11 Oct
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Swindon
Job description
Job overview
Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the lives of young people with an eating disorder?
We are looking for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner - you may be a Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker who has experience in working with eating disorders - to come and join our specialist eating disorder team at Swindon Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
Swindon CAMHS is a multidisciplinary team; we are passionate about providing evidenced based care to young people and their families in the community, working in partnership with other agencies.
Your role will be within The Eating Disorders Service (TEDS),
supporting young people and families / carers with eating disorders in the community.
We are a highly supportive team, committed to your supervision and development; there's a wide range of development available and you would have access to a full range of internal and external training opportunities to enhance your existing skills and develop new ones.
For example, we can offer training around CBT-E / FBT.
Although you'd be based within TEDS, we'll offer you liaison and duty responsibilities so you can continue to work with children and young people with a variety of mental health conditions.
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Main duties of the job
As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will be responsible for initial assessment, providing and evaluating evidence based interventions, supporting junior colleagues with supervision, working with students and being part of a highly skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team.
There are opportunities for you to work within the wider Getting More Help pathway and support children / young people / families with other mental health difficulties such as anxiety / PTSD / depression / OCD;
this means that no two days are ever the same.
We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive and looking to develop their leadership skills.
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
- 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will participate in a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core working day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday Sunday and Bank Holidays.
The role includes covering the on call rota outside of these hours on a rota basis. We have a robust system of support available for out of hours and on call working through Team Manager and Psychiatry On Call colleagues.
You will need to be able to travel to access different appointments within the community.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to find out more about our team, please get in touch with Tori Mitchell Clinical Team Manager or Jennifer Davis Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders on 01865 903422.
Person specification
Relevant Qualification
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional mental health qualification - Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker
- Current registration with relevant professional body NMC, HCPC, Social Work England
Experience / Skills
Essential criteria
- Experience as a Band 5, or equivalent, Mental Health professional
- Experience in working with Children and young people with eating disorders, either as part of a dedicated eating disorder service, community CAMHS team or inpatient unit.
- Knowledge of mental health
Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential criteria
- Compassionate - Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives remaining sensitive and empathetic.
- Listens to others’ views respecting and valuing individual patient needs.
- Risk assessment and management skills, particularly in relation to Safeguarding children and young people
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
▶️ Senior Mental Health Practitioner - OT - Eating Disorders - Swindon
🖊️ Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
📍 Swindon