Senior Triage Nurse

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

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.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
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.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

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

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

Working in a busy and dynamic Adult Community Mental Health Team means every day will be different. An outline of the role is as follows:

• Overseeing daily triage meetings across both services and completing triage contacts for complex cases.
• Being able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service.
• Providing clinical leadership and clinical supervision to practitioners completing triage and assessment contacts.
• Undertaking initial urgent/routine assessments on behalf of the service
• Chairing and leading multi-disciplinary team meetings with our Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurse Consultants, Clinical Team Managers, Senior Practitioners, Assistant Practitioners and Allied Health Professionals including Consultant Clinical Psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists
• Attending outpatient clinic appointments
• Undertaking face to face visits in the community setting including home visits
• Working in collaboration with internal/external stakeholders and attending multi-agency meetings where appropriate.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy, and sensitivity in your approach to people who may be distressed or be presenting with a complex or challenging condition. You will be passionate about ensuring service users receive excellent quality assessments whilst under the CMHT.
The role will require confidence in providing clinical leadership and direction to practitioners within the team working with service users at the triage and assessment stage of their journey with mental health services. For service users presenting with complex conditions, you will complete initial assessments and triage contacts to determine the appropriate needs for the individual.
You will be able to work with external stakeholders as well as members of the multidisciplinary team, to ensure service users do not experience delays in accessing their treatment.
If you would like to discuss this role further or feel that you have the skills and experience required to work in a Community Mental Health Team please get in touch with our Adult Community Service Manager on 01553 609933 option 2 to discuss further!