Network Navigator - Haringey Inpatient Services

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust recherche un Network Navigator pour ses services de santé mentale. Ce rôle se concentre sur le soutien des patients dispensés et le travail en collaboration avec diverses équipes pour assurer une sortie sécurisée et efficace des patients, tout en favorisant une approche thérapeutique et communautaire.

Qualifications

• Experience significative auprès de personnes avec des maladies mentales graves.
• Compréhension des besoins et défis des patients et de leurs proches.
• Expérience dans un cadre hospitalier psychiatrique aigu.

Responsibilities

• Assurer le bon fonctionnement des réunions de formulation de 72 heures.
• Travailler avec les coordinateurs de sortie et les équipes de service.
• Identifier les obstacles à la sortie des patients et les adresser.

Skills

Compétence numérique

Education

Diplôme en pratique de la santé mentale ou NVQ niveau 3 ou 4

GCSEs ou équivalent en Maths et Anglais

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

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Client:

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Location:

London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

24.06.2025

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Job overview

We are seeking committed and diligent staff to work as Network Navigators in our three Acute Mental Health Wards at Blossom Court, St Ann's Hospital. The roles are full time and in person with face-to-face working as a minimum expectation. These are new roles to work alongside our Patient Flow service and will be part of a wider system of supporting and managing patient access and flow within the North London Mental Health Partnership.

Main duties of the job

Reporting directly to the Discharge Coordinator, you will be assigned to an acute ward and will operate within the ward daily, ensuring 72-hour formulation meetings are in place, liaising with ward staff, and ensuring all actions are completed to facilitate the safe discharge of in-patients when clinically ready.

Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Professional registration is not required for these roles.

Working for our organisation

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) has been strengthening since its establishment in 2021, forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

You may be required to work at different locations under the Trusts to meet service needs. The Trust reserves the right to assign staff to various locations as necessary, temporarily or permanently.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Network Navigators will ensure each patient’s care network is involved early in admission to inform care planning and facilitate timely discharge. They will organize this system around the patient, joining key meetings during admission.

Their approach will be therapeutic, strengths-based, and recovery-oriented, involving a broad range of relevant individuals and services, including carers, community mental health and substance misuse teams, voluntary organizations, criminal justice staff, and housing providers.

They will work closely with Discharge Coordinators and ward teams to identify and address barriers to discharge early, ensuring patients are discharged when clinically ready and facilitating carer contributions.

Person specification

Experience and Knowledge

• Significant experience caring for people with serious mental illness.
• Understanding of the needs and challenges faced by people with serious mental illness and their carers.
• Experience working in an acute mental health inpatient setting.

Qualifications/Registrations

• Diploma in Mental Health Practice or NVQ level 3 or 4 in Mental Health, or extensive and current paid experience working with patients with serious mental illness.
• GCSEs or equivalent, including Maths and English (minimum of 5 A–E qualifications).

Skills/Abilities

• Digital competence, including Outlook, Word, data entry in EPR systems, Excel, and internet search capabilities.