Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free car parking

27 days annual leave plus bank hols

Training and development opportunities

NHS pension

Flexible, family-friendly, agile hours

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucester is seeking a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the 24/7 A&E mental health team on a permanent, full-time basis. The role includes night work and a 37.5-hour week within the hospital setting.

You will provide needs-led mental health assessment and short-term interventions for patients presenting with distress or self-harm, working across days and nights.

Qualifications

• Professional Health or Care Qualification (MHSW, SROT, RMHN, RNLD)
• Experience with self-harm assessments in adults and youths
• Experience in providing therapeutic evidence based interventions
• Comprehensive knowledge of the MHA and Mental Capacity Act
• Experience in hospital settings

Responsibilities

• Offer an assessment service to patients presenting at the emergency departments with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems
• Provide mental health consultation, liaison and advice within the departments
• Deliver a range of evidence-based psychosocial interventions to individuals who have self-harmed
• Support hospital colleagues in decisions about treatment and care in complex situations
• Provide formal and informal education and clinical supervision to staff
• Represent mental health services within the Hospitals Trust
• Maintain communication between secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services

Education

UK professional nursing registration (NMC)

Job description

Band 6

Main area Registered Mental Health Nurse Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (Full Time including night work) Job ref 327-26-889

Site GRH/CGH Town Gloucester, GL1 3NN Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

This role is offered on a permanent basis . The hours are full-time, Nights.

As the successful applicant you will join our dedicated 24/7 team based in Gloucester A&E Department. You will participate in the provision of a responsive, needs-led mental health assessment and short-term intervention service to people presenting to the General Hospital experiencing mental distress, mental illness and/or self harm.

This role is a role that would have an expectation of working a mixture of days and nights, the frequency of these can be discussed at interview.

We will work with you to ensure that we support your professional and developmental needs, this includes a personalised induction to ensure that you are fully prepared and supported in delivering this service.

Our aim is to work closely with our Acute Hospital colleagues to deliver a pro-active, patient focused service that delivers the right care at the right time and our co-streaming innovation ensures that patients don’t have to wait for their mental health care.

If you have excellent interpersonal skills, the desire to deliver high quality care and you want to develop as a professional then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Offer an assessment service to patients presenting at the emergency departments with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and 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 who have predominantly self-harmed
• Assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations
• Providing formal and informal education and clinical supervision to registered and unregistered staff
• Representing mental health services within the Hospitals Trust.
• 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

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.

76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.

81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application

Person specification

Clinical Experience

• Professional Health or Care Qualification (MHSW, SROT, RMHN, RNLD)
• Demonstrate clinical expertise in undertaking Self Harm assessments of adults and young people and/or adults. Demonstrate extensive experience of providing consultation/ training and advice to partner agencies
• Proven knowledge and experience of providing effective therapeutic evidence based interventions for individuals following episodes of self -harm
• Comprehensive knowledge of the MHA and Mental Capacity Act
• Recognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc.
• Significant proven post qualifying experience of working with adults and young people who may present with both physical and mental health needs.
• Experience of working in a general hospital setting

Professional

• Demonstrate experience in developing/providing and evaluating professional development and education to a diverse workforce
• Demonstrate experience in working and supporting colleagues through the processes of change
• Demonstrate experience in the mentorship of students
• Ability to participate in service development processes at a strategic level
• Demonstrate experience and ability in the use of IT systems (including EPR)

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

If you are aged 16-30, you may be eligible for financial and pastoral support from the King’s Trust, with who we are in partnership with to support your first 6 months in role. We will pass on your details to the King’s Trust who will be in touch with you if you are eligible. If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Good luck with your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Jim Welch Job title Clinical and Operational Lead Nurse Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0300 422 5490 Additional information

Jim Welch [e-mail] 0300 422 5490

David McGrath [e-mail] 0300 422 5490