Duty Lead Clinician - Nurse - Oxford South - Abingdon

We're looking for a Duty Lead within the Oxford South Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team, who will be responsible for duty requests on behalf of the CAMHS Getting More Help service. With many changes to duties, this is an exciting time for South CAMHS. The duty lead is essential to implementing these changes, which directly enhance the experience of service users., As the Duty Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing duty, responding to calls and participating in the urgent assessments of young people that are undertaken each day. You will organise duty assessments according to the individual Clinician's experience and clinical need of the patient. This opportunity is for an experienced Clinician to develop their clinical leadership skills and support the Clinical Team Manager by overseeing duty and identifying patients that need to be seen sooner or to use their clinical expertise to help resolve a situation before the point of crisis. As the post holder, you will work closely with all Oxford South CAMHS Getting Help and Getting More Help staff and the Oxfordshire Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).

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.

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