Job overview
Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) who is passionate about improving outcomes for people with long term mental illness?
Are you looking for a new role with responsibility and variation in a busy working environment?
The Oxford City and North East AMHT are looking to recruit an experienced RMN to take a lead on running the Depot Clinic which is based at the Warneford Hospital in Headington. The City and Northeast OAMHT's main base is a stones throw from the centre of Oxford and the dreamy spires. We provide care for the residents of Oxford, the local towns of Kidlington, Bicester and Woodstock, and the surrounding villages.
You would be in charge of the day to day running of the current on site depot clinic along with conducting home visits for other patients requiring depots. You will be expected to lead on implementing improvements in to how the depot clinic is delivered.
The City AMHT is a wonderful team to work in and this role offers an opportunity to develop senior clinical and leadership skills. The Management team are committed to the wellbeing and development of the staff working in the team.
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.
Main duties of the job
This role is open to Registered Mental Health Nurses who have experience of working in Adult Mental Health services and understand the challenges that this care group can bring.
Responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
1. Deliver and maintain high quality and meaningful care for our patients. You will need to be a highly motivated practitioner who has experience of mental health services and can demonstrate the ability to initiate and manage your work effectively.
2. Act as an independent practitioner within a defined community setting, while liaising with other professionals as necessary. You will manage the depot clinic whilst working closely with our lead pharmacy technician and have a caseload of clients prescribed IM medication and provide supervision to others as appropriate.
3. Responsible for the evaluation of nursing care within agreed parameters, and have a working knowledge of local and national policies including legislation which governs current service provision and audit.
4. To support and participate in a team based learning culture, engaging in practice development initiatives, supervision, and reflective practice forums.
5. To support and supervise junior members of the team and to act as a mentor/preceptor to student nurses/trainees
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:
6. Excellent opportunities for career progression
7. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
8. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
9. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
10. Competitive pension scheme
11. Lease car scheme
12. Cycle to work scheme
13. Employee Assistance Programme
14. Mental Health First Aiders
15. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
16. 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
Education and Training
Essential criteria
17. To evidence a professional qualification (degree or equivalent) and current valid professional registration.
18. To evidence continuing professional development since qualification. (Portfolio may be required to be viewed at interview)
Desirable criteria
19. To evidence post graduate qualifications specifically relating to an appropriate aspect of care or management
Occupational Experience
Essential criteria
20. To evidence appropriate experience and a high level of knowledge about working within community mental health care with working age adults
21. To evidence experience of working within a multidisciplinary team and an understanding of AMHTs and interdisciplinary working
22. To evidence of understanding and experience of risk management both clinically and operationally.
23. To evidence a good understanding of clinical governance and your professional legal responsibilities.
24. To evidence experience of supervising other staff
Skills required - IT / Admin
Essential criteria
25. To evidence IT literacy, to include the Microsoft suite of programmes
26. To evidence excellent English written and verbal communication skills
27. To be able to travel between sites as required
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
31. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
35. 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