Link Worker | West London NHS Trust

We are looking for a Link Worker (band 4), to join our Older People's Mental Health (OPMHS) team in Hounslow. If you are interested to join a team of enthusiastic and committed professionals in delivering the NHS Long Term Plan for Older Adults Mental Health services (2019), this will be an ideal role for you.

We want to hear from you if you are dedicated, flexible, forward thinking with clinical skills and desire to work with older people with mental health difficulties and physical healthcare issues.

This post is ideal for a Link Worker who wants to work with older people in the community who have mental health difficulties. We ensure as an employer that the required support you will be part of a new team and as such will be at the forefront of this pioneering work.

The Link Worker will be based in Hounslow and they will be undertaking home visits, meetings at the team base and other community sites.

The Link Worker will work under the supervision higher banded nurse. The Link Worker will carry a defined caseload of patients.

They will utilise their clinical knowledge and skills in the assessment and care of Older Adults with functional mental health problems in the community. They will work within a multi-disciplinary team to undertake the facilitation of groups and individual therapeutic activities.

The Link Worker is expected to contribute to departmental and Trust improvement projects.

Exciting opportunities have arisen following a review of provision of mental health services for older people at West London NHS Trust. We are in the fortunate position of transforming and expanding our service to meet the needs of older people with mental health needs., West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.