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Oxford Health NHS Trust

Senior Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 10 November 2025

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Job summary

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse seeking a new part time challenge in a supportive team environment?

The CAMHS SPA is a centralised service to support and screen referrals for Children and Young People across Wiltshire CAMHS and BaNES CAMHS teams. We are recruiting following the promotion of the previous post-holder.

We are the first point of contact for all new referrals and enquiries; we support self, parent/carer and professional referrals. Our robust system of working ensures all contact is reviewed clinically and timely to ensure the appropriate support is offered at the right time by the right service.

As a member of the team, you will be supported by a dynamic and enthusiastic team who are passionate about meeting the needs of children, young people and parents/carers. The role requires working alongside our colleagues in the core CAMHS teams, other professionals in wider CAMHS and those external to the service.

Whilst the role can be challenging, the support and experience you will be surrounded with creates a safe positive working environment.

We embrace learning from our colleagues via regular training and supervision to contribute to our up to date knowledge. The role extends itself to regularly connect with education settings to support staff in understanding mental health and how to best meet the needs of CYP.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide SPA support through an individualised job plan to cover the needs of the service.
  • Provide phone and digital consultations to CYP, parent/carers and professionals to assess the current mental health presentation and additional wider needs to consider the most appropriate pathway of support.
  • Utilise the internal network of CAMHS professional knowledge and expertise to support clinician decision making
  • When required, triage/screen referrals with the support of a senior clinician.
  • Provide early help consultations to education and school nursing team to consider emotional wellbeing needs of students.

We will need you to possess excellent interpersonal/communication skills; be calm and organised to embrace the changes that can occur in the SPA. You will need to be efficient in completing documentation and have a sound working knowledge of Excel and Word.

As a trust all staff are required to undertake 4-6 weekly clinical and managerial supervision; as a team we have implemented monthly peer supervision to actively learn from one another; along with adherence to structured quarterly safeguarding supervision. Also, importantly we value our own wellbeing; we do this by engaging in regular team wellbeing activities to allow the time to pause and enjoy coming together as a team.

About us

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

Details

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum | pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

267-OC7478652

Job locations

Single Point of Access Team

Melksham Hospital, SPA Road

Melksham

SN12 7NZ


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: The role will require you working as part of an on-call out of hours rota (pro-rota if part-time): for example, if full-time this can be approximately seven days every eighteen weeks, with a buddy system in place to provide support and sharing of the rota. This also includes on-call managerial supervision and ad-hoc supervision support if required.

All out of hours work is supported by an On-call manager, Consultant Psychiatrist, a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, CAMHS Helpline Service (provided by qualified staff) and hospital liaison staff.

Please do contact me should you want to talk through the role and find out more about the SPA: Sarah Reeves email: sarah.reeves@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Mobile: 07876 397 748

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: The role will require you working as part of an on-call out of hours rota (pro-rota if part-time): for example, if full-time this can be approximately seven days every eighteen weeks, with a buddy system in place to provide support and sharing of the rota. This also includes on-call managerial supervision and ad-hoc supervision support if required.

All out of hours work is supported by an On-call manager, Consultant Psychiatrist, a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, CAMHS Helpline Service (provided by qualified staff) and hospital liaison staff.

Please do contact me should you want to talk through the role and find out more about the SPA: Sarah Reeves email: sarah.reeves@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Mobile: 07876 397 748

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Mental Health or equivalent professional health qualification e.g. RMN NURSE

Desirable

  • Teaching/mentoring qualification
  • Leadership training

Experience

Essential

  • Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, which includes working with young people with mental health needs.
  • Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others
  • Evidence of delivering mental state examination and risk assessment to inform pathways of care.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with children and young people who present with Neurodiversity.
  • Experience of trauma informed approach to your work

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Understanding of the legal and social policy issues influencing the work environment.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Mental Health or equivalent professional health qualification e.g. RMN NURSE

Desirable

  • Teaching/mentoring qualification
  • Leadership training

Experience

Essential

  • Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, which includes working with young people with mental health needs.
  • Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others
  • Evidence of delivering mental state examination and risk assessment to inform pathways of care.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with children and young people who present with Neurodiversity.
  • Experience of trauma informed approach to your work

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Understanding of the legal and social policy issues influencing the work environment.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Single Point of Access Team

Melksham Hospital, SPA Road

Melksham

SN12 7NZ


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Single Point of Access Team

Melksham Hospital, SPA Road

Melksham

SN12 7NZ


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Team Manager

Michael Stynes

michael.stynes@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

01865903330

Details

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum | pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

267-OC7478652

Job locations

Single Point of Access Team

Melksham Hospital, SPA Road

Melksham

SN12 7NZ


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