Staff Nurse - CAMHs PICU - Oxford

TN United Kingdom; Oxford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health care is seeking a passionate Staff Nurse for their CAMHs PICU in Oxford. This role offers the chance to work collaboratively with a dedicated multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality care to young patients. You will have opportunities for career progression, tailored training, and the chance to develop specialist interests. The organization is committed to nurturing its staff, ensuring they feel competent in their roles while maintaining a focus on compassionate care. If you are motivated to make a difference in the lives of young people, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS Discount

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation

Networking and support groups

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care or working with young people.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and psychosocial interventions.

Responsibilities

• Engage with young people and families to build therapeutic relationships.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of patient needs.
• Develop effective risk management plans.

Skills

Mental Health Care

Clinical Risk Assessment

Patient Relationship Building

Team Coordination

Education

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)

Registered Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD)

Registered Sick Children's Nurse (RSCN)

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Staff Nurse - CAMHs PICU - Oxford, Oxford

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Client:

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Oxford, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

7

Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job overview

Here at the CAMHS PICU, the nursing team will be at the heart of the unit and are central to inpatient care delivery .

You will work alongside a dedicated and robust multidisciplinary team to ensure that quality care is planned for and achieved.

There are opportunities to develop your nursing career whatever stage you may be at. Whether this be as a newly qualified nurses wanting to build a solid foundation of knowledge within inpatient mental health care, or for those at a later stage in their career looking for new learning opportunities and challenges. We strive to recruit a variety of nurses from different fields to ensure holistic care is delivered, this includes mental health nurses, learning disability nurse and paediatric nurses.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the nursing team you would be supported to work collaboratively with young people and their families to build therapeutic relationships, along with other professionals involved in their care. Training and supervision is provided to develop individual and group therapeutic work. We pride ourselves on nurturing and supporting nurses to deliver professional, thoughtful, high quality compassionate nursing care when young people need it the most.

We are keen to support all nurses to develop their own leadership skill to enable them to feel competent at managing shift and team coordination and supervising junior staff. Reflection within and on practice is an essential part of development, both within groups and on an individual basis. The CAMHS PICU will have a structured weekly timetable of reflective spaces to ensure everyone has access to support and supervision to enhance their abilities and further their development.

All nurses at the CAMHS PICU will be encouraged to develop areas of specialist interest and be provided with many opportunities for research. You will be motivated and dynamic about service improvement and passionate about providing quality and creative care to adolescents.

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
• 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

At the Trust, there are opportunities to develop your nursing skills at whatever stage you may be; whether this be as a newly qualified nurse wanting to build a solid foundation of knowledge within inpatient mental health care, or for those at a later stage in their career looking for new learning opportunities and challenges. We strive to recruit a variety of nurses from different fields to ensure holistic care is delivered, this includes mental health nurses, learning disability nurses and paediatric nurses.

Reflection within and on practice is an essential part of development, both within groups and on an individual basis. Highfield Unit has a structured weekly timetable of reflective spaces to ensure everyone has access to support and supervision to enhance their abilities.

Providing consistent and robust round the clock inpatient care is vital.

• Engage proactively with young persons and their families/carers/significant others to build positive working relationships.
• Make a systematic and comprehensive assessment/ re-assessment of patient need within the CPA framework to take account of all aspects of the young persons life, including;

oIndividual history

oStrengths, individual goals and resources

oMental state, signs and symptoms

oHealth and social care needs including factors relating to the impact of culture, race, gender, social class and lifestyle

oFunctional needs

oFamily needs

oComplex needs such as substance use

oParticipation in Mental Health Act (1983) Assessments

·Develop effective risk management plans, and timely review of the risk management plan identifying opportunities for positive risk taking in conjunction with the patient, carers/significant others and the ward team.

·Actively engages with the Care Coordinator under CPA to identify appropriate resources to support the young persons care package within the hospital setting and within their local home environment including;

oHousing

oSocial welfare and income

oEducation

• Contribute towards supporting family members and carers to be as involved as required in the care of the young person
• Demonstrate knowledge of medication effects, side-effects, indications, contraindications and recommended dosage
• To demonstrate competency in physical aspects of physical monitoring (e.g. blood pressure, blood glucose level etc)
• Work with young persons with concordance issues and promote patient choice
• Actively engage young persons and carers with the PALS or Advocacy service where appropriate
• Co-ordinate and implement plans of care during the young persons journey through the inpatient environment and demonstrate clear written communication to support such plans
• Work with young persons and their families/carers/significant others on symptom management and relapse prevention
• Evaluate plans of care in collaboration with the patient as an ongoing process and able to make recommendations for changes in the care package
• To model healthy eating behaviours for all young people
• Work to develop effective multidisciplinary relationships through skilled communication with the ward and community teams
• To convey clearly, accurately and concisely patient information to colleagues in team meetings, ward rounds, handovers and all other verbal communications
• Following support and training to be involved in co-facilitating groups on the unit; there is a wide range available including DBT informed skills, psychodynamic groups and be involved in the development of other unit groups.
• To work alongside the multi disciplinary team collaborating with the young person and their family or carers to develop Positive Behaviour Support plans.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience in mental health care or the care of young people (e.g. within CAMHS)
• Experience of working within a CAMHS inpatient unit / PICU setting

Qualifications/Knowledge

• RMN/RNLD or RSCN
• Knowledge of MHA 1983
• Further training in psychosocial interventions
• Training in clinical risk assessment and management

Skills

• Skills in clinical risk assessment and management
• Able to handle patient concerns sensitively and effectively
• Able to co-ordinate a span of duty on an inpatient ward

Teaching and Facilitation

• Demonstrate a willingness to be involved in mentoring students
• Experience in mentorship

Other work related requirement

• Must be of average fitness as successful completion our Restraint Training will be a mandatory requirement if you are successful in your application
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• 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