Mental Health & Neurodiversity Nurse Prescriber - Abingdon

Job summary

Are you passionate about improving the lives child and young people?

Are you resilient, creative, and dedicated to supporting those experiencing mental health difficulties?

We, in the Oxfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Getting Help, (GH) and Getting More Help (GMH) teams, are looking for a Non-Medical Prescriber to join us. You might be a Nurse with relevant non-medical prescribing qualification, or a qualified Pharmacist with a passion for mental health.

We provide a community-based service to children and young people (CYP) who are experiencing mental illness, those who may require a formulation of ongoing difficulties, as well as standardised, short-term interventions.

This is an exciting time to join us; this role is the first of its kind in our GMH team, so there's a unique opportunity for you to shape how we work together. We're a multidisciplinary team (MDT), able to support a range of therapeutic intervention, wanting to expand our offer to ensure we're meeting the needs of our children, young people and their families.

You'll be prescribing medication to CYP who may be neurodiverse or experiencing mental illness such as anxiety and depression, reducing the need for medical intervention with Consultants. You'll be reviewing the impact and efficacy of their medication, working closely with the MDT in terms of regular review, as well as support in building this new pathway in our team.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will be supporting CYP from early intervention to complex risk management and treatment of mental health disorders. You will closely link with consultant psychiatrists within the service, as well as our Neurodevelopmental Conditions (NDC) pathway, in order to further develop and define the role of NMPs in CAMHS. The core duty is non-medical prescribing, so you'll be consulting with patients, diagnosing, and generating treatment options/follow-up plans within clinical management plans (where applicable).

As a Senior Clinician within our team, we'll also need you to undertake a keyworking role for CYP and their families. This involves providing effective assessment (including risk), planning, monitoring the care needs of CYP, and ensuring these are communicated effectively to the relevant teams and organisations. You'll be reviewing complex and sensitive information, so attention to detail, excellent communication skills and collaborative working are essential.

Developing new processes, procedures and pathways is a key component of this role, so we'll need you to have good reasoning skills, to be confident in your decision making and be solutions focused too. We know taking on a role that hasn't existing within a team before can seem quite a daunting task, but we're an incredibly supportive team, dedicated to finding new ways of working so we'll be alongside you, providing guidance, advice and regular review.

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Clockhouse

Ock Street

Abingdon

OX14 5SW

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Clockhouse

Ock Street

Abingdon

OX14 5SW

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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