diff --git a/care/facility/api/viewsets/facility.py b/care/facility/api/viewsets/facility.py
index 8e4f4bd3f7..c24aa1578a 100644
--- a/care/facility/api/viewsets/facility.py
+++ b/care/facility/api/viewsets/facility.py
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ class FacilityFilter(filters.FilterSet):
     state = filters.NumberFilter(field_name="state__id")
     state_name = filters.CharFilter(field_name="state__name", lookup_expr="icontains")
     kasp_empanelled = filters.BooleanFilter(field_name="kasp_empanelled")
+    exclude_user = filters.CharFilter(method="filter_exclude_user")
+
+    def filter_exclude_user(self, queryset, name, value):
+        if value:
+            queryset = queryset.exclude(facilityuser__user__username=value)
+        return queryset
 
 
 class FacilityQSPermissions(DRYPermissionFiltersBase):
diff --git a/care/facility/tests/test_facilityuser_api.py b/care/facility/tests/test_facilityuser_api.py
index 0f57868a08..8b7f0d8c2d 100644
--- a/care/facility/tests/test_facilityuser_api.py
+++ b/care/facility/tests/test_facilityuser_api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 
-from care.users.models import Skill
 from care.utils.tests.test_utils import TestUtils
 
 
@@ -14,9 +13,16 @@ def setUpTestData(cls) -> None:
         cls.super_user = cls.create_super_user("su", cls.district)
         cls.facility = cls.create_facility(cls.super_user, cls.district, cls.local_body)
         cls.user = cls.create_user("staff", cls.district, home_facility=cls.facility)
-        cls.skill1 = Skill.objects.create(name="Skill 1")
-        cls.skill2 = Skill.objects.create(name="Skill 2")
-        cls.user.skills.add(cls.skill1, cls.skill2)
+
+        cls.facility1 = cls.create_facility(
+            cls.super_user, cls.district, cls.local_body
+        )
+        cls.facility2 = cls.create_facility(
+            cls.super_user, cls.district, cls.local_body
+        )
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.client.force_authenticate(self.super_user)
 
     def test_get_queryset_with_prefetching(self):
         response = self.client.get(
@@ -25,3 +31,17 @@ def test_get_queryset_with_prefetching(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
         self.assertNumQueries(2)
+
+    def test_link_new_facility(self):
+        response = self.client.get("/api/v1/facility/")
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.data["results"]), 3)
+
+    def test_link_existing_facility(self):
+        response = self.client.get(
+            f"/api/v1/facility/?exclude_user={self.user.username}"
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.data["results"]), 2)