Liaison Psychiatry Practitioner

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 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital,  and when required The William Harvey Hospital.

In return for the above, we offer real commitment to your professional development, and regular supervision within a supportive working environment.

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 Hospitals.  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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To 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.

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