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Oxford Health NHS Trust

Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

  • Aylesbury
  • Full time

Found by HiredNow AI on 8 Oct 2026. Subscribers saw it first.

About the role

Salary: £57528.00 to £64750.00

The Thames Valley wide program for children and young people with complex needs is centred around the implementation of practice framework known as the framework for integrated care. It is designed to improve outcomes for a cohort of vulnerable children and young people with complex needs who experience some of the highest levels of health inequalities in society.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a clear understanding of the flexibility and adaptability required from a service working with this group of children and young people. They will have excellent communication and interpersonal liaison skills and strong background experience in working with young people with mental health and neurodevelopmental needs in a range of different environments and settings.

Provide expert care to patients on their caseload. Providing skilled assessments, treatment, supervision and consultation within CAMHS.

Provide expertise and specialist advice, supervision, guidance and consultation to other professionals delivering complex interventions and to contribute directly to young peoples assessments and treatment.

Exercise a higher degree of personal professional autonomy.

Make decisions where precedents do not exist, where appropriate without resource to others, and to advise and support colleagues where standard protocols do not apply.

Draw on advice, knowledge and exercise professional skills of the highest order, some of which are likely to be highly specialist, acquired only after lengthy training, supervision and practice.

Make and receive referrals.

Complete advanced history taking as required with patient group

Set an improved standards and quality in expert field, with other disciplines, the wider organisation and across organisational boundaries

Develop professional practice of self and others, in expert field.

Provide expert advice, support and guidance to other others around expertise in response to request from individuals, teams and full purposes of strategic planning.

Act as a resource to others and provide facilitative support within and sometimes outside the organisation

Contribute to the education, training and development of other clinical staff and partner agencies.

Helped to identify and respond to learning needs that individual, team and organisational levels, focusing on experienced colleagues, particularly those who need to developed advanced knowledge and skills in this field.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

Apply at Oxford Health NHS Trust