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Staff Nurse - Highfield Unit - Oxford

The closing date is 23 April 2026

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Job summary

Are you a registered Nurse looking to make a difference and support young people?

Here at the Highfield Unit, the nursing team are at the heart of the unit and are vital in ensuring that outstanding inpatient care is delivered.

The Highfield Unit Oxford is a state-of-the-art NHS facility providing specialist inpatient services for young people aged 11 to 18 with acute mental health needs. Our team offers a safe and supportive environment while young people are in the most vulnerable stage of their illness, ensuring individualised care for each young person is provided. The work we do, makes a real difference.

As a member of the nursing team you would be supported to work collaboratively with young people and their families in order to build therapeutic relationships along with other professionals involved in their care. Training and supervision is provided to develop individual and group therapeutic work and we pride ourselves on nurturing and supporting our nurses to deliver professional, thoughtful, high quality compassionate nursing care when young people need it the most.

You can find more information about the Highfield Unit including a leaflet and video by following this linkHighfield Unit - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

*Previous applicants need not apply and you must be available to attend interviews in person for the young person's interview*

Main duties of the job

We are looking for dedicated nurses with a real commitment and empathy in ensuring that high level care is delivered to our young people in the most acute and vulnerable stages of their illness.

By offering a caring and safe environment for providing holistic family centred care you will be involved in delivering a range of interventions dependent upon clinical need.

We will support you in maintaining and developing your clinical skills to a high standard and provide opportunities to work with a wider team of professionals to provide truly intuitive and creative care that goes beyond just clinical tasks.

We are keen to support all our nurses in developing their own leadership skills to enable them to feel competent at managing shift and team coordination and supervising junior staff as well as students. All nurses at the Highfield Unit are encouraged and have the opportunity to develop and lead upon areas of interest. You will be self-motivated about service improvement and passionate about providing quality and creative care to adolescents.

We have part time and full time positions available, please contact us if you have any questions regarding the working pattern as we will be happy to discuss this with you!

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

16 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum| pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

267-OC7906309

Job locations

Highfield Unit

Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Headington

Oxford

OX3 7JX


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.

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.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive demonstratable experience in mental health care or the care of young people (e.g. within CAMHS)

Desirable

  • Experience of working within an CAMHS inpatient unit

Qualifications/Knowledge

Essential

  • RMN/RNLD or RSCN
  • Knowledge of MHA 1983

Desirable

  • Further training in psychosocial interventions
  • Training in clinical risk assessment and management

Skills

Essential

  • Skills in clinical risk assessment and management
  • Able to handle patient concerns sensitively and effectively
  • Able to co-ordinate a span of duty on an adult ward

Teaching and Facilitation

Essential

  • Demonstrate a willingness to be involved in mentoring students

Desirable

  • Experience in mentorship

Other work related requirement

Essential

  • Must be of average fitness as successful completion our Restraint Training will be a mandatory requirement if you are successful in your application
  • Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive demonstratable experience in mental health care or the care of young people (e.g. within CAMHS)

Desirable

  • Experience of working within an CAMHS inpatient unit

Qualifications/Knowledge

Essential

  • RMN/RNLD or RSCN
  • Knowledge of MHA 1983

Desirable

  • Further training in psychosocial interventions
  • Training in clinical risk assessment and management

Skills

Essential

  • Skills in clinical risk assessment and management
  • Able to handle patient concerns sensitively and effectively
  • Able to co-ordinate a span of duty on an adult ward

Teaching and Facilitation

Essential

  • Demonstrate a willingness to be involved in mentoring students

Desirable

  • Experience in mentorship

Other work related requirement

Essential

  • Must be of average fitness as successful completion our Restraint Training will be a mandatory requirement if you are successful in your application
  • Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

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

Highfield Unit

Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Headington

Oxford

OX3 7JX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Highfield Unit

Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Headington

Oxford

OX3 7JX


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Lead

Francine Tutty

highfield.unit@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

01865902711

Details

Date posted

16 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum| pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

267-OC7906309

Job locations

Highfield Unit

Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Headington

Oxford

OX3 7JX


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