Discharge Liaison Mental Health Practitioner

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Discharge Liaison Mental Health Practitioner to help ensure safe, timely discharge through multidisciplinary planning from admission onward. The role sits within the Patient Flow team across Bodmin Hospital and Longreach House, emphasizing effective collaboration and discharge coordination for complex needs.

The post requires MH expertise, professional registration (NMC/HCPC), and a proven track record in leading discharge planning, with

Qualifications

• Professional Registration - NMC/HCPC.
• Experienced in delivering care/support to people with mental health issues.
• Experienced in leading discharge planning for people with complex needs.
• Demonstrable understanding of mental health issues and the mental health system.
• Significant recent clinical experience in delivering direct care/support to people with mental health issues.
• Awareness of local services.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the dignity and respect of service users is maintained.
• Signpost service users to gain access to resources including benefits and welfare rights.
• Follow planned interventions and monitor service users progress. Using a pragmatic and practical approach to working with people with mental health problems.
• Preparing agreed assessment reports/treatment plans accurately in the accepted format.
• Making applications for funding discharge packages based on MDT recommendations.
• To maintain adequate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on service users case notes as necessary, show a willingness to attend training to facilitate recording information electronically.

Skills

Discharge planning

Mental health care experience

Care coordination

Education

Professional Registration - NMC/HCPC

Job description

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Discharge Liaison Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 17 November 2026

Exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in enabling safe and timely discharge, through active discharge planning from the point of admission to reduce delayed transfers of care.

Effective discharge planning provides a multidisciplinary approach to continuity of care; a process that includes identification, assessment, goal setting, planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation. Effective discharge planning supports the continuity of care, providing a critical link between treatment received in hospital by the patient, and post-discharge care provided in the community.

The post holder will be a health or social care professional with expertise of working within Mental Health services.

This post sits within the Patient Flow team, this incorporates bed management and discharge coordination.The wards are spread over two hospital sites, Bodmin Hospital and Longreach House.

Main duties of the job

• Ensuring that the dignity and respect of service users is maintained.
• Signpost service users to gain access to resources including benefits and welfare rights
• Follow planned interventions and monitor service users progress. Using apragmatic and practical approach to working with people with mentalhealth problems.
• Preparing agreed assessment reports/treatment plans accurately in the accepted format.
• Making applications for funding discharge packages based on MDT recommendations.
• To maintain adequate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on service users case notes as necessary, show awillingness to attend training to facilitate recording information electronically.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• Professional Registration - NMC/HCPC
• Experienced in delivering care/support to people with mental health issues
• Experienced in leading discharge planning for people with complex needs

Knowledge and abilities

• Demonstrable understanding of mental health issues and the mental health system.
• Significant recent clinical experience in delivering direct care/support to people with mental health issues
• Awareness of local services

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.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearPer annum/Pro rata