You should possess mental health expertise, experience in primary care settings, strong communication skills, and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

You will provide mental health assessments, develop care plans, deliver psychotherapy, and collaborate with primary care teams to ensure comprehensive support for patients' mental health needs.

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Oxford

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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) 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. As a leading teaching, training and research trust, we have close links to Oxford and Oxford Brookes universities. We are part of the Oxford Academic Health Science Centre, working closely with our university colleagues to translate their findings into clinical care as quickly as possible, enabling people using our services to benefit from the latest advances in healthcare. In Oxfordshire we are the main provider of community health services and deliver these in a range of community and inpatient settings, including eight community hospitals. Our mental health teams provide a range of specialist healthcare in the community and from inpatient settings across the geographic areas of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Swindon, Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES). We also provide a range of specialised health services that include forensic mental health and eating disorder services across a wider geographic area including support for patients in Berkshire and from Wales.

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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Providing mental and community health services to a population of 2.5 million people across Bucks, Oxon, Wilts and BaNES

We are looking for ambitious and robust clinicians to join our diverse, experienced and supportive team. Our team focuses on bridging the gap between primary and secondary care services for patients with severe mental illness.

As a professional applying for this role you will have a special interest in early intervention for patients with severe mental illness, working to break the cycle of poor mental health by intervening at the earliest stage from within primary care. You will be working closely with the local community, primary care multi-disciplinary teams and primary care mental health hubs to challenge health inequalities and develop creative solutions to meet minority group mental health needs.

As a team we value unique skills, specialisms and professional interests . We work together to encourage and develop our skills further through formal and informal training. You need to have a flexible and open approach to change and willingness to learn, utilising reflective practice and share learning with your peers. You will need to be assertive, approachable and skilled in managing difficult conversation and conflict resolution.

Please see the link attached to a video with more information about the service Being a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - YouTube

You will have a qualification at either undergraduate or postgraduate level in either Mental Health Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy.

You will need extensive post qualification experience in adults or older community mental health services.

You will need to be self motivated, confident in your clinical decision making and able to work autonomously.

You will pride yourself on delivering a high quality standard of clinical practice for patients. Ensuring you maintain your continuing professional development.

You will ensure that the Primary Care Network that you are aligned to has highest quality standard for the mental health care and provision provided, implementing your leadership skills to maximise the opportunities available for patients.

You will provide specialist mental health triage, assessment, advice and/or signposting alongside brief interventions for patients in primary care.

You will utilise your profession specific knowledge and skills to facilitate early intervention for recovery within the patients local community.

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
   
   

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jasmine Fowler Job title: Team Manager, Primary Care Mental Health Service Email address: jasmine.fowler@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07717850868

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

I would encourage all applicants to make contact to discuss the role further before applying and/ or interviewing.

Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - Primary Care - Bucks - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for ambitious and robust clinicians to join our diverse, experienced and supportive team. Our team focuses on bridging the gap between primary and secondary care services for patients with severe mental illness.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a professional applying for this role you will have a special interest in early intervention for patients with severe mental illness, working to break the cycle of poor mental health by intervening at the earliest stage from within primary care. You will be working closely with the local community, primary care multi-disciplinary teams and primary care mental health hubs to challenge health inequalities and develop creative solutions to meet minority group mental health needs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a team we value unique skills, specialisms and professional interests . We work together to encourage and develop our skills further through formal and informal training. You need to have a flexible and open approach to change and willingness to learn, utilising reflective practice and share learning with your peers. You will need to be assertive, approachable and skilled in managing difficult conversation and conflict resolution.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please see the link attached to a video with more information about the service Being a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - YouTube&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will have a qualification at either undergraduate or postgraduate level in either &lt;em&gt;Mental Health Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will need extensive post qualification experience in adults or older community mental health services.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will need to be self motivated, confident in your clinical decision making and able to work autonomously.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will pride yourself on delivering a high quality standard of clinical practice for patients. Ensuring you maintain your continuing professional development.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will ensure that the Primary Care Network that you are aligned to has highest quality standard for the mental health care and provision provided, implementing your leadership skills to maximise the opportunities available for patients.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will provide specialist mental health triage, assessment, advice and/or signposting alongside brief interventions for patients in primary care.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will utilise your profession specific knowledge and skills to facilitate early intervention for recovery within the patients local community.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: &lt;strong&gt;“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Our values are: &lt;strong&gt;“Caring, safe and excellent”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Excellent opportunities for career progression&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Competitive pension scheme&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lease car scheme&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cycle to work scheme&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Employee Assistance Programme&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mental Health First Aiders&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity &amp;amp; Inclusion team&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jasmine Fowler Job title: Team Manager, Primary Care Mental Health Service Email address: jasmine.fowler@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07717850868&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I would encourage all applicants to make contact to discuss the role further before applying and/ or interviewing.

Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - Primary Care - Bucks

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