Liaison Psychiatry Practitioner

NHS; Ashford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS trust as a Liaison Psychiatry Practitioner, delivering mental health assessments and interventions in a dynamic hospital environment. This role involves working closely with a diverse team to ensure excellent care for patients of all ages. Enjoy a supportive work culture focusing on professional development and a commitment to patient care within the 24-hour service framework.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Supportive Working Environment

Qualifications

• Up to date knowledge of national and local guidance relevant to Liaison Psychiatry Service.
• Experience in older adult assessment is expected.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a psychiatric liaison team providing a 24/7 assessment service.
• Assist general hospital colleagues in treatment decisions in complex situations.
• Provide mental health consultations and evidence-based psychosocial interventions.

Skills

Mental Health Assessment

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Education

Registered Professional Qualification

Job description

Go back Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Liaison Psychiatry Practitioner

The closing date is 14 July 2025

It's a challenging and rewarding service to work in, and we need the best quality of candidates to help us grow our service further into a 24 hour service

Mental Health Nurses encouraged to apply.

You will be a confident and experienced mental health clinician, who will work across the acute general hospital to provide mental health assessments, care, advice and training to both the Emergency Departments and in-patient wards.

You will be able to meet the assessment and formulation needs of both working age adults and older adults and have a good insight into your training needs to fulfil this role.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills that you will use to facilitate high quality mental health assessments, and to build good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

You will be committed to the parity of esteem agenda, and work closely with both physical and mental health clinicians to ensure a seamless delivery of care.

It is a 24 hour service 7 days a week at the William Harvey Hospital, and when required The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital.

In return for the above, we offer real commitment to your professional development, and regular supervision within a supportive working environment.

Main duties of the job

• Work as part of a psychiatric liaison team providing a liaison and assessment service 7 days per week that will involve working unsocial hours and public holidays.
• Offer an assessment service to patients aged 18+ (with no upper age limit) presenting at the general hospital with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and diagnosed psychiatric illnesses.
• Provide a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments.
• Deliver a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required.
• Assist and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
• Provide formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff.
• Represent mental health services within the Hospitals.
• Provide a communication structure between secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.
• In return for the above, we offer real commitment to your professional development, and regular supervision within a supportive working environment.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategyOur mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant peopleOur vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Job responsibilities

• To work as part of a psychiatric liaison team providing a liaison and assessment service 7 days per week that will involve working unsocial hours and public holidays.
• Offer an assessment service to patients aged 18+ (with no upper age limit) presenting at the general hospital with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and diagnosed psychiatric illnesses.
• Providing a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments.
• Delivering a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required.
• Assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
• Providing formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff.
• Representing mental health services within the Hospitals.
• Providing a communication structure between secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.

Please see job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Registered Professional Qualification

Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge of national and local guildance relevant to Liaison Psychiatry Service

Assessment

• Robust Mental Health Needs assessment including risk, mental state and formulation
• Expereince in older adult assessment

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.

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust