Senior Registered Mental Health Nurse Posted - Band 6

Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for a new opportunity?

We are looking for a Senior Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the team at CAMHS Hospital at Home Online Eating Disorder Service to cover maternity leave. This is a 12 month fixed term maternity cover post.

The Hospital at Home Eating Disorder service is an exciting service developed in collaboration with the Thames Valley Provider Collaborative. The Hospital at Home ED team supports young people with eating disorders who meet the threshold for inpatient care.

In some cases, admission will be prevented and in others, young people will be stepped down to this model following a short inpatient admission. Hospital at Home ED maximizes the use of new technology, provides care close to home, reduces admission, length of stay, waiting times and provides earlier discharge from inpatient care.

The post is largely remote, home based so a confidential working space is required. The Hospital at Home team is a multidisciplinary team consisting of physical health care and mental health care staff. The team objective is to reduce hospital admissions and care for service users in their own home.

The post-holder will be involved in duties including supporting families who's young person is experiencing an eating disorder, alongside the Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Support includes individual sessions, meal supports and parent support; following a family-based framework.

Additional duties will include supporting and supervising junior team members, creating comprehensive care plans and risk assessments, completing assessments and professional liaison.

For full duties please refer to the job description.

Applicants must be have a confidential working area at home and must be able to travel to Oxford and other geographical areas within the trust for training and team away days.

Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding.

Give yourself the best chance of success by reviewing our Applicant Guide before applying. Your supporting statement should clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Oxford Health delivers physical, mental health and social care services across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our vision is "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team", and our values are Caring, Safe and Excellent
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We are proud to offer a supportive working environment with opportunities for career progression, learning and development, generous annual leave, pension benefits, wellbeing initiatives and staff networks

The Hospital at Home Online Eating Disorder (ED) Service is creative, innovative, forward-thinking, dynamic, and research led. We foster a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection, and team working, offering various opportunities for professional development and learning. Our commitment to staff well-being is evident through our regular staff support sessions, reflective practice groups, and team days.

We are dedicated to continuous service development. Opportunities for involvement in service evaluation and research projects are available for those interested.

Training and development are priorities within our Trust. We offer supervision and would support relevant training opportunities to enhance knowledge relevant for the role. Our culture of skill-sharing and professional growth ensures that all development opportunities are considered through the Personal Development Review (PDR)/Appraisal framework.

If you are an enthusiastic, personable, and resourceful individual committed to delivering high-quality mental health care to young people and eager to develop your skills within a supportive and dynamic team, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

We spoke with the team and here's what they said:

"I cannot speak highly enough of the team I work with. Hospital at Home ED is caring , kind, hardworking team who are an absolute pleasure to work with. I feel that staff wellbeing is prioritised and the care that is delivered is of a high quality. I truly feel we are making a positive impact on the lives of our service users."

We also spoke to our service users and here's what they said:

"For the first time it felt like a team was working with us on our child's needs and adapting treatment to it. An absolutely brilliant…