Discharge Facilitator

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Community Support Worker/Discharge Facilitator, Band 3 Base: Greenwich ICMP, 68 The Heights, Charlton SE7 8JH

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a post within the ICMP Team in Greenwich, London. This is a 37.5 hour per week post as a discharge facilitator within mental health services.

We are seeking an autonomous, enthusiastic, practitioner to join our innovative team. The post holder will be working within a multidisciplinary team to review the discharge of service users within the team, whilst participating with the ongoing development of service delivery. You will be expected to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver support to working age adults.

In return for your commitment, you will receive regular supervision, training and support as part of your personal development plan, as well as the opportunity to develop your skills and increase your experience within the field of community mental health.

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing organisation which is highly rated for staff satisfaction. The Trust commits itself to promoting Equality & Diversity, ensuring that all users and providers of its services are not discriminated against and are treated according to their needs.

Oxleas NHS Trust operates a Probationary Period, further details are available on request.

Main duties of the job

This post is based in the ICMP community mental health services within the London Borough of Greenwich.

The Greenwich locality consists of a number of functions:

Primary Care Plus (PCP) for new referrals and shared care withGPs for people with episodic mental illness; affective disorder and personality disorder treatment pathway (ADAPT) and a psychosis treatment pathway (ICMP).

The post holder will work closely with The MDT, GP/ PCP and otherservices to support discharge of patients from the ICMP team. The Postholder will work with the MDT to support discharge back to primary care.Working as an active member of the multi-professional team, in providing care and treatment to service users primarily on Care Programme Approach (CPA) is an integral part of the role.

About us

Oxleas - About Us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Date posted

10 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£27,129 to £28,649 a year pa inc.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-5458850-CMH

Job locations

Greenwich ICMP West

68, The Height.

Chalton

SE7 8JH

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide a bridge between the secondary mental health services and the local community. You will support care coordinators and the MDT with discharge facilitation for patients that no longer require secondary mental health services from ICMP.The post holder will have a rich understanding of local community resources that can be accessed to maintain physical and mental health wellbeing and staying up to date with accessible support services outside of secondary mental health services.

You will play a key role in engaging with local services and advocating onbehalf of clients.

Please see full Job description for further information.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will play a key role in engaging with local services and advocating onbehalf of clients.

Please see full Job description for further information.

Person Specification

Working with service users of mental health services

Essential

Experience of working with individuals experiencing depression, trauma, personality disorder, anxiety

Desirable

Experience working in the community

Working with multi-agency

Essential

Experience of working with different agencies and sectors

Skills

Essential

Good communication skills

Desirable

Good communications skills.

Person Specification

Working with service users of mental health services

Essential

Experience of working with individuals experiencing depression, trauma, personality disorder, anxiety

Desirable

Experience working in the community

Working with multi-agency

Essential

Experience of working with different agencies and sectors

Skills

Essential

Good communication skills

Desirable

Good communications skills.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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