Main area: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Grade Band: 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (Flexible working available)
37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. Will consider flexible working requests)
Job ref: 267-OC6965514-3A
Site: Maple House, The Slade, Horspath Driftway, Oxford, OX3 7JH
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro-rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/04/2025 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. 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.
Job overview
Are you passionate about working within the field of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)?
If you are considering applying for a B7 Non Medical Prescribing role, then we have an exciting opportunity within the Neurodevelopmental Conditions Service (NDC), where we have a reputation for being creative, innovative, forward thinking, dynamic and research led.
The role of the Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) is to provide expert specialist practice and ensure the delivery of effective evidence-based clinical practice. Under supervision, the NMP will lead the care of a complex case load of young people and provide an independent prescribing service for young people in line with Trust policy and supported through a Governance framework.
Main duties of the job
Some of the key duties will be to:
* Work with a dynamic and inspirational non-medical prescribing team
* Hold responsibility for a caseload of Children and young people, offering independent prescribing and medication monitoring
* Support the development of the ADHD treatment offer in the team
* Attend supervision with the NMP team and medic team
* Provide expert specialist practice and ensure the delivery of treatment is evidence-based
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
* 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
The role will include the following responsibilities:
* Maintain relevant clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge, critically appraise, and apply information in practice
* Consult with patients, diagnose, and generate treatment options and follow-up plans, where applicable, within clinical management plans
* Prescribe safely and effectively, acknowledging own limitations and scope of practice
* Work within Trust and local policies that guide prescribing practice
* Participate in, and use National Prescribing Centre competency framework, to undertake regular audit and review, of prescribing practice and medicines management
* Access continuing professional development opportunities relating to Non-Medical prescribing role
* Understand the mode of action and pharmacology of medicines and how these medications are altered e.g., by age, renal or hepatic impairment and how this affects dosage
* Ensure routine monitoring of physical health of children and young people (e.g., height, weight, BP) and liaise with other professionals as appropriate, including making referrals and/or request further tests
* Assess risk and benefits to the child or young person of taking or not taking medication, considering the potential for unwanted effects e.g., allergies, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions and contraindications
* Support the duty function of the service as required
* Undertake annual audit of prescribing practices
If you would like to discuss the role or arrange a formal visit then please do contact Tracy Oliver Browne on 01865 902447 prior to making an application.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RMN/RNMH or RNLD (RSCN with post-registration psychosocial training or relevant experience in CAMHS)
* Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (v300)
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
Experience
* Experience of and ability to undertake supervision and appraisal in the workplace
* Working in a Mental Health or learning disability service
* Interest in children and young people, and in neurodevelopmental conditions
Skills
* Experience of assessment and management of self-harm/risk/crisis management/safeguarding
* 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.
* Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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: Tracy Oliver Browne
Job title: Clinical Team Manager
Email address: Tracy.Oliverbrowne@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01865 902447
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