Make a Difference to the Lives of Young People in Need
Are you passionate about supporting young people during a vulnerable stage of their illness? Do you have a keen interest in delivering high-quality care in a psychiatric intensive care unit? If so, we’d love for you to join our Meadow Adolescent PICU team in Oxford.
We are seeking a dynamic and compassionate Band 6 Charge Nurse to be part of our purpose-built psychiatric intensive care unit designed specifically for young people. This is an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact while working in an environment that offers both challenge and growth.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead and support a team of nursing staff, ensuring the delivery of outstanding care to young people.
2. Implement the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) model on the ward, promoting a therapeutic and supportive environment.
3. Provide acute management and care, working closely with a multidisciplinary team.
4. Foster a culture of empathy, safety, and respect for all young patients.
Why Join Us?
1. Be part of a new and innovative team that is committed to making a real difference in the lives of young people.
2. Work in a purpose-built facility that offers state-of-the-art resources and a supportive work environment.
3. Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
If you are ready to take on a rewarding challenge and make a meaningful difference to the care of young people, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an individual who is energetic and enthusiastic about working collaboratively with young people and their families, offering containment and support to the wider nursing team. This individual should be committed to utilising acute nursing skills at the highest level to ensure the least restrictive care possible is being delivered.
You will have the opportunity to work alongside the ward manager and be involved in the development of the nursing team and the wider development of the CAMHS PICU service.
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.
Person specification
Experience
* Experience of acute management
* Experience working in a Psychiatric intensive care unit
Working with young people
* Experience of working within a CAMHS/PICU environment
* Working within a CAMHS PICU
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 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.
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.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, 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.
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