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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-OA7245160 Vacancy ID: 7245160

Staff Nurse

Accepting applications until: 19-Jun-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 19-Jun-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Vaughan Thomas Ward
Address: Warneford Hospital
Town: Oxford
Postcode: OX3 7JX
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The applicant will need to be available for shift work, including: day/night/weekends.)

Salary

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum, pro-rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)

Specialty

Main area: Nursing

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

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.

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

Experience

Essential criteria

Experiencing within working in a mental health setting.
Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working as a Band 5 in an acute mental health setting

Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications.

Essential criteria

Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse - NMC.
IT literate.
Fluent command of the English language and ability to complete and maintain written records professionally.
Skills and confidence in clinical risk assessment and management.
Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2007.
Safely practice person-centred care and evidence-based practise.
Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Understand and work towards making the acute mental health inpatient environment neurodiverse-friendly.

Desirable criteria

Can demonstrate clear evidence of Continued Professional Development.
Qualification in psychosocial interventions.

Leadership

Essential criteria

Able to co-ordinate a span of duty on a mental health acute male adult ward.

Desirable criteria

Able to handle complaints sensitively and effectively.

Training and facilitation of learning.

Essential criteria

Demonstrate willingness to be involved in mentoring students.
Demonstrate willingness to coach healthcare assistants.

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Hussein Dirisu

Job title

Ward Manager

Telephone number

01865902992

Additional information

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the attitude 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.