Job description

Job responsibilities

Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the NIHR Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) is a specialist research facility dedicated to the delivery of high-quality mental health and neuroscience research. Based within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, we work closely with the University of Oxford, industry partners and NHS organisations to support research that improves understanding, treatment and care for people living with mental health and neurological conditions.

Since opening in 2011, the OH CRF has supported a diverse portfolio of research studies, ranging from observational research and experimental medicine through to complex interventional studies and commercial clinical trials. Our research includes studies involving healthy volunteers as well as people living with conditions such as depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder and dementia.

As part of our team, you will work in a collaborative and supportive environment that values innovation, professional development and high-quality research delivery. We are committed to helping staff develop their research and leadership skills and offer opportunities to contribute to service development, education, patient and public involvement activities, and the continued growth of clinical research across Oxford Health.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree-level or equivalent in relevant field
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) trained.
• Professional Registration (NMAHP)

Desirable

• Postgraduate training - PhD, MSc, MA in health sciences field
• Postgraduate teaching or mentorship qualification
• Leadership/Management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Recent, relevant clinical experience of working with people with physical or mental health problems
• Experience of clinical research delivery in a healthcare setting.
• Experience of managing or leading people, with evidence of leadership skills.
• Experience of audit and quality initiatives
• Evidence of teaching and mentoring

Desirable

• Previous experience of mental health services or mental health research

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of obligatory regulations and legal requirements of Clinical Research in NHS settings.
• Evidence of managing the clinical research environment
• Knowledge of Research Governance
• Awareness of application of evidence-based practice

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Warneford Hospital

Oxford

OX3 7JX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Work as part of the AACC Team, ensuring a high-quality end to end service is delivered,supporting and mentoring staff to achieve continuous improvement. Managing enquiries or referrals received from patients, members of the public and other professionals.

Facilitating, contributing and undertaking CHC assessments and reviews in line with standard operating procedures. Monitor quality assurance of care delivery, ensuring that all care is personalised and assist with resolution of complaints, appeals and disputes.Provide highly specialist expert clinical advice, information and support on Continuing Healthcare to Professionals, Patients and their families 6. Supporting individuals eligible CHC and contributing to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas where agreed.

To participate in audit process as required.To provide support in developing inter-agency and local partnership working to ensure high standards of patient care. Maintaining up-to date knowledge of legislation.Providing relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on functional and information matters relating to the service. Fostering transparency and a person-centred approach with patients, families and representative.Ensure the principles and duties of safeguarding are holistically, consistently applied. Attend safeguarding meetings with the Local Authority as required. To have an awareness and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of liberty safeguards. Contribute to maintenance and monitoring of service standards around quality.Comply with NHS and Professional Codes of Conduct and Standard Business Conduct and/or NHS Trust Standards of Business Conduct policies. To comply with ICB policies and procedures. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring their mandatory training and registration is up to date.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area with up-to-date registration with the relevant regulatory body e.g. Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Previous experience of working in a health or care environment (including acute, community, mental health, local authority etc. and evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience and understanding of health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
• Experience of working in multi disciplinary teams.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of current national and local policy/Framework Guidance relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Best Interests decision making.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Safeguarding issues and Policy guidance
• Ability to address complex or sensitive issues in an organised and appropriate manner both verbally and in writing at all levels; written documents, spread sheets.
• Demonstrates ability to manage own workload effectively and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to analyse very complex clinical information as part of the assessment process- interpreting both physical and mental health needs, skills required to formulate, develop and ensure implementation of specialist CHC care plans to meet identified needs.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential

• Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
• Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence.
• Involvement in operational processes and evidence of using a problem solving and forward thinking approach.
• Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.

Planning Skills

Essential

• Skills for project management including time keeping.

Desirable

• Previous experience in supporting clinical projects or clinical transformation.

Management Skills

Essential

• Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support.
• Skills for managing clinical caseloads.

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex ICB

Address

Surrey & Sussex ICB

Surrey

KT17 4QJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.surreysussex.icb.nhs.uk/home (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document whichcontainsmore information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC/NVQ3 Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
• Registration with GPhC
• Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Desirable

• Educational Supervisor / NVQ Level 2 assessor
• Post registration management qualification
• Accredited checking technician
• Financial or procurement qualification

Skills and Ability

Essential

• Ability to organise own workload and that of others.
• Problem solving skills
• -You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role

Desirable

• Be able to analyse complex information relating to medicines efficiency programmes
• Demonstrates initiative

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Relevant post registration UK hospital experience
• Knowledge of finance systems and budget control
• Managing a team
• Experience of working with pharmacy systems (e.g., CMM).
• Experience of policy/procedure/SOP writing
• Experience of completing audits and implementing change.
• Appropriate experience at a minimum of band 6, working as a qualified pharmacist in an NHS hospital (Pharmacist)

Desirable

• Proven track record in implementing medicines efficiency or cost-saving initiatives.
• Pharmacy stock control
• Experience of project management.
• Experience of working with clinical divisions/ directorates

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

St Helier

Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 1AA

Surrey

SM5 1AA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applications are invited to apply for the post of CT1/ST1 /ST2 in Specialist Surgery at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The post is available for 6 months, full time and primarily based at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC with licence to practice
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Experience

Essential

• Must have worked in the NHS in the UK prior to this appointment.

Skills

Essential

• Capacity to operate effectively under pressure & remain objective in highly emotive/pressurised situations. Awareness of own limitations & when to ask for help.
• Capacity to communicate effectively & sensitively with others, able to discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand
• MUST BE FLUENT IN SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH
• Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with analytical and flexible mind. Capacity to bring a range of approaches to problem solving.
• Capacity to monitor and anticipate situations that may change rapidly
• Demonstrates effective judgement and decision-making skills
• Capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team & demonstrate leadership when appropriate. Capacity to establish good working relations with others.
• Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance urgent & important demands, follow instructions. Understands importance & impact of information systems.
• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement & prioritise clinical need. Demonstrates appropriate technical competence & evidence of development of excellent diagnostic skills & judgement

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe

Headington

OXFORD

OX3 9DU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Witney | Full Time (37.5 hours) 4 days per week | 8:00am 6:00pm

At InHealth, were growing our teams and are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse with an endoscopy background to join our static site in Witney. You'll be an integral part of delivering high-quality endoscopy services, providing patient-centred care that recognises the psychological, physical, and social needs of every individual.

• Supporting patients pre, during, and post diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures
• Assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating high-quality, individualised patient care
• Supporting the senior clinical team and supervising registered and unregistered colleagues
• Participating in endoscope decontamination, traceability, and equipment care
• Taking part in clinical audits and maintaining effective communication across the MDT

• A Registered Nurse with an active NMC PIN and experience in an endoscopy setting
• A reliable, supportive team player who contributes positively to team culture
• Calm, confident, and able to work effectively in challenging or pressured situations
• Flexible and adaptable with strong time and workload management skills
• An excellent communicator with patients, families, and colleagues at all levels

You will:

Obtain, prior to starting your role, and maintain throughout your employment, vaccination status including evidence of immunity in accordance with the requirements of the role. This includes Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR), Varicella (Chickenpox), Tuberculosis (TB), and any other routine healthcare worker immunisations relevant to the duties undertaken.

Person Specification

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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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

InHealth Group

Address

Windrush Medical Centre

Welch Way

Oxfordshire

OX28 6JS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.inhealthgroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensure coordinated and proactive arrangements are delivered to prevent adults and children with mental illness and learning disabilities from being admitted to hospital unnecessarily. Work closely with partners to mobilise this preventative support.

Work across agencies to chair and co-ordinate, manage, monitor, and review the implementation of Section 117, Individual Funding Requests (IFR) and Non Contracted Activity (NCA) for people with mental health and learning disabilities who are at risk of admission to inpatient facilities.

To lead the development and implementation of an integrated s117 policy in collaboration with partners, and develop a more local standard operating policy to sit within that.

Work with the Head of Service to assure independently contracted placement reviews and application processes are delivered in line with legislation and locally agreed policy (once developed).

Work closely with the Head of service, finance team and contract team to assure budget management of S117, IFR and NCA placements. That all provision is accrued for and all packages are accurate and accounted for.

Please see full Job Description for more details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications within Mental health Nursing (RNMH). Current registration with the NMC Qualified RNMH.
• Six or more years of qualified professional experience in mental health in including two or more years of assessing adults with specialist mental health/learning disability needs
• At least 2 years' management or commissioning experience in Health

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Demonstrable specialist knowledge in section 117 of the Mental Health Act.
• Experience of conducting section 117 reviews and moving people on when they are no longer eligible. o Experience of managing a team
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
• Experience of managing risks and reporting.
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level.
• Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
• Understanding of the public sector Health and Social Care
• Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
• Working knowledge of quality assurance, clinical governance and care pathways and their design
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the individual provider and commissioning organisations

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

• Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and relatives, sensitive to their mental health needs. public.
• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
• Experienced in managing work in high-risk environments, frequently in potentially threatening situations.
• Experienced in managing highly distressing emotional circumstances arising from service user and carer issues
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.

Values and behaviours

Essential

• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
• Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
• Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
• Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
• Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
• Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Thames Valley ICB

Address

Unipart House

Oxford

OX4 2PG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.thamesvalley.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to carry out the following duties:

• To complete all work set by your assessor.
• To efficiently undertake basic dispensary duties which may include the following duties as directed:
• To unpack pharmacy medicine deliveries, check the delivery and place for loading into the robot.
• To put away medicines into their correct locations and maintain clean and tidy storage areas.
• To expiry date check medicines and rotate the stocks to ensure medicines are used in date order and avoid waste.
• To provide support to the pharmacy reception including processing payments, filing prescription paperwork and taking in prescriptions from patients.
• To be trained to competently dispense and label medicines for inpatient use in accordance with the dispensary procedures.
• To be trained to use the pharmacy computer system to obtain information and print labels.
• To answer/deal with queries, both face to face and via the telephone, take messages and pass them on to the relevant member of staff in an appropriate and timely manner.
• To maintain filing systems in line with organisations policies and procedures.
• To assist with the ordering and maintenance of medicine supplies.
• To be a flexible and supportive member of the team.
• To maintain strict confidentiality at all times.
• Attend and take part in team meetings & regular reviews with line manager etc.
• To prepare for and attend assessment meetings and participate in relevant training.
• Throughout the training period the post holder will be expected to complete all training as required including functional skills if required, trust statutory and mandatory training as well as any study sessions provided by the Education &Training team.
• To adhere to the local and national Health and Safety regulations and the organisations Policies and Procedures.
• To sign a learning contract with the training provider and adhere to the agreement.
• To be responsible for the use of physical equipment and to report any defects in equipment as appropriate.

General

• This job description is not meant to be exhaustive and can be altered in consultation with the post holder.
• The Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. The post holder is at all times expected to carry out their duties in accordance with the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy.
• You are requested to take reasonable care for the Health and Safety of yourself and other persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work and to ensure that statutory and departmental safety procedures are adhered to.

Any other duties, which may be requested by the Manager in order to facilitate the smooth running of the Department

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oGood command of the English language and numerate

Desirable

• 4 GCSEs D grade or above.

Special skills / aptitudes

Essential

• oGood attention to detail
• oOrganised in your approach to work
• . oGood interpersonal skills
• oKeen to develop professionally and personally
• oAble to work with supervision
• oUnderstanding the requirement of confidentiality
• oAn ability to ask for help and guidance if required

Desirable

• oUnderstanding of Pharmacy role.

Personal qualities

Essential

• oAble to communicate effectively at all levels
• oTeam player
• . oAble to motivate oneself
• oAbility to act on own initiative when required
• oAn ability to recognise limitations of the role and not to work outside of these limitations

Desirable

• oAble to develop time management skills
• oAn ability to cope effectively under pressure

Circumstances

Essential

• oFlexible approach to work load and department needs

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Churchill Hospital

Old Road

Oxford

OX3 7LE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) psychology role is varied and involves a combination of direct work with forensic service users and indirect work with teams/services with the aim of ensuring psychological thinking is integral to SCFT patient care. As a clinical, forensic or counselling psychologist holding doctoral level professional qualifications, the postholder will provide a highly specialist, multilevel clinical service that is cost-effective, culturally appropriate and based on best clinical and professional practice and that meets Trust and Divisional objectives, national strategic, and policy guidelines, commissioner requirements and user and carer needs and expectations. The aims are to help understand, prevent and ameliorate psychological distress and disorder, improve the mental health and well-being of users of the forensic service and reduce and manage risk. The role involves identifying service users who might benefit from further psychological work, conducting comprehensive assessments of personality, emotional well-being and risk, develop and share case formulations (including risk formulations), and delivering psychological interventions to enhance psychological well-being and reduce risk. The role will also involve a significant amount of indirect work, including providing supervision, training, consultancy and joint working opportunities for MDT colleagues and other agencies, in order to develop the skills and competencies of MDT colleagues and ensure interventions and plans are formulation driven and effective. We are committed to becoming a trauma-informed service which focuses on being needs-led and service user centred, with an acknowledgement that transitions are an incredibly challenging time for many service users. The postholder will play an integral part in ensuring trauma-informed care is at the heart of the SCFTs work.

See Job Description for more detail.

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 thejob 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.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Well developed theoretical and practical knowledge of the field of clinical, counselling or forensic psychology, consistent with doctoral level professional training.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific 'difficult to treat' groups (e.g. personality disorder, challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).

Qualifications/training

Essential

• Satisfactory completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training course in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic psychology.

Desirable

• Post qualification training in specialist area of clinical work, relevant to a forensic population.

Aptitude

Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to empathically, sensitively and effectively communicate clinical and condition related information to clients, their families, carers and professional colleagues (within and outside the NHS) that is extremely complicated or technical; extremely sensitive and potentially distressing to the recipient; or that is extremely contentious or challenging.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Oxford Clinic, Littlemore Mental Health Centre

Sandford Road, Littlemore

Oxford

OX4 4XN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)