Community Nurse - Hospital at Home - Oxford
Band 5
Main area: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Part time
Job ref: 267-OC6994917-3A
Site: Meadow Unit, Warneford Hospital
Town: Oxford
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro-rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/04/2025 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.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse looking to work in an innovative CAMHS Tier 4 service?
Are you interested in delivering intensive community support to young people and their families, as an alternative to hospital admission?
Previous applicants need not apply
LDA Hospital at Home is an innovative service being developed under the Thames Valley Provider Collaborative, focusing on young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and/or autism-related functional impairments. The service aims to support young people at risk of home or placement breakdown, preventing unnecessary admissions and stepping down from inpatient care.
By utilising new technology and providing care closer to home, the service reduces admissions, length of stay, and waiting times, offering earlier discharges from inpatient care. We aim to minimise the burden on families, enhance engagement with community teams, encourage early therapeutic home leave, and ensure the best care pathway for each young person.
The role is based at the Meadow Unit at our Warneford Site in Oxford. We offer flexibility in hours and welcome applications for both part-time and full-time positions.
Access to transport for home visits and community visits is essential. If necessary adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Join us to be part of this innovative service and make a positive impact on the lives of young people and their families.
Main duties of the job
As the CAMHS community nurse in the team, you will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the specialist health care needs of children and young people who have a learning disability and/or Autism.
The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
* Provide quality nursing care including clear risk assessments in accordance with the individualized child or young person’s Care Plan and to work together with a senior nurse and the rest of the MDT in the monitoring of that care.
* To work in partnership with others to identify and assess the nature, location, and seriousness of the particular risks.
* To ensure that all clinical and risk assessments are completed and reviewed in line with Trust policies.
* To work with other members of the multi-agency team to plan, monitor and review the effectiveness of the risk management plan.
* Contribute to effective multidisciplinary working within the Team and build effective liaison with other health and social care agencies.
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
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.
In your supporting statement, please outline in detail why you are interested in applying for this role.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Knowledge of physical and mental health conditions affecting people with learning disabilities and/or Autism, and how these are managed.
* Working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act.
* Understand and have experience of Risk Management including within the identified client group for the LDA H@H team.
* Awareness of DOLS
* Awareness of LEAPS and CETR’s
Qualifications
* Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse or RN Adult or RN Mental Health or RN Child with evidence of knowledge and experience of supporting the health needs of people with learning disabilities and/or Autism.
* Additional qualifications in evidenced-based therapeutic interventions.
* Mentor course completed or willing to complete
Further training
* Ability to complete comprehensive nursing assessments and devise nursing interventions.
* Ability to communicate effectively with people who have difficulty understanding.
* Ability to work under indirect supervision.
Experience
* Experience of working with people with learning disability and/or Autism from previous employment, training placements, or voluntary work.
* Experience of working in an MDT
* CAMHS experience or working with children and young people in other health settings.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
* 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.
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: Penny Foley
Job title: Modern Matron
Email address: penny.foley@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07964901751
Should you wish to discuss the role in more detail ahead of making an application please contact Penny Foley on the details above.
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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