Job summary Are you an experienced, committed, and dynamic registered mental health professional (Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist) who is passionate about using their skills to make a difference in a non-traditional role within our mental health services?
Can you work effectively with patients with complex mental health needs, their families, clinicians and other stakeholders to deliver exceptional care that changes people's lives?
If this sounds like you then come and join the Bed Management Team, a small, friendly team that works to ensure smooth andtimely transitions for our patients from our acute wards and out of Trust units into the community.
Working Monday - Friday during core hours, working across the acute sites and will require you to be able to travel to visit our service users placed in hospitals across the region.
Your role will include the management of the staff within the team working at band 4 level across the acute wards.
There are two posts vacant.
One of which will cover the Norfolk acute are and another covering the Suffolk acute area.
For internal applicants we can offer fixed term roles as secondments with your current managers approval.
Please advise your recruitment officer if you would like to be considered for this role on a secondment basis.
Main duties of the job The successful applicant will provide proactive support to our Service Users throughout their admission in the identification of barriers to discharge and the solutions to overcome them and will liaise with NSFT colleagues, system partners and stakeholders daily.
Your work will feed into the Patient Flow communication network on a daily basis.
You will work autonomously to ensure continued momentum and progression through the care pathway for our patients whilst maintaining communication with your colleagues.
Your work will be in conjunction with the Band 4 Discharge Facilitator staff on the wards to determine which patients present an indication of complex needs that will require further in-depth assessment to support appropriate discharge pathways.
The postholder will also have regular contact with partnership agencies from Housing and Third sector agencies to develop networks to support the discharge process.
The role will provide clinical management and navigation of mental health discharge pathways, whilst working collaboratively within a wider multi-organisational team alongside the Discharge Facilitators based on the acute wards.
In this role you will develop your experience and knowledge of discharge pathways and out of hospital provision as well as influencing discharge decisions.
About us Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other.
In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can work for us?
We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey.
We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared Norfolk and Suffolk?
The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park.
We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too.
Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres.
We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description Job responsibilities Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs Person Specification Qualifications Essential Nursing/social work/allied health professions Ongoing professional development working towards degree level Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice or relevant experience Desirable Previous line management experience within health or social care Previous working in Mental Health inpatient setting Experience Essential Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages Desirable Experience in supporting service development Skills Essential Effective analytical and decision-making skills Desirable Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice