# Liaison Psychiatry Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/liaison-psychiatry-practitioner/144cdba5-4c33-4e3b-b12b-97fce462f320 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/liaison-psychiatry-practitioner/144cdba5-4c33-4e3b-b12b-97fce462f320.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust - **Town:** Maidstone - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24 hour service shift work) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-23T08:31:16.246Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Ashford/Kent_Medway_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/East_Kent_Directorate/East_Kent_Directorate-v8127523 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8127523?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a confident, experienced mental health clinician looking for a rewarding challenge? We are expanding our vital service into a full 24-hour operation, and we’re looking for exceptional practitioners—including Mental Health Nurses—to help us grow. In this role, you will work dynamically across the acute general hospital, providing high-quality mental health assessments, care, advice, and training to both the Emergency Departments and inpatient wards. You’ll be working with both working-age and older adults, utilising your strong clinical skills to create tailored care formulations. You will have excellent interpersonal skills that you will use to facilitate high quality mental health assessments, and to build good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. You will be committed to the parity of esteem agenda, and work closely with both physical and mental health clinicians to ensure a seamless delivery of care. It is a 24 hour service 7 days a week at the William Harvey Hospital,  and when required The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital. ### Main duties of the job - Work as part of a psychiatric liaison team providing a liaison and assessment service 7 days per week that will involve working unsocial hours and public holidays. - Offer an assessment service to patients aged 18+ (with no upper age limit) presenting at the general hospital with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and diagnosed psychiatric illnesses. - Provide a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments. - Deliver a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required. - Assist and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations. - Provide formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff. - Represent mental health services within the Hospital ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Provide 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. - In return for the above, we offer real commitment to your professional development, and regular supervision within a supportive working environment. 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). Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification ## Person Specification ### Assessment **Essential** - Robust Mental Health Needs assessment including risk, mental state and formulation ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 18 months post qualification practice experience in mental health – any age ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Up to date knowledge of national and local guildance relevant to Liaison Psychiatry Service **Desirable** - Experience of leading service developments - Experience in older adult assessment ### Training, Qualifications and Registration **Essential** - Registered Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work, including registration with the relevant regulatory body. **Desirable** - Qualified Mentor (998 or equivalent)/ Accredited Practice Educator (APPLE programme for OT). ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 623.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2394) - [band 6 job spec (pdf, 200.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10424408) - [trust name change (pdf, 813.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2991) ## 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.