Senior Mental Health Nurse - HMP Bullingdon

Salary and Benefits:

• This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary.

About the Role:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Forensic Service is expanding and developing our existing integrated model of mental health care for men in prisons across the Thames Valley region. Prisons are very rewarding places for mental health nurses to work, where you have the opportunity to develop your existing skills with a vulnerable and unique patient group.

We are looking to recruit forward-thinking, innovative, creative, and compassionate Senior Mental Health Nurse to offer a wide variety of interventions to the prison population at HMP Bullingdon in Bicester, which is a Category B and C local prison housing approximately 1000 remand and sentenced male prisoners.

This is a full-time role where you'll be working as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team who deliver triage, assessment, group interventions, and caseload management in a person-centred way.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide high quality, safe and effective mental health care and interventions to the service users within the prison establishment, including management of self-harm and complex needs.
• Manage a caseload, triage, assessment, and delivery of evidence-based interventions within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and care programme approach, and input into discharge planning.
• As an integral member of the integrated Mental Health Team, provide advice and support to primary health care based within the prison and other prison staff.
• Work with internal and external partners, including partner healthcare providers, prison colleagues, social care providers, and probation services.

About Oxford Health:

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application, please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and Northeast 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.”

Benefits:

• 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 apply).
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team.