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Do you have patient-facing and management experience and want to try a new area or develop your skills further?

Are you committed to supporting good clinical practice and the delivery of innovative interventions?

Do you like creating systems, supporting staff, and supporting change?

Do you enjoy working with people experiencing Psychosis, and their families?

Do you enjoy working under pressure, where two days are never alike? If yes, then this role might be for you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a experienced clinician to join our well established high performing Early Intervention Service.

In the Early Intervention Service, we're responsible for providing care and treatment for adolescents and adults with first episode psychosis across Oxfordshire. The service offers, among other functions, assessment and formulation of first episode Psychosis and assessment and treatment of at risk mental states, providing evidence-based interventions and highly specialist treatment interventions. We are at the forefront of developing new treatments to further improve the care that we offer.

The role involves being part of the senior clinical team to set out the vision for the service, as well as lead it operationally. The Early Intervention Team in Oxford is a well-established, high quality service providing multidisciplinary team working across Oxfordshire.

• To work as an integral member of service’s leadership Team to deliver a high-quality responsive service to meet the needs of the team and drive standards to offer excellent care.
• Work towards a culture where services are seamlessly integrated.
• Put in place and monitor arrangements for partnership working across the localities in line with KPIs
• To develop robust integrated relationships with local referring agencies, as well as other key agencies, supporting the development of integrated care pathways and locality working.

The service offers excellent opportunities for service development, service evaluation, teaching, and training. We have good supervision and operational structures and an excellent track record of developing staff. The service is also committed to evidence-based and evidence generating practice and you will have the opportunity to be part of and support service evaluation and Quality Improvement projects.

You will receive a full induction, actively encourages professional development, and retains a strong ethos of supporting staff wellbeing.

We work alongside researchers from the University of Oxford and have several clinical-academic posts within our service. We undertake a variety of research within the service, ranging from studies to understand the causes of psychosis, through to developing new treatments and evaluating the effectiveness of the service as a whole. We offer training opportunities in specific interventions such as Behavioural Family Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and are keen to develop our staff to deliver an excellent service.

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Staff accommodation
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, and hardworking individual, that can manage conflicting priorities, prioritising service delivery, and wellbeing. Whilst previous management experience is desirable, we are looking for someone with the correct core and transferable skills for the role.

The post holder will have experience of supporting and managing staff in a clinical setting and a proven track record of high performance. You will take overall management responsibility for all aspects of service delivery and operational matters for the Oxfordshire wide early interventions service.

We are a team who are involved with research and regularly link with research projects connected with Early Intervention. We highly regard one another's professional background and support each other to contribution to the care of our patients.

We view supervision as fundamental to the functioning of the team both clinically and in terms of the wellbeing of our staff. Our working hours for the Early Intervention Service are Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00.

Please note:

• New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
• 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.