Liaison Psychiatry Senior Clinical Practitioner

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS trust as a Senior Clinical Practitioner in Liaison Psychiatry. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing exceptional care to adults with acute mental health needs, alongside continuous professional development opportunities in a supportive environment. Ideal candidates will have strong decision-making and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate timely interventions for patients.

Benefits

Continuous development opportunities

In-house and external training

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Registered mental health nurse, occupational therapist, or social worker.
• Post registration experience in mental health required.
• Completed practice supervision.

Responsibilities

• Accept referrals for assessment, treatment, and coordination.
• Maintain a clinical caseload of patients with co-morbid conditions.
• Provide clinical input and develop evidence-based treatment plans.

Skills

Effective decision making

Communication skills

Clinical management

Risk assessment

Team collaboration

Education

Degree level education

Level 7 Masters qualification (or working towards)

Job description

Liaison Psychiatry Senior Clinical Practitioner William Harvey Hospital

Join our well established and multi-disciplinary Liaison Psychiatry team who are diligent in creating effective care plans and comprehensive clinical strategies focused at delivering exceptional hospital recovery and care for people with acute mental health need.

We welcome applications from highly motivated and experienced senior psychiatry practitioner who are capable of building and supporting teams of practitioners with effective decision making and communication skills. Ability to facilitate timely interventions and provide specialist assessment that will enhance best outcome and recovery for adults (18years+) is vital in this role.

Ideal candidate will be an experienced /registered mental health nurse, Occupational therapist or social worker with post registration experience of working in mental health. You must have completed practice supervision, be educated to degree level and have or be working towards a level 7 Masters qualification.

In return we offer our staff opportunity for continuous development through various range of training opportunities both in-house training and access to external training where required. You will be joining teams of professionals who will motivate you to be the best you can be and within a safe working environment where you will have endless opportunities to thrive in your career.

Accept referrals of patients aged eighteen years and over for assessment, treatment and coordination with other relevant services.

Work in collaboration with all members of the Liaison Psychiatry Service and involved agencies.

Maintain a clinical caseload of patients with co morbid physical and mental illness.

Provide specialist clinical input, liaison, consultancy and education to colleagues.

Develop and provide evidence-based treatment plans for identified patients, in collaboration with the patient and referrer.

Formulate, implement and evaluate treatment programmes.

Promote the wellbeing and mental health of people, by providing relevant information and advice to them, their families and to supporting agencies.

The post holder will provide advice and support on clinical management and assessment of risk.

The post holder will provide advice on the management of patients subject to the MHA and MCA.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: tracy tilley Job title: East Kent Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07825733838

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