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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

About

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. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; Warneford Hospital; Warneford Lane; Headington; Oxford; Oxfordshire; OX3 7JX
Contact Number: 01865 901000

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Ref: 267-BM6620221 Vacancy ID: 6620221

Bucks Gateway Adult Mental Health Practitioner - Aylesbury

Closed for applications on: 27-Sept-2024 00:01

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 27-Sept-2024 00:01

Location

Site: Whiteleaf Centre, Aylesbury
Address: Bierton Road
Town: Buckinghamshire
Postcode: HP20 1EG
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working
Compressed hours
Other

37.5 hours per week (Opportunity for hybrid working following discussion with Team Manager)

Salary

Grade: Band 6

Specialty

Main area: Community Mental Health

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Gateway Mental Health Practitioners are being recruited from a range of disciplines registered with a professional body; Occupational Therapists, Mental Health Social Workers, and Mental Health Nurses. all roles are vital to implementing specialist mental health triage functionality within Buckinghamshire. We welcome applications from all disciplines mentioned!

Successful candidate(s) on appointment as Gateway Mental Health Practitioner will receive formal bespoke induction, organised collaboratively between Oxford Health and industry experts by experience , with capacity for continued informal induction at candidate’s consideration. You will be based within a fit- for- purpose building on a day-to-day basis, with the opportunity for hybrid working. Candidates will be employed by Oxford Health and will receive clinical management and professional supervision through the trust, in addition to full training and development opportunities. As a directorate and team, we value continued professional development and so keen to support you with your Professional Development Plan throughout your employment.

The post holder will work as part of the Bucks Adult Mental Health Gateway team across the partnership and have specific responsibilities as a Gateway Mental Health Practitioner:

To be main point of contact within Gateway.
To work as part of the Gateway team performing comprehensive telephone assessment functions in line with Trusted Assessor Model.
To provide specialist advise to referrer.
To liaise with service users waiting to establish current presentation, give advice and formulate management / safety plans whilst waiting for specialist team’s assessment/intervention.
To support the delivery of a high quality link worker provision into primary care, secondary mental health services, social care partners , community based resources and voluntary sector . This will include providing consultation and training to staff in a range of agencies in relation to the mental and emotional well-being of individuals experiencing severe / enduring mental health conditions.
To support the Gateway/Team Operational Lead in the delivery of the service, ensuring it meets national guidance and local key performance indicators.
To support the learning and development of new team members, students , Newly qualified, junior staff members when required
Maintaining accurate and timely records.
Ensuring legal requirements and subsequent amendments underpinning Children and Adult care are adhered to.
To provide best evidence practice to service users which complies with legislation, policies and protocol and relevant quality, governance and local and national guidelines.
Ensuring that the local demographics are taken into consideration for service provision and improvement.

Risk assesses clients for suitability for interventions.

To evaluate and make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or provide recommendation to referrers following discussion with clinical lead.

See Job Description for full details

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

Applicant requirements

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.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy.
Evidence of continuing professional development and maintenance of relevant professional qualification

Desirable criteria

Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma
Teaching/mentoring qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant post qualification experience in a mental health setting, working with adults with mental illness.
Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with adults who have serious mental illness and carers in the community

Knowledge

Essential criteria

To have ability to manage case load and experience of acting as care coordinator for clients on a case list
To be able to function as part of multi-disciplinary team and liaise with external agencies i.e. primary care, social and health care.
To have ability to assess client need, both mental health, health and social needs

Desirable criteria

To have knowledge and understanding of the research process

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Keira Garforth

Job title

Gateway Manager

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

07721 717585

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.

We are happy to answer any questions that you may have and welcome a one-to-one discussion if you are considering this role for your career development, please don’t hesitate to contact me.