Mental Health Practitioner

TN United Kingdom; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant, multi-disciplinary team dedicated to improving mental health outcomes for children and young people. This role offers the chance to make a real difference while developing your clinical skills in a supportive environment. As a key member of the CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Conditions Service, you'll manage caseloads, provide evidence-based assessments and interventions, and collaborate with various stakeholders. This innovative organization values caring, safety, and excellence, providing excellent opportunities for career progression, learning, and development. If you're passionate about mental health and want to contribute to meaningful change, this is the role for you.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount

Lease car scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation

Individual learning and development opportunities

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree in nursing or related field with mental health specialization.
• Experience in managing caseloads and providing therapy.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of young people with mental health issues.
• Develop care pathways and provide comprehensive assessments.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams for patient care.

Skills

Mental Health Management

Care Coordination

Evidence-Based Treatment

Assessment Skills

Therapeutic Activities

Education

RMN or RN with Mental Health Qualification

Occupational Therapist with HCPC Registration

Social Worker with HCPC Registration

Job description

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Are you an aspiring Band 5 clinician looking to make a real difference? We have an opportunity for you to join our vibrant, supportive multi-disciplinary team within the CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Conditions Service (NDC) !

As an integral member of our team, you’ll play a key role in shaping the mental health and well-being of children and young people. This is your chance to grow professionally while making a positive impact on the lives of those who need it most

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload of young people, ensuring high-quality care and support.
• Develop care pathways and effectively signpost young people to appropriate mental health services.
• Provide comprehensive assessment and intervention for children and young people experiencing moderate to severe mental illness.
• Support the duty clinician and respond to urgent cases as required.
• Offer consultation, advice, training, and support to partnership agencies and colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team.

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people and developing your clinical skills in a supportive environment, we encourage you to apply.

Join us and be a part of an innovative team working towards improving mental health outcomes for young people!

Main duties of the job

• You will be responsible for developing and delivering a high standard of assessment and treatment for patients referred to the service. This includes managing an agreed clinical caseload, ensuring continuity of care through effective care coordination as needed.
• In collaboration with patients, carers, and clinical teams, the clinician will assess and provide evidence-based treatment programmes and discharge plans, utilising the Care Programme Approach (CPA) to ensure a comprehensive approach to patient care. You will also plan and provide appropriate therapy services, using evidence-based practice, while adhering to defined resources.
• This role involves developing and maintaining relevant, evidence-based therapeutic activities tailored to the specific needs of the patient. Regular review and evaluation of treatment programs will be carried out in conjunction with patients, carers, and clinical team members to ensure the effectiveness of the care provided.
• You will actively participate in clinical meetings, case conferences, and CPA meetings, facilitating the smooth transition of patients through various stages of their care, including care planning and therapy programs. Additionally, you will be responsible for compiling written reports as required and ensuring that patient documentation is accurate and up to date.

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 you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust we provide 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
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached detailed job description and person specification which gives a full explanation of the main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Knowledge

• To have ability to manage case load and act as care coordinator for clients on case list
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma

Qualifications

• RMN or RN with additional Mental Health Qualification; or Occupational Therapist with HCPC Registration or Social Worker with HCPC registration
• To be able contribute to the audit process

Experience

• Experience of working within a mental health setting.
• Experience of working with children and young people who have serious mental illness and their families and carers in the community
• 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