Job summary *** Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post. *** Applications are now open for the 2025 Oxleas Graduate Programme. A two year programme that provides a job in a mental health or learning disability community team alongside training and professional development. This year we also have one role within our quality team, this is a non patient facing role providing experience and bespoke training in research, audit and Quality improvement. Have you recently graduated with a 2:2 or above and always wanted to work in the NHS? Do you have a passion for Mental Health or Learning Disabilities? Are you aspiring to become a clinician, an OT, A Clinical Psychologist, Physiotherapist, Speech and Language Therapist or a Nurse? If so we want to hear from you. Tell us about your career aspirations, what appeals to you about the programme and why you want to come and work at Oxleas. We are holding an open Teams meeting on 7 April 2025, starting at 4pm and we really encourage prospectiveapplicants to join us. You will hear more detail about the programme, hear from current graduates and have the opportunity to ask questions to ensure the programme is the right fit for you. For more information and for the link to MS Teams, please emailkaren.martin50@nhs.net Main duties of the job To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the delivery of activities that ensure our services are safe, responsive and effective. This includes contributing to a range of care tasks to patients to stay well and achieve their full potential by facilitating group and individual activities, information gathering and analysis. Putting service users' needs at the heart of the job, keeping people safe, contributing to effective interventions, and responding compassionately to suffering. Presenting information in writing, producing reports and analysing and presenting data. The post-holder will work under close supervision from a registered professional for patient facing roles to provide high quality care as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. For non patient facing roles supervision will be provided by the allocated manager who will be band 7 or above. About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care Date posted 07 April 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 4 Salary Β£31,081 to Β£33,665 a year pa inc Contract Fixed term Duration 24 months Working pattern Full-time Reference number 277-7115766-CMH Job locations A team in Bexley, Bromley or Greenwich London SE18 3RG Job description Job responsibilities Clinical To contribute to assessment and support the development and implementation of care plans. Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances. Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to support a multi-disciplinary formulation and care plan To ensure all service users are aware of activities which may be of benefit to them and how these can be accessed developing close links with other partners and stakeholders To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic and/or psycho-educational groups or clinical projects. Provide and facilitate social and educational group and individual activities as part of the teams treatment programme; following set aims and objectives Provide and facilitate social and educational group and individual activities as part of the teams health prevention and promotion programme; following set aims and objectives With the multi-disciplinary team contribute to the assessment and management of risk To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect. Carry out routine tasks relating to patient care as directed by the superviso Involve patients, carers and significant others in all aspects of patient care where appropriate. Communication To form professional relationships with service users and partners in the wider system engaged in service delivery and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture. To monitor and record patient progress, escalating concerns and reporting any perceived changes in patients wellbeing to the team To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive and complex information appropriately with people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired. To provide relevant information, written and oral, for documents relating to clients progress under supervision from a registered professional. Be able to adjust communication style to meet the needs of young people or people who require specific communication method Be able to present information to a high standard in written reports and verbally Participate in social media activity where required Documentation To write in clinical notes in consultation with other team members according to local standards. To ensure that up to date written and electronic records are maintained in accordance with Trust standards To ensure that all records, letters and reports accurately reflect the situation being reported Understand how to promote digital ways of working Able to use PowerPoint to create high standard slide deck Be able to produce survey questions Job description Job responsibilities Clinical To contribute to assessment and support the development and implementation of care plans. Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances. Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to support a multi-disciplinary formulation and care plan To ensure all service users are aware of activities which may be of benefit to them and how these can be accessed developing close links with other partners and stakeholders To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic and/or psycho-educational groups or clinical projects. Provide and facilitate social and educational group and individual activities as part of the teams treatment programme; following set aims and objectives Provide and facilitate social and educational group and individual activities as part of the teams health prevention and promotion programme; following set aims and objectives With the multi-disciplinary team contribute to the assessment and management of risk To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect. Carry out routine tasks relating to patient care as directed by the superviso Involve patients, carers and significant others in all aspects of patient care where appropriate. Communication To form professional relationships with service users and partners in the wider system engaged in service delivery and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture. To monitor and record patient progress, escalating concerns and reporting any perceived changes in patients wellbeing to the team To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive and complex information appropriately with people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired. To provide relevant information, written and oral, for documents relating to clients progress under supervision from a registered professional. Be able to adjust communication style to meet the needs of young people or people who require specific communication method Be able to present information to a high standard in written reports and verbally Participate in social media activity where required Documentation To write in clinical notes in consultation with other team members according to local standards. To ensure that up to date written and electronic records are maintained in accordance with Trust standards To ensure that all records, letters and reports accurately reflect the situation being reported Understand how to promote digital ways of working Able to use PowerPoint to create high standard slide deck Be able to produce survey questions Person Specification Qualifications Essential Undergraduate degree at 2:2 or above Experience Essential Application demonstrates an interest in Mental Health or Learning disabilities Experience Essential Application demonstrates the value the programme would add to long term career goals Person Specification Qualifications Essential Undergraduate degree at 2:2 or above Experience Essential Application demonstrates an interest in Mental Health or Learning disabilities Experience Essential Application demonstrates the value the programme would add to long term career goals 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) . Additional information 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) . Employer details Employer name Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Address A team in Bexley, Bromley or Greenwich London SE18 3RG Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab) Employer details Employer name Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Address A team in Bexley, Bromley or Greenwich London SE18 3RG Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab). Location : A team in Bexley, Bromley or Greenwich, SE18 3RG London, United Kingdom