Community Mental Health Nurse - Intensive Case Pathway

Help shape a new approach to community mental health care across Buckinghamshire!

We're establishing a new Intensive Case Management (ICM) and Rehabilitation Pathway across Buckinghamshire, bringing together specialist professionals to provide personalised, consistent and proactive support to adults who may need more intensive help to maintain their recovery.

We're looking for Mental Health Nurses who are passionate about building therapeutic relationships, working collaboratively and delivering recovery-focused care in the community. Joining this newly established pathway, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the development of a service built around continuity of care, assertive outreach and support tailored to each person's needs.

This is a community-based role where you'll work with people in their own homes, community settings and Trust premises. You'll take a proactive approach to engagement, supporting people who may find it difficult to access or remain connected with services. Through consistent, person-centred care, you'll help people work towards their recovery goals, reduce the risk of relapse and avoid unnecessary crises.

If you're looking for a role where you can build meaningful therapeutic relationships, make a tangible difference and help shape a developing service, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Community Mental Health Nurse, you'll manage a defined caseload of adults with complex mental health needs, providing specialist nursing assessments, evidence-based interventions and personalised care planning.

Working autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team, you'll build strong therapeutic relationships with service users and their families, contribute specialist nursing expertise to clinical decision-making, and support people to achieve their recovery goals.

You'll also contribute to service development, quality improvement and the supervision of students and junior colleagues, helping to embed a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the pathway.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

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Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

You'll be joining a newly established, fully integrated multidisciplinary team that's committed to delivering innovative, person-centred mental health care across Buckinghamshire. Working alongside Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Support Workers and Clinical Leads, you'll be part of a collaborative team where every profession plays a key role in supporting recovery.

Our Intensive Case Management and Rehabilitation Pathway has been designed to provide flexible, assertive outreach for adults and older adults with complex mental health needs who may struggle to engage with traditional services. Rather than expecting people to come to us, we meet them where they are - building trusting relationships and providing support in their homes, local communities and other settings where they feel comfortable.

As a team, we share responsibility for supporting our service users through regular multidisciplinary discussions, collaborative decision-making and a strong focus on continuity of care. You'll have the opportunity to work creatively alongside colleagues from a range of professional backgrounds, developing holistic interventions that address mental and physical health, social needs and recovery goals together.

This is a unique opportunity to join a brand-new service from the outset, helping to shape how the pathway develops while working within a supportive team that values collaboration, innovation and recovery-focused practice. Successful applicants will receive a comprehensive induction and evidence-based training package to support them in delivering high-quality care.

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.

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.

Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number in order to be considered for this role.

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