Navigator - #145238

Are you a flexible, empathetic and collaborative individual with experience of providing support, advice, advocacy and communicating effectively the needs of clients to other professionals? Do you have experience of supporting vulnerable young people and adults who have experienced or are at risk of violence or significant harm?

Will you exemplify our PROUD values?

Patient First, Respectful, Ownership, Unity and Deliver

If so, Sheffield Teaching Hospital is looking for an Emergency Department Navigator to join our team at the Northern General Hospital and provide vital support for those young people and adults who attend ED or who are admitted to the hospital right through to their safe discharge back into the community and ensuring that they have access to appropriate longer-term support. Support to clients while they are in the hospital and also in the community post discharge.

Our successful candidate will identify and assess victims of violence, or those at risk of violence, and provide a comprehensive and holistic assessment, advice, referral and support service, exploring innovative and effective ways of supporting them which will reduce their risk of re-victimisation.

Provide vital support for those young people and adults who attend ED or who are admitted to the hospital right through to their safe discharge back into the community and ensuring that they have access to appropriate longer-term support. Support to clients while they are in the hospital and also in the community post discharge.

Our successful candidate will identify and assess victims of violence, or those at risk of violence, and provide a comprehensive and holistic assessment, advice, referral and support service, exploring innovative and effective ways of supporting them which will reduce their risk of re-victimisation.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis ending 31st March 2026 due to the post being externally funded. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the ongoing source of the external funding and the requirement for the post to be maintained.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and most successful healthcare employers in the UK. We offer fantastic opportunities for career progression, training and development, ensuring that roles are both challenging and rewarding.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kristy O'Brien Job title: Navigator Lead Email address: kristy.o'[email protected] Telephone number: 0114 2714595