Acute Link Nurse

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience

Job overview

West Norfolk Acute Services are looking to recruit an experienced Band 6 Mental Health Link Nurse to work between our acute mental health teams in Kings Lynn. This job role will focus on improving patient flow through admission prevention and facilitating early discharge from the inpatient service through care planning and delivering intensive home treatment options.

We offer an acute crisis pathway to improve the patient journey and overall experience of service users, families and carers. The post holder will liaise with internal and external teams to ensure a smooth transition between teams and family/carer liaison where appropriate.

We are expecting ambitious people to apply for this role and we take a creative outlook on staff development. Through listening to your values and opinions, the team supports ongoing learning both internally and externally.

Main duties of the job

Your core hours will be Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm but every day will be different. You will attend inpatient reviews, undertake

interventions on a 1:1 basis such as Dialog + (full training provided), support the CRHT in assessment and treatment planning , attend MDT

and professionals' meetings and cover one shift per week on Samphire Ward as Nurse in Charge.

We are looking for someone who can build on existing internal and external relationships to ensure that our service users are supported by the right people to optimise their recovery. Working closing with our Discharge Facilitator, you will work proactively with service users to ensure purposeful admissions to the inpatient unit and identify goals and barriers to discharge early on.

Working for our organisation

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 thrive.

Why 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 about.

Benefits included with this role are:-

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more
• Relocation packages.

Why Norfolk ? 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Interview dates are provisional; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time, please note you may be given 3 days notice. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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** This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one-off payment with half paid on appointment and half

paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment or

choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse. Please

note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified nurses. **

* Previous applicants need not apply *

Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
• Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants)
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level ( if professional registration is following a diploma level course)

Desirable criteria

• Recognised Leadership/Management training
• Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice

Skills
Essential criteria

• Excellent communication and engagement skills
• Effective analytical and decision-making skills
• Care planning and risk assessment knowledge and skills

Experience
Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience

YOUR APPLICATION

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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