agreeing Recovery Care Plans and risk management plans with individuals and other relevant people and share these appropriately. To pro-actively provide health education and advice to promote a reduction in risk taking behaviour among young people. Communicating highly complex information to a range of people and professionals with a wide range of levels of understanding. Identifying barriers to understanding and using creative methods to overcome them. Communicating highly complex information between mental health practitioners and other professionals in wider agencies. Providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information in relation to Safeguarding and Child Protection work and taking appropriate action. This includes identifying and appropriately reporting concerns to Children's Social Care while using communication skills in order to maintain a professional working relationship with parents and significant others in often hostile and highly emotive situations. Providing and receiving information from carers, significant others and members of the community. Using a systemic approach to working with individuals, their families and significant others. Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with carers and significant others. Identifying and engaging with practitioners with specialist knowledge, for example by requesting specialist knowledge or clinical supervision sessions where appropriate. Working without direct supervision and being accountable for own actions. Skilled and constructive use of own supervision sessions, engagement in reflective practice, commitment to continuously develop self-awareness and work appropriately within professional boundaries.
Management Responsibility:

Supporting the Clinical Team Manager through contributing to clinical leadership within the Team Providing supervision to qualified and/or unqualified members of staff, through monthly supervision, as agreed with the Clinical Team Manager. To supervise the clinical and theoretical work of under and postgraduate trainees and other students where appropriate Providing learning and shadowing opportunities for junior and unqualified staff members. Contributing to the promotion of staff well-being and morale in the Team through developing and maintaining supportive relationships. Supporting the Clinical Team Manager to achieve team objective, targets and quality standards. Participating in development initiatives within the Team and the Trust as agreed with the Clinical Team Manager.
The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

What you'll need:

Qualifications:

Current registration with NMC Evidence of continuous professional development Training in supervision and appraisal Non-medical Prescriber qualification preferred
Knowledge/ Experience :

Experience in working with Children and young people Experience as a Band 6, or equivalent, Mental Health professional Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs. Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals Relevant experience in a community setting Experience of care coordination Experience of working with families, carers and significant others Experience of providing supervision Ability to carry out assessments and psycho- social interventions Experience of liaising and working alongside colleagues in paediatric wards and tier 4 inpatient units. Knowledge and experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT/FBT/CBT-E) Experience of contributing to the management of a clinic Experience of Recovery focused practice Knowledge and experience of Child and Adult Protection work
*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

The benefits we can offer you in return:

Putting People in Places to Care be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life. Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly. Blue Light Card NHS Discount Provider First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies. Our team is always happy to help- access our support line any time. Working options to suit your lifestyle being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements. Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSPs own academy. Explore different wards, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience. Being part of the NHSP Community means you'll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.
Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: 23.82-38.11 per hour

Licence/Certification:

NMC (required)
Work Location: In person