Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pennine Care NHS FT; Stockport; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Stockport seeks a Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to provide essential support for individuals experiencing mental health crises. The role involves conducting assessments, delivering clinical interventions, and offering training to hospital staff. We value candidates with a strong background in mental health support and crisis intervention. This position operates on a shift basis, including weekends and holidays, in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing and supporting individuals of any age.
• Background in crisis and acute care.
• Understanding of physical health conditions and their impact on mental health.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical assessments and interventions focusing on relapse prevention.
• Undertake mental health assessments for Emergency Department attendees.
• Provide support and training to acute hospital staff regarding mental health conditions.

Skills

Clinical assessments

Risk management

Crisis intervention

Communication

Education

Registered mental health professional qualification

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a new colleague as a Mental Health Liaison Practitioner with the service based at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.

If you are a registered mental health professional with experience in assessing and supporting individuals of any age and you would like to be part of a growing and developing service we would like to hear from you. We are particularly interested in colleagues with experience of working with both working age and older adults to support our urgent pathway within the team and individuals with a background in crisis and acute care to support our emergency pathway.

As part of the Mental Health Liaison service you can expect professional support and development in this exciting and challenging area of work. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team at Stepping Hill Hospital and will receive regular management and clinical supervision and have opportunities to engage in CPD. As a valued member of the liaison team you will be fully involved in all service developments and given opportunities to support quality improvement.

The service runs 7 days a week to support wards and 24/7 to support the Emergency Department, so posts will be worked on a shift basis to include nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Responsibilities

Work as part of the multi-disciplinary Mental Health Liaison team to deliver an effective and efficient response to referrals from the acute trust, providing clinical assessments and interventions focusing on relapse prevention, early discharge and improved quality of life for patients referred.

Be expected to undertake mental health assessments for people attending the Emergency Department, offering highly developed clinical and risk assessments and management plans.

Provide a service to the wards within the general hospital, assessing individuals with a range of complex physical and mental health needs. This would include both functional and organic illnesses of later life in addition to younger people.

Provide support and training to acute hospital staff regarding recognising mental health conditions and appropriate management and onward referral pathways.

Provide information and clinical support to police and ambulance staff in order to help them make appropriate pathway decisions.

Provide support and care for individuals brought to an identified Place of Safety under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act and co-ordinate the assessment process.

About Us

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Clinical Assessment and Treatment

To provide in-reach into the Emergency Department and general hospital wards and competently undertake comprehensive mental health and risk assessments to identify the needs of individuals referred.

To have an understanding of physical health conditions and the impact they can have on mental health.

To work in close liaison with staff within the Acute Trust and Health & Social Care Services in upholding and implementing clinical standards for the care of people with mental health needs within the Acute Trust.

To be able to engage and establish and empathic rapport with individuals with a wide spectrum of mental health conditions in difficult settings.

To possess the knowledge of the different components of mental health assessments for a range of conditions including robust risk assessments and management of risk following assessment.

To ensure the timely and comprehensive completion of specialist mental health assessments for individuals within the general hospital to support discharge planning and funding of ongoing care.

To have up to date knowledge of, and practice in a wide range of psychosocial and psychological interventions and be able to apply these to a varied patient group.

To ensure appropriate patient and carer involvement in care.

To support best interest meetings as required.

To have an up to date knowledge of a range of clinical pathways within the mental health and acute trust setting.

To be able to competently make clinical decisions, particularly in relation to referring patients on to other services, admitting for treatment and discharging individuals.

To possess a sound knowledge of issues surrounding the management of violence and aggression and to be able to diffuse potentially difficult and volatile situations.

Be able to effectively support non-mental health colleagues from a range of disciplines.

Closing

This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Nov 2025