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Senior Crisis Clinician - Mental Health Nurse

Job details
Posting date: 24 July 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: Competitive
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 23 August 2025
Location: Oxford
Company: inploi
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 75719164

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Summary

Job overview

Are you a qualified Mental Health Nurse looking for a new challenge?

We are expanding the current Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment service in Oxfordshire for adults and older adults. We want to recruit full time Mental Health Nurses to deliver evidence-based recovery focused assessment and treatment for patients who are moving out of inpatient services.

We want to do something different that works for our service users and to deliver this there is a recognition that we need the skills of Mental Health Nurses to help us spearhead the development of these services.

We will offer opportunities for professional development and opportunities to influence and contribute to service development. You will be provided with regular supervision, appraisal and support. The work involves shifts across 24 hours (including nights) and a variety of shift patterns and working arrangements are available including long days and long nights – we welcome flexible working requests.

The service is currently based in Oxford City, but will expand to cover the whole county and develop to include crisis response and inpatient gatekeeping.

Main duties of the job

Crisis Clinicians will deliver recovery-focused psycho-social crisis intervention to service users and their families and will coordinate plans of care with other Oxford Health teams and other agencies ensuring transitions between services are safe and seamless.

Oxford Health works in partnership with 5 third sector providers as part of the Oxford Mental Health Partnership (OMHP), and the new crisis service will be working closely with partners, in particular, Oxfordshire Mind and the Safe Haven services in order to ensure diversity and choice of service for people experiencing a mental health crisis. Crisis Clinicians must have the skills and aptitude to work creatively and proactively with our third sector partners.

Working for our organisation

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
Detailed job description and main 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 Qualification Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (Mental Health - RMN) or Occupational Therapist (OT)
Experience Essential criteria
  • Evidence of post registration development
  • Experience of working collaboratively with carers to meet both the needs of the carer and user
  • Experience of working with the acutely mentally ill in a variety of settings
Others Essential criteria
  • Own car or access to alternative travel for business use for the ability to travel between patient homes, hospital sites and to regional meetings
Documents to Download

Senior Crisis Clinician (PDF, 263.9KB)

Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)

Recruiter Contact Details

Name: Dorcas Dan-Cooke

Title: Clinical Team Manager

Email: Dorcas.dan-cooke@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

Telephone: 01865 904 996

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