Role Overview
Are you a Learning Disability or Mental Health Nurse with a passion for supporting children and young people with intellectual disabilities?
We're looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist and NMP to join Buckinghamshire CAMHS Intellectual Disability team.
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 to grow in your career and continue 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 neurodivergence, mental health and developmental profile.
As a service we pride ourselves on being creative, innovative, forward‑thinking, dynamic and research‑led.
The wellbeing of our Clinical staff is top of our agenda; we have an active Wellbeing Team and regular opportunities for staff support, including a service‑wide wellbeing week each year. We have a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection and team working. We’re also able to offer NMP training for those who are interested in undertaking the course.
Key Duties
* Work with a dynamic and inspirational team to support young people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
* Hold responsibility for a caseload of children and young people, offering therapeutic support and independent prescribing and medication monitoring.
* Support the development of the intervention offer in the team.
* Attend supervision.
* Provide expert specialist practice and ensure the delivery of treatment is evidence based.
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”.
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 may apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
For further details/informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Bailey, Job title: Operational Lead Pathway for children with ID, Email address: Rachel.Bailey@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk, Telephone number: 01865 901325
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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