Mental Health Hub Clinician

Oxford Health NHS Trust

The closing date is 18 May 2025

Job summary

Are you an Occupational Therapist, Registered Mental Health Nurse, or Social Worker who enjoys providing high-quality, holistic care to people who need mental health support? Are you skilled at comprehensive individual assessments? Are you looking for an opportunity to also deliver group interventions?

We are recruiting a Mental Health Hub Clinician to be part of a developingPrimary Care Mental Health hub to support GP practices with Mental Health assessment and support for patients in their communities.

You'll be responsible for conducting comprehensive mental health assessments and delivering evidence-based interventions to adults with serious mental illness. With a focus on partnership approaches, you'll collaborate with various stakeholders to provide holistic care. We seek motivated individuals eager to engage in training across multiple therapy modalities, signposting, and psychoeducation.

You will be based within the Buckinghamshire Primary Care Mental Health team, working across the county with a base at either our Aylesbury or High Wycombe site.

Main duties of the job

Experience in Mental Health Assessments: Clinicians should have experience in completing mental health assessments and delivering evidence-based interventions in community settings.
Passion for Partnership Approaches: Candidates should be passionate about partnership approaches to care for adults living with serious mental illness.
Motivated for Training: Individuals should be motivated to engage in training to deliver evidence-based interventions across various therapy modalities, signposting, and psychoeducation.
Innovative Mindset: The roles require innovative individuals who can help achieve the vision for cross-sector integrated pathways.
Improving Access to Mental Health Support: Clinicians should aim to remove existing barriers to deliver better access to dedicated mental health support in local, non-stigmatised community settings.

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.

About us

This is an exciting development opportunity as you will be part of this developing service.

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

Date posted

01 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

267-BM6976800

Job locations

Buckinghamshire Primary Mental Health Hub

Whiteleaf Centre, Bierton Road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG

Job description

Job 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.Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number in order to be considered for this role. | Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to hold HCPC registration in order to be considered for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist.

Desirable

Post graduate education specifically relating to client group.

Experience

Essential

Community experience in mental health services for adults and older age adults with severe / significant mental illness.
Experience of facilitating groups

Desirable

Experience of working in primary and secondary mental health services.
Experience of delivering psychosocial interventions

Knowledge

Essential

Specialist knowledge of person-centred care and its application.
Specialist knowledge of psychosocial interventions and their appropriate use.
Understanding of the mental health needs of adults.

Desirable

Specialist knowledge relating to the needs of those diagnosed with, or with presenting traits of, personality disorder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist.

Desirable

Post graduate education specifically relating to client group.

Experience

Essential

Community experience in mental health services for adults and older age adults with severe / significant mental illness.
Experience of facilitating groups

Desirable

Experience of working in primary and secondary mental health services.
Experience of delivering psychosocial interventions

Knowledge

Essential

Specialist knowledge of person-centred care and its application.
Specialist knowledge of psychosocial interventions and their appropriate use.
Understanding of the mental health needs of adults.

Desirable

Specialist knowledge relating to the needs of those diagnosed with, or with presenting traits of, personality disorder.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.