Job summary
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Honesty, Compassion, Trust, Respect, Teamwork.
We are a provider for Mental health, intellectual disability and specialist mental health services, community physical health for adults and children, prison health and our low, medium and high secure hospitals including Rampton Hospital.
The Mental Health Services for Older People Directorate has an exciting opportunity to join the Transfer of Care Team as a Transfer of Care Facilitator
The Transfer of Care Team manage the pathways of care for patients across the MHSOP Intensive Home Treatment Teams and the inpatient service. The service is responsible for the effective management of all MHSOP inpatient beds located at 2 sites in Nottingham City (Highbury Hospital), Mansfield (Millbrook Mental Health Unit). The wards at Millbrook are currently undergoing redevelopment.
As the Transfer of Care Facilitator you will be responsible for ensuring services continue to run whilst ensuring Delayed Transfer of Care (DTOC) within the Inpatient and Time on Caseload within the IHTT service are monitored, reported and actions completed to resolve any extended stays with the service.
Main duties of the job
You will work collaboratively within a small team, develop and build close working relationships with all community and inpatient teams within MHSOP, other directorates and divisions of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS foundation Trust and other statutory and Non-statutory organisations for whom acute bed availability is a key concern.
You will be a highly motivated, driven individual with experience in working within older peoples mental health services. You will have extensive knowledge surrounding the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and admission/discharge processes between services.
For more information, please contact;
Jeannette Lee - Transfer of Care Team Lead - jeannette.lee@nottshc.nhs.uk
Karen Hampson - Community Service Manager - Karen.Hampson@nottshc.nhs.uk
Richard Johnson - Inpatient Service Manager - Richard.Johnson@nottshc.nhs.uk
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- DipHE/BSc - Mental Health Nursing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a band 6 clinician role.
- Working knowledge in the discharge processes for patients and relevant policy
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Policy and other relevant legislation
Desirable criteria
- Developing a collaborative working relationship between internal and external services
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and clear understanding of the Mental Health Act/Mental Capacity Act
- Knowledge of Delayed Transfer of Care processes
- Understanding of the challenges to discharging patients in both inpatient and community settings
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage complex cases, analyse complex information and offer sound clinical guidance, advise and make effective and safe decisions.
- Highly developed clinical assessment skills.
- Ability to network and liaise with a wide range of other people and services.
- Ability to act on own initiative to resolve clinical issues
Job description
Job responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- DipHE/BSc - Mental Health Nursing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a band 6 clinician role.
- Working knowledge in the discharge processes for patients and relevant policy
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Policy and other relevant legislation
Desirable criteria
- Developing a collaborative working relationship between internal and external services
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and clear understanding of the Mental Health Act/Mental Capacity Act
- Knowledge of Delayed Transfer of Care processes
- Understanding of the challenges to discharging patients in both inpatient and community settings
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage complex cases, analyse complex information and offer sound clinical guidance, advise and make effective and safe decisions.
- Highly developed clinical assessment skills.
- Ability to network and liaise with a wide range of other people and services.
- Ability to act on own initiative to resolve clinical issues
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse Allied Health Professional with appropriate mental health experience.
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties
Training
Desirable
- Evidence of further degree level or specialist training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in Multi-Disciplinary team and the supporting effective team working
- Experience of working with patients with a wide range of mental health needs
- Knowledge and experience of safeguarding adults and children in practice
- Experience of the equality and diversity of patients by working with a diverse group of patients.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of the clinical and operational functions of acute older people's mental health services, inpatient, crisis resolution and home treatment services.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of current mental health policy and legislation
- Working knowledge/experience of relevant discharge process for inpatients.
- Knowledge of MHSOP care pathways in both community and inpatient settings.
- Knowledge of NHS Continuing Healthcare pathways.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed verbal and written skills.
- Specialist mental health clinical assessment skills including risk management and care planning
- Ability to manage complex cases, analyse complex information and offer appropriate clinical guidance, advice and make effective decisions.
- To work in a collaborative way with other stakeholders and referrers.
- A broad range of knowledge surrounding the physical health care needs of older people.
- Ability to create positive professional relationships with all stakeholders
- Effective time management skills
- Good IT skills
- Computer literacy
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse Allied Health Professional with appropriate mental health experience.
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties
Training
Desirable
- Evidence of further degree level or specialist training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in Multi-Disciplinary team and the supporting effective team working
- Experience of working with patients with a wide range of mental health needs
- Knowledge and experience of safeguarding adults and children in practice
- Experience of the equality and diversity of patients by working with a diverse group of patients.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of the clinical and operational functions of acute older people's mental health services, inpatient, crisis resolution and home treatment services.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of current mental health policy and legislation
- Working knowledge/experience of relevant discharge process for inpatients.
- Knowledge of MHSOP care pathways in both community and inpatient settings.
- Knowledge of NHS Continuing Healthcare pathways.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed verbal and written skills.
- Specialist mental health clinical assessment skills including risk management and care planning
- Ability to manage complex cases, analyse complex information and offer appropriate clinical guidance, advice and make effective decisions.
- To work in a collaborative way with other stakeholders and referrers.
- A broad range of knowledge surrounding the physical health care needs of older people.
- Ability to create positive professional relationships with all stakeholders
- Effective time management skills
- Good IT skills
- Computer literacy
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
