Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorders

Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker interested in joining our Eating Disorders Service?

With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and make a positive difference to children and young people's life chances.

You will deliver a high quality, comprehensive service for children, young people and their families who have an Eating Disorder.

This is a varied and rewarding role within a highly supportive team - we have a strong ethos around staff well-being - where clinical Supervision and CPD are priorities for the service. We offer robust clinical and caseload supervision to facilitate a supportive working environment.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner you will be responsible for initial assessments, delivery and evaluation of care and providing psycho-educational advice and practical support to young people and their families by drawing on evidence- based interventions and using a collaborative, recovery focused approaches.

Risk assessment and management including the need for positive risk taking is an important part of the role. You will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision for other team members and participate in the team service development and evaluation.

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.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the "candidate guide to making an application" which is attached to all roles.

Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust we provide 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"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

· Excellent opportunities for career progression

· Individual and Trust wide learning and development

· 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)

· Staff networking and support groups

· NHS Discount

· Mental Health First Aiders

• RMN/Social Worker/OT/other relevant professional qualification
• Registered to practice in the UK
• Caseload management/complex conditions & cases
• Experience of care coordination/lead professional
• Evidence based, reflective practice & clinical reasoning skills in assessment & treatment
• Experience of working with children and/or young people with mental health difficulties
• Experience of working with Eating disorders
• Effective communicator with patients, carers & staff
• Organisational skills for own & others workload
• Excellent personal skills to form good working relationships
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications
• Demonstratable knowledge of IT systems (such as MS System)
• Excellent time and diary management

TEDS JD (PDF, 208.7KB)

Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)

Name: Emma Harding-Wyatt

Title: Clinical Team Manager

Email: emma.harding-wyatt@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

Telephone: 01865 903777