Job summary
We are delighted that applications are now open for the Oxleas 2024 Graduate Healthcare worker programme. We have 20 places available on the third cohort of this popular programme.
What is the programme: The Oxleas Graduate programme is a two-year programme, Graduates will be placed in one of our teams' examples of which include our Perinatal Mental Health team, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Adult Learning Disability Team, Mental Health Crisis Teams and teams focussed on Children and Young People. The programme is a job that combines front line experience in a clinical setting with a programme of training and personal development. The programme is not accredited but aims to provide you with a CV that will be attractive to all employers and to a range of clinical training programmes. The programme is paid at Band 4.
This opportunity is open to candidates with unrestricted right to work in the UK or those applicants who current hold a Student or Graduate visa looking for full time employment
Main duties of the job
To be one of a cohort of graduates working in an Oxleas Community teams within Children and Young Peoples services, Adult Acute and Crisis Mental Health Services, Adult Learning disability Services or Community Mental Health Services, forming a group for peer supervision and development.
Many of the roles on the graduate programme are patient facing and some are in supporting teams enabling things such as digital delivery project management and patient experience.
To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the delivery of activities that ensure our services are safe, responsive and effective. This includes contributing to a range of care tasks to patients to stay well and achieve their full potential by facilitating group and individual activities, information gathering and analysis. Putting service users' needs at the heart of the job, keeping people safe, contributing to effective interventions, and responding compassionately to suffering. Presenting information in writing, producing reports and analysing and presenting data.
The post-holder will work under close supervision from a registered professional for patient facing roles to provide high quality care as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. For non patient facing roles supervision will be provided by the allocated manager who will be band 7 or above.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To contribute to assessment and support the development and implementation of care plans.
- Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
- Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to support a multi-disciplinary formulation and care plan
- To ensure all service users are aware of activities which may be of benefit to them and how these can be accessed developing close links with other partners and stakeholders
- To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic and/or psycho-educational groups or clinical projects.
- Provide and facilitate social and educational group and individual activities as part of the teams treatment programme; following set aims and objectives
- Provide and facilitate social and educational group and individual activities as part of the teams health prevention and promotion programme; following set aims and objectives
- With the multi-disciplinary team contribute to the assessment and management of risk
- To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
- Carry out routine tasks relating to patient care as directed by the supervisor
- Involve patients, carers and significant others in all aspects of patient care where appropriate.
Communication
- To form professional relationships with service users and partners in the wider system engaged in service delivery and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
- To monitor and record patient progress, escalating concerns and reporting any perceived changes in patients wellbeing to the team
- To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive and complex information appropriately with people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired.
- To provide relevant information, written and oral, for documents relating to clients progress under supervision from a registered professional.
- Be able to adjust communication style to meet the needs of young people or people who require specific communication methods
- Be able to present information to a high standard in written reports and verbally.
- Participate in social media activity where required
Documentation
- To write in clinical notes in consultation with other team members according to local standards.
- To ensure that up to date written and electronic records are maintained in accordance with Trust standards
- To ensure that all records, letters and reports accurately reflect the situation being reported
- Understand how to promote digital ways of working
- Able to use powerpoint to create high standard slide decks
- Be able to produce survey questions
Professional Ethics
- To adhere to the Trusts Code of Conduct for Non-Qualified Staff and all other relevant policies and procedures.
- To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs
Professional development
- To engage in peer supervision, actively contributing to the agenda
- To complete all statutory and mandatory training.
- Undertake additional training as part of the Graduate development programme
Clinical and Social Care Governance, quality, standards
- Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement projects as appropriate to the individual role.
- By the end of the programme produce an audit, piece of research, QI project or poster presentation for the end of programme conference
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To contribute to assessment and support the development and implementation of care plans.
- Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
- Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to support a multi-disciplinary formulation and care plan
- To ensure all service users are aware of activities which may be of benefit to them and how these can be accessed developing close links with other partners and stakeholders
- To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic and/or psycho-educational groups or clinical projects.
- Provide and facilitate social and educational group and individual activities as part of the teams treatment programme; following set aims and objectives
- Provide and facilitate social and educational group and individual activities as part of the teams health prevention and promotion programme; following set aims and objectives
- With the multi-disciplinary team contribute to the assessment and management of risk
- To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
- Carry out routine tasks relating to patient care as directed by the supervisor
- Involve patients, carers and significant others in all aspects of patient care where appropriate.
Communication
- To form professional relationships with service users and partners in the wider system engaged in service delivery and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
- To monitor and record patient progress, escalating concerns and reporting any perceived changes in patients wellbeing to the team
- To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive and complex information appropriately with people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired.
- To provide relevant information, written and oral, for documents relating to clients progress under supervision from a registered professional.
- Be able to adjust communication style to meet the needs of young people or people who require specific communication methods
- Be able to present information to a high standard in written reports and verbally.
- Participate in social media activity where required
Documentation
- To write in clinical notes in consultation with other team members according to local standards.
- To ensure that up to date written and electronic records are maintained in accordance with Trust standards
- To ensure that all records, letters and reports accurately reflect the situation being reported
- Understand how to promote digital ways of working
- Able to use powerpoint to create high standard slide decks
- Be able to produce survey questions
Professional Ethics
- To adhere to the Trusts Code of Conduct for Non-Qualified Staff and all other relevant policies and procedures.
- To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs
Professional development
- To engage in peer supervision, actively contributing to the agenda
- To complete all statutory and mandatory training.
- Undertake additional training as part of the Graduate development programme
Clinical and Social Care Governance, quality, standards
- Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement projects as appropriate to the individual role.
- By the end of the programme produce an audit, piece of research, QI project or poster presentation for the end of programme conference
Person Specification
Educational
Essential
- Degree awarded at 2:2 or above
Supporting statement
Essential
- Must demonstrate a desire to work in NHS services
- Must explain relevant experience
conveys information clearly
Essential
- presentation in round 1 interview
Strong verbal communications skills
Essential
- through interview discussion
presentation
Essential
- delivers a clear presentation
Person Specification
Educational
Essential
- Degree awarded at 2:2 or above
Supporting statement
Essential
- Must demonstrate a desire to work in NHS services
- Must explain relevant experience
conveys information clearly
Essential
- presentation in round 1 interview
Strong verbal communications skills
Essential
- through interview discussion
presentation
Essential
- delivers a clear presentation
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.
