Mental Health Liaison Clinician

Tewv; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Training opportunities

Job summary

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a permanent Mental Health Liaison Clinician (Band 6) to provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care planning for adults with complex needs in the North Durham Acute Liaison team.

The post requires NMC/HCPC registration, 18 months post-qualifying experience and a willingness to work across a 24/7 service. Sponsorship under UK Skilled Worker route may be available for eligible applicants.

Qualifications

• RNMH registered with NMC or HCPC registration.
• 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of preceptorship/competency framework.
• Non-medical prescriber status.

Responsibilities

• Provide liaison service across adults 18+ within a MDT.
• Work with Psychiatry, OT, Physiotherapy and Pharmacy.
• Work 24/7 shifts including unsocial hours.
• Deliver high-quality assessment and care planning.

Skills

Excellent communication

Initiative

Written skills

Assessment skills

Teamwork

Education

NMC/HCPC registration

Post-graduate qualification

Non-medical prescriber

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Liaison Clinician

The closing date is 29 November 2026

The North Durham Acute Liaison team are seeking a permanent, skilled, qualified clinician to provide mental health assessment, advice, diagnosis, treatment and care planning to patients with complex needs.

This band 6 post is open to registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers with current relevant registration with the NMC, HCPC or Social Work England.

You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team and there is ample opportunity to develop and enhance your existing clinical skills. You will receive regular supervision and there are good training opportunities.

Applicants should be highly motivated, have the ability to act on own initiative and have sound assessment and written skills. Prioritising workload and utilising resources appropriately to ensure that service user needs are met are also highly required skills.

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the point of application.

This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Main duties of the job

Working closely with other professionals in the team, the post holder will work across traditional age barriers to provide a liaison service that is inclusive of all adults aged 18 and over, whilst being supported to develop expert skills in specific areas of liaison. This post will be supported by a clinical team consisting of Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Physiotherapy and Pharmacy.

The service operates 7 days a week over 24 hours, therefore unsocial hours, including night duty is an expectation of this post. Experience with patients with Dementia and/or self-harm behaviour, patients in crisis, and skills in CBT and Brief Solution Focused Therapy would be an advantage.

You will require excellent communication skills and be able to work under pressure.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Qualifications

• RNMH, current professional registration with NMC or current professional registration with the HCPC.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework (at the point of application)
• Student assessor/Mentor as specified by registered profession
• Clinical Supervisor (within agreed timescale).
• Student mentor (or must be achieved within agreed timescale)
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2(or equivalent)
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area e.g. older people's nursing, physical health conditions etc.
• Non-medical prescriber

Experience

• Recent and significant experience in the assessment and care of adults and older people with mental ill health.
• Experience working with people with dementia.
• Experience managing own caseload.
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Supporting/mentoring students on practice placement experience
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Quality improvement activities
• Recent experience providing care across a range of settings e.g. acute hospitals, mental health units, care homes etc and including adults and older people.
• Recent experience in assessing and caring for older people with dementia.
• Leadership or management experience
• Providing clinical supervision.

Knowledge

• Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
• Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field including specialist knowledge of co-morbidity (physical and mental health) in relation to acute and chronic conditions.
• Detailed understanding of the relationship between physical and mental health conditions and associated patient needs.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
• Detailed understanding of the acute hospital environment and methods of working (within agreed timescale).
• Detailed understanding of adult/child Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice
• Research and development methodology.
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.
• The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS)
• Palliative care

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearpro rata, per annum