# Clinical specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist/bae7f162-15a5-4966-ad32-784212625290 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist/bae7f162-15a5-4966-ad32-784212625290.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Junior - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 Per annum including HACS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T11:42:53.128Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Liaison_Clinical_Specialist/Liaison_Clinical_Specialist-v7851477 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7851477?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for skilled and dynamic  Clinical Specialists with a passion for delivering outstanding patient care, and a commitment to least restrictive practice and acting in the patient’s best interest. You will  be required to complete trauma informed psychosocial assessments and develop safe and effective collaborative plans with service users. The service acknowledges that we often see people at their most vulnerable and as such it is essential that we provide, compassionate and trauma informed care. The service is dynamic and fast paced and the role, therefore, requires stamina, resilience, and the ability to work in a joined-up way with Trust services as well as with our acute hospital colleagues. As a central London service, you will see the complete spectrum of mental health presentations from people with very diverse backgrounds and as such you will need to be someone mindful of cultural differences. ### Main duties of the job Clinical/Practice The post-holder will: 1. Have theoretical knowledge of mental health liaison emergency and ward-based work deploying a wide range of theoretical  approaches and utilise a  wide variety of clinical skills appropriate to the needs of individual patients  and the clinical setting in which they are required to be seen. 2. Be accountable and take direct responsible for carrying out specialist assessments including risk assessments unsupervised.  Develop, implement, evaluate, and document specialist care. 3. Undertake PMVA techniques to prevent and manage escalation in terms of  patient harm to self and others. 4. Work closely with the NCL wide crisis services and maintain good working  practices with all other CRTs as a means of ensuring least restrictive  practice and outcomes. 5. Make autonomous decisions with regard to the admission and discharge of  patients based on an analysis of complex presenting problems, and  judgement about available options within agreed protocols. Direct and guide  junior doctors on rotation with the service (including locums). 6. Provide a consultation-liaison and assessment service to clinicians and  clinical teams within the general hospital. This will include giving specialist  advice on a range of care, treatment and patient management issues. Please refer to the attached JD and person specification for more details about the role and main duties of the job. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties. ## Job Details We are looking for skilled and dynamic Clinical Specialists with a passion for delivering outstanding patient care, and a commitment to least restrictive practice and acting in the patient’s best interest. You will be required to complete trauma informed psychosocial assessments and develop safe and effective collaborative plans with service users. The service acknowledges that we often see people at their most vulnerable and as such it is essential that we provide, compassionate and trauma informed care. The service is dynamic and fast paced and the role, therefore, requires stamina, resilience, and the ability to work in a joined-up way with Trust services as well as with our acute hospital colleagues. As a central London service, you will see the complete spectrum of mental health presentations from people with very diverse backgrounds and as such you will need to be someone mindful of cultural differences. ## Job Description Clinical/Practice The post-holder will: 1. Have theoretical knowledge of mental health liaison emergency and ward-based work deploying a wide range of theoretical approaches and utilise a wide variety of clinical skills appropriate to the needs of individual patients and the clinical setting in which they are required to be seen. 2. Be accountable and take direct responsible for carrying out specialist assessments including risk assessments unsupervised. Develop, implement, evaluate, and document specialist care. 3. Undertake PMVA techniques to prevent and manage escalation in terms of patient harm to self and others. 4. Work closely with the NCL wide crisis services and maintain good working practices with all other CRTs as a means of ensuring least restrictive practice and outcomes. 5. Make autonomous decisions with regard to the admission and discharge of patients based on an analysis of complex presenting problems, and judgement about available options within agreed protocols. Direct and guide junior doctors on rotation with the service (including locums). 6. Provide a consultation-liaison and assessment service to clinicians and clinical teams within the general hospital. This will include giving specialist advice on a range of care, treatment and patient management issues. Please refer to the attached JD and person specification for more details about the role and main duties of the job. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable experience in a senior specialist capacity assessing and caring for people with mental health or substance misuse issues in a community care or inpatient setting - Working knowledge of MHA 1983. **Desirable** - Previous liaison experience ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Able to demonstrate an understanding of the personal and clinical needs of individual service users, their relatives and carers. - Ability to negotiate and influence. **Desirable** - At least 18 months experience working in acute services i.e., crisis services ### Nurse or Social worker **Essential** - Band 6 or SW6 ### Educational Qualification **Essential** - Registered Mental health Nurse or alternative - Current registration with relevant professional body **Desirable** - Experience mentoring NQNs ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10130345) - [liaison clinical specialist jd (pdf, 222.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10125925) - [a comprehensive guide for candidates (pdf, 544.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2959) - [trac - value based recruitment guidance for candidate (pdf, 4.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2440) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.