# Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Band 6 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-liaison-practitioner-band-6/9317cad4-2a69-4e2b-8844-af9703226076 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-liaison-practitioner-band-6/9317cad4-2a69-4e2b-8844-af9703226076.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** Caludon Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24 hrs service - nights are requirement) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T11:11:41.063Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/Coventry_Warwickshire_Partnership_NHS_Trust/Clinical_Mental_Health_Practitioner/Clinical_Mental_Health_Practitioner-v8333285 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8333285?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Permanent An exciting opportunity has arisen with the Mental Health Liaison Team, a Psychiatric Liaison Service which works out of three Acute hospitals in Coventry, Nuneaton and Warwick. We have been success in securing funding to recruit additional Band 6 clinicians to join our expanding multidisciplinary team to enhance our service in line with the NHS 5 year Forward View for Mental Health to achieve a CORE 24 service. This will include in the near future develops into facilitating initial community follow- up in line with CORE 24 objectives. We would particularly like to hear from Nurses and Social Workers and Occupational Therapists with a background in Adult Mental Health/ Learning Disability and/or Older Adults Mental Health. ### Main duties of the job For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements. We are strengthening our team and are looking for skilled, motivated and compassionate practitioners as we increase our hours of service and look to offer a more responsive and comprehensive service than ever before for people who attend A&E or are receiving care in a general hospital. You will need experience of working with people across a broad spectrum of mental disorders including people who self-harm or who are in mental health crisis or experiencing mental disorders associated with ageing. Successful candidates will be joining our well established and supportive team of experienced practitioners: Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Support Workers and a Clinical Trainer to support new staff joining the team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are looking for practitioners with Professional registration in mental health nursing, social work or allied health professionals, you will need a demonstrable level of clinical experience, and to be an excellent communicator and a good team player. You will need to be passionate and committed to delivering a service to a high standard, as well as being able to work in partnership with other teams and services including the Acute Trust hospitals. MHLT work 365 days a year and offer a 24 hour service to the Acute Trust hospitals. The Band 6 posts will require flexibility that reflects the service, that is, you will need to be able to work shifts: weekends and nights. This will be across 3 sites. ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### OTHER **Essential** - Must hold a current driving licence and have independent means of transport. ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Range of application of skills in different practice areas - Experience of working in mental health - Experience of multi-disciplinary team working - Experience of clinical risk assessment ### QUALIFICATION **Essential** - Current Professional Registration Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or comparable equivalent ### KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS **Essential** - Excellent written communications skills ## Documents - [jd (doc, 271.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10657222) - [flexible working policy (pdf, 347.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1155) - [application guidance notes (pdf, 157.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1157) - [terms and conditions nhs jobs (pdf, 19.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1158) - [equality and diversity leaflets (pdf, 838.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1159) - [the prince's trust help 16-30 year olds into work (pdf, 192.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2706) ## 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.