Non-medical Prescriber

Are you passionate about improving the lives of service users and do you like young people?

Do you have high clinical standards in the delivery of evidence based mental health support? Do you want to try a new area or develop your skills further?

If yes, then this role might be for you

The Oxfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Getting Help (GH) and Getting More Help (GMH) teams provide a community-based service to children and adolescents (CYP) who are experiencing mental illness, those who may require a formulation of ongoing difficulties, as well as standardised, short-term interventions.

The service is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams who are able to support a range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions. Our service is currently developing to ensure that involvement of families and carers in treatment and support is part of the core offer, and we are currently recruiting for a number of new roles and positions.

This role will be based in the Oxford South GMH Service, a team with a reputation for being creative, innovative, forward thinking, dynamic and research led. The wellbeing of staff is top of the agenda, with an active Wellbeing Team and regular opportunities for staff support. The team has a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection and team working.
- Undertaking a lead Professional or Keyworker role for children and young people and working collaboratively with young people, their families and wider care team in the context of their environment, as appropriate.
- Providing effective assessment (including risk), planning, monitoring and review of care needs and ensuring that these plans are communicated to relevant people
- Providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information in relation to Safeguarding and Child Protection work and taking appropriate action.
- Using a systemic approach to working with individuals, their families and significant others. Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with carers and significant others.
- Working without direct supervision and being accountable for own actions.
- Consult with patients, diagnose, and generate treatment options and follow
- up plans, where applicable, within clinical management plans.

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

Whilst this post is the first in the GMH team, Oxon CAMHS has a regularly established peer NMP group, which includes a comprehensive training and supervision system, that successfully supported staff transition from other prescribing practices.

We are looking for someone with relevant transferable experience and skills and a passion to work in partnership with children and young people and parents/carers to improve the quality of services, as well as empower recovery, and support engagement with the current clinical pathways.

We'll need you to be enthusiastic, self-motivated, able to be flexible and work creatively to find solutions, an excellent communicator and leader, and with good organisational skills to develop and implement changes in service delivery, process, and culture.

In this role, you will be supporting Oxfordshire CAMHS, who provide a range of support to children and young people, from early intervention to complex risk management and treatment of mental health disorders. You will closely link with consultant psychiatrists within the service, as well as our NDC pathway, in order to further develop and define the role of NMPs in CAMHS.

There are opportunities for further training in leadership, and quality improvement, and regular opportunities for supervision and case management. Oxfordshire CAMHS is undergoing significant service development (following introduction of the Thrive model), and there are a number of new posts available, including a clinical engagement co-ordina