Senior Mental Health OT - Learning Disability- Bucks

Oxford Health NHS Trust

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Job summary

Are you a Nurse or Occupational Therapist and passionate about working with children and young people with intellectual disabilities, who wants to be able to work from home and a clinical base? Do you want to work in an organisations that values being caring, safe and excellent? Do you have the skills and knowledge to help us deliver mental health support in the beautiful county of Buckinghamshire?

Then this role is for you.

You will join a friendly and supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable multi-professional team. You will receive quality reflective supervision. You will use your skills to deliver quality assessments and interventions and influence service improvements. You will have opportunities grow in your career and continuing professional development. You will be a vital member of the team helping the system to understand the complete identity of the young person including their intellectual disability, neurodivergence, mental health and developmental profile.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you'll be contributing to the triaging process for children and young people with an established learning difficulty, experiencing mental health needs. You'll be assessing the mental health component of their experience and delivering evidence based interventions.

We work closely with families to build care plans and there's a lot of multi-agency networking involved, as you'll be in contact with schools. the local authority, play organisations and charities.

We'll need you to participate in duty cover and liaison cover as well - please get in touch with us if you'd like more information about this.

About us

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

Date posted

02 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

Depending on experience per annum/pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-BM6096387

Job locations

Sue Nicholls Centre Bucks CAMHS

Bierton Road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main duties of the job include:

Comprehensive assessment
Shared formulation
Delivery and/or oversight of collaborative treatment plan using evidence-based interventions
Collaborative risk management
Support and supervision of colleagues
Multi-agency working

You will be responsible for:

Compliance with professional registration practice
Safe practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
Addressing safeguarding concerns were appropriate or necessary

You will be supported by excellent team knowledge and experience on a formal/informal basis. Clinical and managerial supervision are augmented with profession specific supervision as required with systemic/psychodynamic opportunities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main duties of the job include:

Comprehensive assessment
Shared formulation
Delivery and/or oversight of collaborative treatment plan using evidence-based interventions
Collaborative risk management
Support and supervision of colleagues
Multi-agency working

You will be responsible for:

Compliance with professional registration practice
Safe practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
Addressing safeguarding concerns were appropriate or necessary

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Registered Nurse (Mental Health), Registered Nurse (Learning Disability), Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
Registration with relevant professional body

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with children and young people with neuro developmental and/or Intellectual Disability and their families and carers
Experience of planning and providing intervention of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings
Experience of supervision of staff

Knowledge and further training/skills

Essential

Knowledge of Mental Health, Neurodevelopmental conditions and Intellectual Disabilities.
To have ability to assess client need, both mental health, health and social needs.
To have the ability to complete clinical risk assessments
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Registered Nurse (Mental Health), Registered Nurse (Learning Disability), Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
Registration with relevant professional body

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with children and young people with neuro developmental and/or Intellectual Disability and their families and carers
Experience of planning and providing intervention of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings
Experience of supervision of staff

Knowledge and further training/skills

Essential

Knowledge of Mental Health, Neurodevelopmental conditions and Intellectual Disabilities.
To have ability to assess client need, both mental health, health and social needs.
To have the ability to complete clinical risk assessments
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.