Forensic Specialist - Clinical Lead Nurse - Milton Keynes

Are you looking for a new challenge? Feeling ready to take up a leadership role? Passionate about delivering psychosocial interventions and improving the quality of nursing care in forensic inpatient settings? We have an exciting new role at Marlborough House, Milton Keynes, for a Specialist Clinical Lead Nurse within our forensic inpatient team. We are seeking a committed individual to work as part of the Clinical Leadership team to promote nurse-led psychosocial interventions and implement the vision for inpatient care. Main duties of the job You will be responsible for developing and maintaining a programme of individual and group psychosocial interventions and regularly evaluating the impact of interventions incorporating patient and carer feedback. This will require proactive engagement with patients / families and carers to build positive working alliances to support the provision of psychosocial interventions., The role also involves supporting the wider nursing team to develop their skills at delivering psychosocial interventions through supervision and working within multidisciplinary teams to provide effective needs led care for our patient group. The successful candidate will have completed Brief Interventions Module (or equivalent) or be willing to undertake at the earliest opportunity., Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.

• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential.
All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values safe, caring and excellent.
• Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site.
  
  Registered mental health nurse
• Experience of applying psychosocial approaches to clinical practice
• Knowledge and understanding of psychosocial interventions
• Excellent organisational skills and able to manage own time effectively
• Has completed brief interventions module or equivalent OR will undertake at earliest opportunity
Desirable criteria
• Knowledge of monitoring systems, targets and processes used within mental health
• Understanding of / experience in quality improvement methodology
• Experience of mental health nursing in secure settings
Personal management / qualities,
• Employs own strategies to manage stress conditions and promote / support emotional wellbeing and resilience
• Excellent organisational skills and able to manage own time effectively
• Able to meet the needs of the service in respect of flexible working hours, deployment and work bases, Skills in supporting the development of the nursing team through teaching (1 : 1 and group)
• Good presentation skills, Experience in supervision
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study.
  
  As a Trust we provide 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 At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include :
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups