Job summary
Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for a new opportunity?
We are looking for a Senior Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the team at CAMHS Hospital at Home Online Eating Disorder Service to cover maternity leave. This is a 12 month fixed term maternity cover post.
The Hospital at Home Eating Disorder service is an exciting service developed in collaboration with the Thames Valley Provider Collaborative. The Hospital at Home ED team supports young people with eating disorders who meet the threshold for inpatient care.
In some cases, admission will be prevented and in others, young people will be stepped down to this model following a short inpatient admission. Hospital at Home ED maximizes the use of new technology, provides care close to home, reduces admission, length of stay, waiting times and provides earlier discharge from inpatient care.
The post is largely remote, home based so a confidential working space is required. The Hospital at Home team is a multidisciplinary team consisting of physical health care and mental health care staff. The team objective is to reduce hospital admissions and care for service users in their own home.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be involved in duties including supporting families who's young person is experiencing an eating disorder, alongside the Multi-Disciplinary Team.Support includes individual sessions, meal supports and parent support; following a family-based framework.
Additional duties will include supporting and supervising junior team members, creating comprehensive care plans and risk assessments, completing assessments and professional liaison.
For full duties please refer to the job description.
Applicants must be have a confidential working area at home and must be able to travel to Oxford and other geographical areas within the trust for training and team away days.
Details
- Date posted: 04 November 2026
- Closing date: 09 November 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time, Home or remote working
- Reference number: 267-OC8379700
- Job locations: Slade House, Horspath Driftway, Oxford, OX3 7JH, United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Hospital at Home Online Eating Disorder (ED) Service is creative, innovative, forward-thinking, dynamic, and research led. We foster a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection, and team working, offering various opportunities for professional development and learning. Our commitment to staff well-being is evident through our regular staff support sessions, reflective practice groups, and team days.
We are dedicated to continuous service development. Opportunities for involvement in service evaluation and research projects are available for those interested.
Training and development are priorities within our Trust. We offer supervision and would support relevant training opportunities to enhance knowledge relevant for the role. Our culture of skill-sharing and professional growth ensures that all development opportunities are considered through the Personal Development Review (PDR)/Appraisal framework.
If you are an enthusiastic, personable, and resourceful individual committed to delivering high-quality mental health care to young people and eager to develop your skills within a supportive and dynamic team, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
We spoke with the team and here's what they said:
"I cannot speak highly enough of the team I work with. Hospital at Home ED is caring , kind, hardworking team who are an absolute pleasure to work with. I feel that staff wellbeing is prioritised and the care that is delivered is of a high quality. I truly feel we are making a positive impact on the lives of our service users."
We also spoke to our service users and here's what they said:
"For the first time it felt like a team was working with us on our child's needs and adapting treatment to it. An absolutely brilliant service. I would recommend you to anyone that asked."
"Honestly, it was probably one of the best things to happen to me. I couldnt owe more to the team and the support I got which got me to the place I am now."
Job Description and Main Responsibilities:
- To supervise and support the Support Workers and Nursing Associates in their day-to-day work andpromote the concept of interdisciplinary team working.
- Provide expert assessment of patient need and risk.
- Advising, where appropriate, on changes to treatment and management
- To assess, plan and evaluate individual treatment and risk management programmes of care inpartnership with patients, carers and other health and social care professionals in response to plannedand urgent need.
- To communicate effectively with patients, carers and colleagues to agree treatment goals.
- To utilise clinical expertise in identifying patients needs, specifically around the early signs ofdeterioration and to ensure acute changes in condition are responded to appropriately.
- To complete accurate documentation of all relevant interactions in line with professional body/guidance.
- Ensure patient safety and safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to.
- To build therapeutic relationships with young people who are severely physically compromised,cognitively impaired and displaying high levels of distress, which allows open and transparent discussionsaround risk and potential escalation to hospital. To appropriately manage such discussions, which canoften cause an escalation in distress for both the young person and parents. Support the wider Hospitalat Home (ED) team when there is distressing behaviour such as self-injury or verbal aggression, duringappointments.
- Assess information from multiple sources which may indicate the presence of safeguarding concerns.Appropriately escalate safeguarding concerns within the Hospital at Home (ED) team, the wider Trustsafeguarding teams and beyond. Understand how factors which amount to safeguarding concerns mayimpact the ability of the team to treat the young person effectively, and the potential impact on thetherapeutic relationship with the family. Provide support to the wider Hospital at Home (ED) team wheredistressing information may be understood around trauma that a family has endured.
A full list of main duties is included in the job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registration (RN/RMN)
- Evidence of ongoing development and education
Desirable
- Degree Level Study
Further Training
Essential
- Skills in reflection
- Intermediate IT skills with experience using Microsoft software packages.
- Excellent communication skills. Evidence of problem-solving skills.
- Supervisory and management skills, evidence of leadership skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure.
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate training.
- Change management skills.
- Further training in the areas of leadership skills, facilitating clinical supervision.
- Experience in using Microsoft Teams
- Further training Eating Disorder Specific
- Further training in relevant mental health areas e.g. DBT coping skills, NVR.
Experience
Essential
- Teaching experience
- Experience in supervision.
- Experience as a Band 5 nurse
- Participation in service improvement projects
- Experience in discharge planning, evidence of working with multidisciplinary teams and other professionals.
Desirable
- Experience leading service improvement projects
- Community experience
- Inpatient experience
- Eating Disorder experience
- NHS experience
- Band 6 nurse experience
- Experience managing a team
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to personal and professional development
- Creativity
- Flexible approach to work
- Ability to seek and accept support
- Awareness and acceptance of the rights and needs of service users and staff
Desirable
- Good time keeping
- Highly Motivated
- Good organisational skills
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust for work purposes e.g. attending in person meetings.
- Access to a confidential working space
- Access to adequate WIFI
- Must be able to work alternating shift pattern on a Friday.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
About us
Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding.
Give yourself the best chance of success by reviewing our Applicant Guide before applying. Your supporting statement should clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria for the role.
Oxford Health delivers physical, mental health and social care services across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our vision is "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team", and our values are Caring, Safe and Excellent.
We are proud to offer a supportive working environment with opportunities for career progression, learning and development, generous annual leave, pension benefits, wellbeing initiatives and staff networks
Employer details
- Employer name: Oxford Health NHS Trust
- Address: Slade House, Horspath Driftway, Oxford, OX3 7JH, United Kingdom
- Employer's website: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk