Community Mental Health Nurse or OT - South AMHT

Job overview

Are you a qualified Psychiatric Nurse or Occupational Therapist passionate about mental health and supporting people with severe mental illness towards their recovery in their community?

The Wallingford, Henley and Thame AMHT have a rare opportunity for you to join our team on a full time basis.

The team is a busy and dynamic team that holds patient centred-care at the core of what we do. We are currently adapting our service to support co-produced care plans and using Patient Recorded Outcome Measures (PROMs) to identify and guide patient care. 

The South AMHT consists of four satellite bases in Wallingford, Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage and consists of the multi-disciplinary team who work alongside Keystone Hubs in primary care and also with embedded third sector services in each locality. 

As a team we are aiming to provide an excellent service for our local community, and are seeking candidates who share our passion.

You will be supported by an experienced leadership team from across the professions who hold your development as central. We offer regular supervision and you will be encouraged and supported to undertake any training relevant to your professional development. 

The role will require travel so it is essential that the candidate has a valid UK driving licence and access to a car that can be used for work purposes.

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The role will involve being the allocated key worker (formerly known as Care Coordinator) for a caseload of patients with severe and enduring mental illness.  In these instances, you will be

• Playing an integral role as part of an multi-disciplinary team in that person's recovery, which would include the assessment, collaborative care planning and review of the person's needs. 
• Assessing and care planning risk, including understanding and applying safeguarding process.
• Undertaking assessment of patients new to the team, offering biopsychosocial assessments and providing brief intervention as appropriate.
• Undertake the duty role, which involves the triage of new referrals with the view to signpost people to appropriate services or offer assessments with the team in appropriate timeframes.

You will need to be able to work autonomously, however there will be ongoing support from peers and the leadership team in the form of both informal and formal clinical and management supervision. 

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
• Competitive pension scheme
• 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