Nurse Lead for Getting More Help

Are you passionate about improving the lives of service users and do you like young people? Do you have high clinical standards in the delivery of evidence based mental health support? Do you want to try a new area or develop your skills further? If yes, then this role might be for you! The Oxfordshire CAMHS Getting More Help (GMH) team provides a community service to children and adolescents who are experiencing mental illness, those who may require a formulation of ongoing difficulties, using multiple evidence-based interventions. Our service is currently developing, and we are recruiting for a number of new roles. The post will be based in Oxford South GMH, a team with a reputation for being creative, innovative, forward thinking, dynamic and research led. The wellbeing of staff is top of the agenda, and a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection and team working. Whilst this post is the first in the South GMH team, the North GMH team already has a similar post, with whom the post holder will be working closely with. We are looking for someone with existing or transferable experience/skills and a passion to work with children and young people with complex difficulties, to improve service quality and empower recovery. The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible, creative to find solutions, an excellent communicator and leader, and with good organisational skills.Main duties of the job Using your clinical expertise, you will provide help and support to patients with complex presentations, and adopt a lead role in the provision of evidence-based interventions and/or support the wider professional network with understanding the young person's presentation, and adhere to care plans. You will be expected to exercise autonomous clinical responsibility for the assessment and formulation, treatment and discharge of patients in the service; whilst being embedded within a diverse multidisciplinary team. The role will enable you to offer professional leadership and expert advice, consultancy and supervision to support the work of colleagues providing care and treatment. You will also liaise with members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for client care.

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.

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
• Competitive pension scheme
• 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