Community Mental Health Nurse (RMN) Older Adult CMHT - Duty Clinician
Band 6
Main area: Older Adult Mental Health Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Core hours 09.00-17.00 Monday - Friday. Occasional extended hours until 20.00 and occasional weekends/bank holidays.)
Job ref: 267-OA7042135-1A
Site: Abingdon Mental Health Centre
Town: Abingdon
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro-rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/04/2025 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.
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Mental Health Nurse (RMN)?
Are you looking to work in a dedicated and supportive team?
We are looking for Registered Mental Health Nurses to join our Older Adults Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) based in the South of Oxfordshire. We are expanding the permanent posts within our duty team and are recruiting into a full time post into this dedicated team, working alongside our Duty Lead and Speciality Doctor.
We are a friendly, supportive and proactive team with a culture of high standards of care and any successful applicant will need to be committed to maintaining this. The team works closely with a wide range of internal and external partners including GPs, district nursing, therapy services, ambulatory care, social care and physical and mental health inpatient providers. We aim to deliver well-coordinated patient care and to share our respective skills and knowledge with one another.
Core working hours are Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00. Out-of-hours support services are managed via a team rota. Staff will be expected to work on this rota which includes occasional weekend shifts and evening shifts in the week.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of our multi-disciplinary team you will be responsible for supporting the coordination of our duty team, triaging referrals, planning assessments and liaising with the bed flow team and local psychiatric wards. You will be expected to respond to urgent and emergency referrals providing assessment crisis support and brief interventions to our patient group of older adults with mental health needs.
The MDT is made up of Medical, Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Psychology colleagues and we highly regard one another's professional background and contribution to the care of our patients. We view supervision as fundamental to the functioning of the team both clinically and in terms of the well-being of our staff.
The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
* Work as an autonomous practitioner and an active participant of the multi-disciplinary team undertaking specialist nursing assessments in collaboration with the service user and their families/carers.
* Work in partnership with service users and their families/carers to ensure the development of a treatment plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well-being and support their independence and inclusion in the community.
* Support and supervise junior members of the team.
* Deputise for deputy team manager/team manager as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
We have an excellent relationship with local universities and post-graduate training providers. In addition to this you will have access to both local and trust training to support your continuing professional development.
You will have the opportunity to mentor students.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Professional Qualification (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist)
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) portfolio
* Post graduate education specifically relating to client group (Post basic qualification in community care/ research awareness/ management)
Experience
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
* Formal/informal teaching including supervising student placements
* Relevant experience in community care and specific clinical expertise in mental health
* Experience of supervising and managing staff
* Experience of providing leadership
* Experience of working in Older Adult Mental Health
Skills
* IT literate
* Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
* Car driver
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. 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.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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