Clinical Liaison Practitioner

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stafford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering team of Clinical Liaison Practitioners dedicated to providing perinatal mental health services. This role entails offering outreach assessments, co-developing care plans, and enhancing local service relationships to support women in need. A full UK driving license is required, reflecting the job's community outreach nature.

Benefits

NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave increasing with service

Health and Wellbeing support

Free flu vaccinations

Lease car options

Salary sacrifice bike scheme

Citizens Advice support linked with Hardship Fund

Qualifications

• Significant experience in perinatal mental health and crisis care.
• Ability to build relationships with local services.
• Confidence in decision-making in complex situations.

Responsibilities

• Provide flexible, pro-active outreach assessments.
• Co-develop care plans responsive to individual needs.
• Build strong relationships for seamless care pathways.

Skills

Crisis management

Autonomous working

Dynamic risk assessment

Communication

Education

NMC registered RMN

Job description

Job summary

Are you passionate about supporting women in crisis during the perinatal period? We're recruiting two Clinical Liaison Practitioners to form a new team, delivering a specialist perinatal mental health outreach service.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape a responsive service from the ground upproviding urgent, place-based assessments and support to women experiencing, or at high risk of, acute mental illness in the perinatal period. The service will cover a large geographical area, primarily supporting women living in areas served by the Brockington Parent and Baby Unit, including Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and the Black Country.

As a founding team member, you'll play a key role in delivering high-impact, collaborative care. You'll work closely with Crisis Teams, Approved Mental Health Professionals, Liaison Services, Perinatal Community Teams, inpatient units, and local maternity providers to ensure women and families receive timely, compassionate, and expert care.

We're seeking experienced, motivated nurses with a background in perinatal and crisis care. This role suits clinicians confident in autonomous working, dynamic risk assessment, and who are excited to make a real impact in a new and evolving service.

A full UK driving licence and access to a suitable vehicle are essential.

If you're ready to bring your expertise, energy, and compassion to help shape a new development in urgent perinatal care, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Please see attached job description for full details.

What you'll do:

• Provide flexible, pro-active outreach assessments in settings such as patients' homes, maternity units, A&E, and general hospitals.
• Co-develop care plans and interventions that are responsive to individual needs and risks.
• Work in partnership with the Birmingham MBU Outreach Team to ensure equitable coverage across the West Midlands region.
• Build strong relationships with local services to create seamless urgent care pathways for women during the perinatal period.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a full overview of the duties and responsibilities of this role, please see the detailed job description attached

Job description
Job responsibilities

For a full overview of the duties and responsibilities of this role, please see the detailed job description attached

Person Specification

Professional registration

Essential

• NMC registered RMN

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in community setting
• Significant experience of working in perinatal mental health
• Experience of working with people in mental health crisis
• Experience of case load management

Desirable

• Experience of working in an inpatient perinatal setting
• Experience of liaison and co-working with multiple agencies and professionals

Communication

Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly and directly
• Confidence to work autonomously, use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations.

Qualifications

Desirable

• Perinatal specific qualification
• Post registration qualification at degree level

Person Specification
Professional registration

Essential

• NMC registered RMN

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in community setting
• Significant experience of working in perinatal mental health
• Experience of working with people in mental health crisis
• Experience of case load management

Desirable

• Experience of working in an inpatient perinatal setting
• Experience of liaison and co-working with multiple agencies and professionals

Communication

Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly and directly
• Confidence to work autonomously, use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations.

Qualifications

Desirable

• Perinatal specific qualification
• Post registration qualification at degree level

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Mellor House, St George's Hospital

Corporation Road

Stafford

ST16 3SR

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