Senior Community Nurse - Hospital at Home - Oxford
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Oxford |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75716937 |
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Are you ready to support young people and their families in the community, preventing hospital admissions?
We’re seeking an experienced nurse from a community CAMHS, crisis team, or inpatient background. This could be a secondment opportunity for those looking to gain unique experience in an evolving, specialist team.
You'll help shape our innovative Learning Disability and Autism (LDA) Hospital@Home service, supporting young people to remain at home with tailored care packages. This service, developed under the Thames Valley Provider Collaborative, supports young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and/or significant autism-related functional impairments at risk of placement breakdown or inpatient admission.
Based at the Warneford site in Oxford, the team works to prevent hospital admissions and enable early discharges, collaborating closely with services across the Thames Valley.
We offer a supportive, inclusive environment with bespoke training, CPD, supervision, and wellbeing support. Full-time or part-time roles (minimum 22.5 hours) are available with flexible working options.
A driving license and access to transport are essential for community visits. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Main duties of the jobAs part of the nursing team, you will have a wide range of knowledge across the fields of nursing, providing holistic and person-centred care and support for young people and their families/ carers within a variety of settings.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Undertake specialist nursing assessments in collaboration with the service user and their families/carers and presenting back to the wider MDT. This will include clear risk assessments and add to the formulation of presenting needs for the young person and
family. - Work in partnership with service users and their families/carers to ensure the development of a treatment plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well-being and support their independence and inclusion in the community.
- Regularly review care and outcomes, supporting service users to complete clinical outcome measures and monitoring progress and adapting treatment options as required.
- Support and supervise junior members of the team and to act as a mentor/preceptor to student nurses/trainees.
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
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.
In your supporting statement, please outline in detail why you are interested in applying for this role.
Person specification Knowledge requirements Essential criteria
- Experience of working with clients with a learning disability and/or Autism
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Have an understanding of CMHTs and interdisciplinary working
- Professional Qualification RNM or RNC or RNLD (Degree or equivalent)
- Post graduate education specifically relating to client group
- Ability to work well in a team, to maintain high standards of care and be a good role model
- Ability to at times manage in a stressful/challenging working environment
- Community work with people with mental health needs.
JD&PS - Band 6 Senior Community Nurse (PDF, 840.3KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact DetailsName: Penny Foley
Title: Modern Matron
Email: penny.foley@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07964901751