Senior Mental Health Nurse - HMP Huntercombe - Henley (Band 6) - Mental Health Nursing - Oxford[...]

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Henley-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A valued opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Nurse at HMP Huntercombe, where you will provide essential mental health care in a forensic setting. You will be part of a dedicated team, managing diverse caseloads and supporting individuals with complex needs. The role offers competitive pay plus additional allowances, with outstanding career progression opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discounts across retailers

Excellent career progression

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC pin required.
• Experience in the field of criminal justice and forensic care.
• Ability to provide specialist interventions and manage complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health care and interventions in a prison setting.
• Manage a caseload and deliver evidence-based interventions within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Support the team manager with expansion and operational duties.

Skills

Compassion

Communication

Teamwork

Mental Health Assessment

Crisis Management

Education

NMC Registration

Experience in Forensic Care

Professional Development in Mental Health Nursing

Job description

Senior Mental Health Nurse - HMP Huntercombe - Henley

Band 6

Main area Mental Health Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (minimum of 18 hours per week if part time) Job ref 267-FS7271046

Site HMP Huntercombe Town Henley-on-Thames Salary £37,338 - £44,962 plus an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum | pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/07/2025 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 a registeredMental Health Nurse looking for a rewarding and challenging opportunity within forensic services?

As our Senior Mental Health Nurse, you will have the unique opportunity to work in prisons, specifically at HMP Huntercombe near Henley. This is a male foreign national Category C prison, providing a diverse and unique patient group for you to work with. You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team, completing triages, delivering assessments, 1:1 and group interventions, and manage caseloads in a person-centred way.

If you're a forward-thinking, innovative, and compassionate mental health nurse, this is the perfect opportunity to take your career to the next level.

This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary.

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

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.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality, safe and effective mental health care and interventions to the service users within the prison establishment, including management of self harm and complex needs.
• You will be responsible for managing a caseload, triaging, assessing, and delivery of evidence based interventions within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and care programme approach, and input into discharge planning.
• To work as an integral member of the integrated mental health team, and to provide advice and support to primary health care based within the prison, and other prison staff.
• You will work with internal and external partners, including partner healthcare providers, prison colleagues, social care providers, and probation services.
• To support the team manager and matron with the expansion of the team.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

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”

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
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• 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.

Person specification

NMC registration

• Professional registration
• Experience of working in the field of criminal justice
• Knowledge of forensic care

Experience

• Experience of providing specialist interventions for those with mental health challenges
• Experience of managing self harm and associated risks
• Experience of developing and delivering group work

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to undertake continuing professional development
• Ability to travel between sites if required
• 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 Aimie Crawford Job title Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01491 643105 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.

Becky Byrne, Matron - HMP Huntercombe

01491 643105

[e-mail]

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