Job overview
Please note that this is an internal only role and therefore only current employees of Oxford Health are eligible to apply
Under the leadership of the Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officer the Lead for Suicide Prevention & Clinical Risk will co-ordinate and lead Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust's approach to suicide prevention and clinical risk assessment and management at both strategic and clinical levels across the trust.
The role involves embedding suicide prevention principles across clinical pathways, in service developments and strategic decisions across the Trust, and collaborating with partners at local, regional, and national levels and will be highly visible and accessible to support teams and services.
Working closely with patients, families, carers and Experts by Experience the role will lead the Family Liaison Team to provide support to those bereaved by suicide and non-fatal incidents and also work in partnership to learn from lived experience to contribute to the Trust approach of continuous development and improvement in these areas.
The role will act as an ambassador for the Trust to connect with multiple stakeholders in a variety of clinical and corporate settings supporting development of a strategic approach to suicide prevention that encompasses and supports the organisation in a whole system approach. As an ambassador for the trust the role will be well connected both locally, nationally, and globally to contribute to and learn from research and developments in these areas.
This is an excellent secondment opportunity for our nursing, AHP and psychology staff with significant mental health experience looking to gain further experience within this field.
Main duties of the job
Experience and expert knowledge of risk assessment, management and safety planning is required to oversee continuous development of the Trust's Clinical Risk Assessment and Management training to align with evidence based practice, NICE guidance, and national developments in this area. The role will provide expert advice and guidance on this subject as required by a variety of stakeholders.
The role requires development of a detailed knowledge of policy, evidence, and best-practice guidance around suicide prevention and clinical risk assessment and management to be able to provide expert advice and guidance on this subject as required.
Main duties include:
1. Act as the Lead for Suicide Prevention & Clinical Risk working in collaboration with colleagues to provide guidance, advice and support to multidisciplinary teams, patients and carers across directorates.
2. A key member of the Suicide Prevention steering group to develop and co-ordinate implementation of the Trust approach to the reduction and harm minimisation of self-harm and suicide prevention at clinical, operational, and strategic levels
3. Act as an ambassador for the Trust in local, regional, and national suicide prevention activity linking with the BOB ICB, Local Authority’s Public Health Teams, NHS England, the Voluntary Sector and Patient and Carer agencies in order to progress a community approach to suicide prevention
4. Provide trust wide clinical leadership and expertise in the area of Clinical Risk Assessment and Management working with Learning & Development to continuously review and develop the trust training offer in line with evidence based practice and emerging developments in these area.
5. Participate in clinical practice to ensure compliance with requirements in keeping with professional regulatory bodies and to maintain contemporaneous clinical skills and experience.
6. Report on activity and performance relating to clinical risk assessment and management and suicide prevention- both internally within the Trust, and externally, providing an annual report to the trust Board.
7. Work in co-production with staff, patients and families to learn from lived experience to translate to the development of trust training in these areas.
8. Provide staff support and facilitate learning reviews following suicides and near lethal incidents.
9. Lead the Family Liaison Team supporting families and carers and those bereaved by suicide and/or affected significant incidents of self-harm.
10. Lead and participate in clinical research, practice development and quality improvement activities and contribute to the advancement of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHPs) research.
11. Have a close link with University of Oxford’s Centre for Suicide Research, hosted by the Department of Psychiatry and OHFT.
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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”
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
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. Current Professional registration e.g. Nurse, AHP, Psychologist with significant mental health experience
Desirable criteria
13. Teaching/facilitating learning qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
14. Theoretical knowledge base of suicide and clinical risk assessment
Experience
Essential criteria
15. Considerable experience of working as a senior clinician in mental health
16. Clinical expertise in suicide prevention
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
23. 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