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

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse to provide individualised, person-centred care to older adults in High Wycombe. You will assess patient needs, deliver home-based treatments, and engage in clinical supervision. This role offers exceptional support and opportunities for career development within a friendly and multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount across a wide range of shops

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff networking and support groups

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in community care and specific clinical experience in mental health.
• Experience of supervising staff and conducting risk assessments.
• Understanding of OACMHTS and skills in mental health assessments.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Adaptable

Team player

Keen to learn

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

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

col-narrow-left

Client:

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

col-narrow-right

Job Reference:

670dbbf5e84c

Job Views:

6

Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

col-wide

Job Description:

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