Job summary
- Main area
- NMC
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 267-OC7564355
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Swindon Community CAMHS
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum | Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Liaison Lead Practitioner
Band 7
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Do you want to develop your leadership skills and support clinicians to offer an excellent service to children and young people?
With a national focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service!
If you're an experienced Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, we're looking for a part-time clinician to join our CAMHS team based in Swindon on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.
As the Mental Health Liaison Lead Practitioner you will act in a lead role for the liaison service, at the district general hospital in Swindon, Great Western Hospital. You will provide leadership and clinical support for the Mental Health Liaison Service and ensure a consistent, responsive, high quality and user-friendly service is delivered.
You will make a meaningful contribution to our exciting service modernisation, ensuring children and young people get the right support, at the right time, in the right place, from individuals with the right skills.
You can expect a comprehensive induction programme, ongoing in-house training and opportunities to attend external trainings. The team fully supports and delivers regular supervision to build upon confidence, competence, and commitment to developing self and the role.
You can start getting to know about us by having a look at our recruitment video:
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will sit within Swindon Community CAMHS and undertake comprehensive assessments of young people with mental health needs who present to the acute District General Hospital in Swindon .
Swindon Community CAMHS is a supportive multidisciplinary team who offer assessment, treatment, and consultation either in the clinic base or out in the community.
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, provide supervision for other team members and develop an area of clinical leadership within Swindon Community CAMHS.
- Assessment of deliberate self-harm
- Support to patients admitted with an eating disorder
- Contribute a psycho-social perspective to patients admitted
- Provide day support and consultation to hospital staff where a mental health need is identified
- Identify and provide CAMHS training (this may involve other CAMHS colleagues)
- Provide primary link to CAMHS within the acute District General Hospital.
- Develop an area of clinical leadership/specialism within Swindon Community CAMHS.
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact us.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policy
- Knowledge of Recovery Focused Practice
- Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT)
Qualifications – Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential criteria
- RMN/OT/Social Worker with mental health training
- Current registration with relevant professional body; NMC, HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a Band 6, or equivalent, Mental Health professional
- Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs or relevant Mental Health experience
- Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals
- Experience of working with young adults or young people or experience of working in a community setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with young people with an Eating Disorder
- Experience of contributing to the leadership /management of a clinic, project, aspect of clinical work
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tori Mitchell
- Job title
- Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 903422
- Additional information
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
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