Band 7
Main area: Prison Mental Health Team Manager
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5)
Job ref: 267-FS7121877
Site: HMP Huntercombe
Town: Henley on Thames
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 plus an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum | pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/04/2025 23:59
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.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary
We're recruiting for a Mental Health Team Manager to lead our team at HMP Huntercombe.
You'll have the unique opportunity to work in prisons, specifically at HMP Huntercombe near Henley. This is a male foreign national Category C prison, providing a diverse and unique patient group for you to work with.
You will provide leadership to a team of health care professionals in the provision of high-quality mental health care to service users in a custodial setting. You'll also be responsible for ensuring individuals within the establishment have timely access to appropriate mental health care through a single point of referral, ensuring that the team delivers care within the appropriate legislative and theoretical frameworks such as The Care Programme Approach and Recovery Agenda.
The role includes holding both clinical responsibilities in terms of managing a small caseload and operational responsibilities in terms of ensuring the safe day-to-day running of the service and will be required to deputise for the matron as and when appropriate/required.
If you're an experienced RMN ready to take on a new and rewarding challenge, we would love to hear from you!
Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number in order to be considered for this role
Main duties of the job
* Provide Leadership and Line Management responsibilities to a Multi-disciplinary Team of healthcare professionals
* Support the matron in the implementation of integrated care pathways including appropriate assessments tools and models of care within a stepped care mental health model.
* Co-ordinate care delivery, across the mental healthcare pathway e.g. referrals management, allocations of named worker/care co-ordinator, implementing interventions including groups, ensuring seamless continuity of care across the stepped care model dependent on individual’s needs.
* Demonstrate the application of appropriate procedures and standards.
* Lead on caseload and management supervision to monitor named nurse / care co-ordinator standards of individuals care and documentation
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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”
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 apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Additional Skills
* To be able to use email, internet, word, spreadsheets and databases.
* English verbal and written communication skills
* To have experience in producing reports and presenting data
Contractual
* Ability to undertake continuing professional development
Qualifications
* Relevant Professional Qualification (RMN)
* Hold an advanced professional/clinical qualification (e.g. AMHP, CBT, DBT, NMP)
* Qualification in management and leadership within a healthcare setting
Experience
* Experience of working in the field of criminal justice
* Knowledge of forensic care
* Previous Experience of Managing a Team
* A specialist knowledge and clinical experience of working in Prison mental health
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Rebecca Byrne
Job title: Matron
Email address: rebecca.byrne1@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01869 353109
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