Senior Mental Health Nurse - HMP Bullingdon, Bicester
Client: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Bicester, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 5032b8c9c485
Job Views: 3
Posted: 08.05.2025
Expiry Date: 22.06.2025
Job Description
Job overview
This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Forensic Service is expanding and developing our existing mental health care model for men in prisons across the Thames Valley region.
Prisons offer a rewarding environment for mental health nurses to develop their skills with a vulnerable patient group.
We are looking for a forward-thinking, innovative, compassionate Senior Mental Health Nurse to provide interventions to the prison population at Bicester, a Category B and C prison housing approximately 1000 male prisoners.
This full-time role involves working within a supportive multidisciplinary team providing triage, assessment, group interventions, and caseload management in a person-centered approach.
Main duties of the job
* Provide high-quality, safe, and effective mental health care and interventions within the prison, including managing self-harm and complex needs.
* Manage caseloads, conduct triage and assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions, and contribute to discharge planning.
* Offer advice and support to prison healthcare staff and work with internal and external partners, including healthcare providers, prison staff, social care, and probation services.
Refer to the attached job description for a comprehensive list of duties.
Working for our organization
Oxford Health is a great place to work. Please review the “candidate guide to making an application” and tailor your supporting statement to this role, addressing essential criteria.
We serve communities across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and Northeast Somerset, providing care close to home. Our vision is to deliver “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”.
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”.
Benefits include career progression, tailored training, 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 33), NHS discounts, pension scheme, lease car, cycle scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders, staff accommodation (waiting lists apply), and support groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Use the “supporting statement” in your application to demonstrate your suitability. Refer to the job description, person specification, and guidance notes to tailor your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Professional registration
* Experience in criminal justice
* Knowledge of forensic care
Experience
* Providing specialist mental health interventions
* Managing self-harm and risks
* Developing and delivering group work
Contractual Requirements
* Continuing professional development
* Valid Driving Licence
* Participation in induction, mandatory, and statutory training
* Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare
* Ability to work flexibly and inclusively
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