Community Mental Health Nurse | Older Adults | High Wycombe (+ £3,500)

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking Community Mental Health Nurses to support Older Adults in High Wycombe. This role offers flexibility and the chance to work within a supportive team, providing individualized care and engaging in ongoing professional development. With a competitive salary and additional benefits, this is an excellent opportunity to make a difference in the community.

Benefits

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

NHS Discount

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Qualifications

• Applicants must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse.
• Experience in community care is essential.
• Adaptable, team-oriented with experience in mental health assessments.

Responsibilities

• Independently assess patients' mental health needs and develop care plans.
• Manage a defined caseload of patients as their key worker.
• Deliver home-based treatment for patients experiencing mental health crises.

Skills

Mental health assessments

Risk assessments

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Community Mental Health Nurse | Older Adults | High Wycombe (+ £3,500)

Band 5 - 6

Main area Older Adults Mental Health Grade Band 5 - 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (includes rostered weekends) Job ref 267-BM7196568

Site Saffron House Town High Wycombe Salary £29,970 - £44,962 Per Annum plus £3,500 incentive Salary period Yearly Closing 29/06/2025 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.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.

Job overview

Are you an experienced Mental Health Nurse looking to work flexibly with the Older Adult Community in High Wycombe? Do you want to join a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team and have a varied and interesting case load?

We are seeking community mental health nurses to work with our High Wycombe based team. You may possess specialist knowledge of looking after Older Adults, alternatively, you may not have worked with an Older Adult patient group before but will always put the patient at the centre of what you do to provide individualised, person-centred care.

Our hub is based at Saffron House in Easton, High Wycombe, which is the newly established mental health hub in South Buckinghamshire. We provide community-based treatments and are fortunate to work alongside our own dedicated Social Care Team. Our team provide focused interventions for the older adults of South Buckinghamshire.

This role also offers an exceptional support and training opportunities within the team to grow and thrive in your nursing career.

We can accommodate a small number of newly qualified mental health nurses looking for a band 5 developmental/preceptorship post.

This role is eligible for an incentive scheme of £3,500 paid at intervals over an 18-month period. All payments are pro-rata, non-pensionable and subject to a clawback clause. Please note that only employees external to Oxford Health NHS are eligible for this scheme.

Main duties of the job

• Independently assess patients' mental health needs and develop personalised care plans ensuring that interventions are tailored to individual requirements.
• Deliver home-based treatment and support for patients in the community experiencing mental health crises, helping to stabilise their condition and support them further.
• Manage a defined caseload of patients, acting as their key worker. Including continuous assessment, monitoring, and adjustment of care plans to ensure they meet the evolving needs of the patients.
• Work in partnership with patients, their carers, and other healthcare professionals to set and achieve treatment goals, ensuring care is holistic and patient-centred.
• Provide various therapeutic interventions in line with professional standards and job specifications, and manage the discharge process, ensuring safe and timely transitions from care.
• Engage in clinical and managerial supervision, contribute to the training and education of team members, and participate in service improvement initiatives to enhance the quality of care provided.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

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
• 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

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.

Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number in order to be considered for this role.

Person specification

Qualification

• Registered Mental Health Nurse

Experience

• Relevant experience in community care and specific clinical experience in mental health
• Have an understanding of OACMHTS
• Experience of supervising staff
• Have experience of risk assessments and skills in mental health assessments
• Experience of MDT's

Skills

• Adaptable and flexible
• Keen to learn
• Team player
• 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.
• 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Meredith Gamble Job title Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01865 901309 Additional information

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.

For an informal discussion/visit please contact Meredith Gamble, Team Manager, on 07970746694

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