Band 5 MH Liaison Practitioner (Development Post)

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider is seeking a newly qualified practitioner for a developmental band 5/6 role in Salisbury. The position involves conducting mental health assessments and providing support to patients within a fast-paced hospital environment. Applicants should be newly qualified RMNs, OTs, or Social Workers keen to work in a dynamic team and address various mental health issues.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified practitioners with an interest in mental health.
• Completion of ASYE within 2 years of employment.

Responsibilities

• Offer psychosocial assessments to patients.
• Provide consultation-liaison services.
• Deliver nursing and psychosocial interventions.
• Support hospital colleagues in treatment decisions.
• Provide education and supervision to staff.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Crisis intervention

Psychosocial interventions

Education

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)

Occupational Therapist (OT)

Social Worker (SW)

Job description

Main area

Salisbury District Hospital Mental Health Liaison Team band 5/6 development post (RMN/OT/SW)

Grade

Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (9-5 if working with Older Adults)

Job ref

342-WTS157-0825

Site

Block 11, Salisbury District Hospital, Wiltshire,

Town

Salisbury

Salary

£31,049 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

26/08/2025 23:59

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a band 5 to band 6 developmental post a substantive position within the Mental Health Liaison Team at Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire. We are looking to recruit a newly qualified registered practitioners (RMN, OT or Social Worker) who has an interest in working with individuals who have presented to Salisbury District Hospital.

The team offer learning opportunities to work alongside service users experiencing medicallyunexplained symptoms, functional disorders and severe and enduring mental illnesses while admitted for physical health treatment at the RoyalUnited Hospital.

This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP trust policy all newly qualified social workers (NQSW) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSW’s are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be extended for a further 2 years.

If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role this will be an automatic progression, following confirmation of your successful ASYE completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 post you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion.

Main duties of the job

This involves:

·Offering a comprehensive psychosocial and safety assessment, service to patients presenting with a range of mental health and psychological problems, and psychiatric illnesses.

·Providing a mental health consultation-liaison and advice service.

·Delivering a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to individual patients and their families, as appropriate.

·Assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.

·Providing formal and informal education and clinical supervision to registered and unregistered staff.

·Representing mental health services within the general hospital.

·Providing a communication structure between the general hospital, secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.

As a member of the mental health liaison band 6 team, the post holder will be expected to assess and treat patients who are referred from a variety of sources, which will include:

·Emergency Department.

·Medical assessment areas.

·All wards and clinical teams across the hospital including ITU and Maternity.