Senior Mental Health Practitioner- Nurse- Salisbury

Job summary

Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their families?

With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Salisbury CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people's life chances.

If you're a Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapists or Social Worker, we're looking for you to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service team based at Swindon CAMHS, Swindon and support the delivery of our Mental Health provision.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner you will work closely with our multidisciplinary team and deliver services across the Salisbury area. You will provide day-to-day clinical support for the CAMHS Service and ensure a consistent, responsive, high quality, evidence based and user-friendly service is delivered.

You will have the opportunity to make an active and meaningful contribution to our exciting service modernisation and redesign that is based on the Thrive model, ensuring children and young people get the right support, at the right time, in the right place, from individuals with the right skills.

You can start getting to know about us by having a look at our recruitment video:

BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube

Main duties of the job

Salisbury CAMHS is a supportive multidisciplinary team who offer assessment, treatment, and consultation either in the clinic base or out in the community.

In this role, you will undertake comprehensive assessments of young people with mental health needs from across the Salisbury area.

You can expect a comprehensive induction programme, including a range of shadowing opportunities to fully support the post holder in the role, ongoing in-house training and opportunities to attend external trainings. The team fully supports and delivers regular managerial, professional, peer, clinical, and safeguarding supervision to build upon confidence, competence, and commitment to developing self and the role.

About us

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

Date posted: 16 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum, Pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 267-OC7041810-1A

Job responsibilities

• Assessment of mental health issues
• Contribute a psycho-social perspective to patients
• Identify and provide CAMHS training (this may involve other CAMHS colleagues)
• Provide a link to CAMHS within Salisbury services.

Within the team, we work on a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday Sunday and Bank Holidays. The flexible working patterns allows team members to work hours flexibly and for days off during the week. You will participate in covering the services 24 hour on call service on a rota basis. There is a robust system of support available from on call colleagues including the manager, consultant psychiatrist and senior manager on call.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please do contact us.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policy
• Knowledge of Recovery Focused Practice
• Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Knowledge and experience of assessing mental health risks and safety/crisis planning

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT)

Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional

Essential

• RMN/OT/Social Worker with mental health training
• Current registration with relevant professional body; NMC, HCPC
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
• Leadership Training/ Experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience as a Band 5, or equivalent, Mental Health professional
• Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs or relevant Mental Health experience
• Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals
• Experience of working with young adults or young people or experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of care coordination/role of Lead Professional
• Ability to carry out assessments and psycho-social interventions

Desirable

• Experience of providing training/supervision for junior staff and students on placement

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address: Salisbury Community CAMHS

The Green Salisbury District Hospital

Salisbury

SN2 8BJ

Employer's website: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk