# Psychiatric Liaison Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/psychiatric-liaison-nurse/37dfba81-7ff5-4803-a7e3-e010c930b519 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/psychiatric-liaison-nurse/37dfba81-7ff5-4803-a7e3-e010c930b519.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bodmin - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts: 08:00-20:30 / 20:00 - 08:30) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-09T15:03:21.654Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Truro/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatric_Liaison/Psychiatric_Liaison-v8096740 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8096740?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Following new investment into Psychiatric Liaison Team. We are looking for a highly dedicated nurse who is motivated, compassionate and highly clinically skilled who can work autonomously in a fast-paced environment. As well as working with our general acute colleagues, mental health colleagues, we also work alongside other teams in the crisis response including - Alcohol liaison nurses, drug and alcohol services, safeguarding, Domestic violence team, homelessness services and Dementia and Older Persons mental health Liaison team. You will be expected to work a shift system across a 24 hr period seven days a week. The current pattern is a mixture of days (08:00 – 20:30) and nights (20:00 – 08:30). This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply: - Cornwall Foundation Trust - Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time. ### Main duties of the job The Adult Liaison Psychiatry Service based at Royal Cornwall Hospital has provided a highly regarded service since 1999 and in May 2018 commenced a CORE 24 service that extended the clinical service for patients and the hospital to 24/7. The success of this service has led to increased funding for further Psychiatric Liaison Nurses. As an experienced clinician you will join our Adult Psychiatric Liaison multi-disciplinary team providing a service to the acute hospital with a team of nurses, a team manager, consultant psychiatrists, CT2 Dr and F1 Dr, medical and team secretaries. We are looking for a highly dedicated nurse who is motivated, compassionate and highly clinically skilled who can work autonomously in a fast-paced environment. As well as working with our general acute colleagues, mental health colleagues, we also work alongside other teams in the crisis response including - Alcohol liaison nurses, drug and alcohol services, safeguarding, Domestic violence team, homelessness services and Dementia and Older Persons mental health Liaison team. Our team provides a comprehensive specialist service to the acute hospital for people who present following episodes of self-harm, suicide attempts and any other mental health related issues, including substance misuse. The post requires a high level of ability in carrying out psychosocial assessments, clinical risk assessments and formulating safe and effective plans. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge and abilities **Essential** - Ability to work independently without close supervision, and also as part of a multidisciplinary team **Desirable** - Experience working with service users with substance misuse ### Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience **Essential** - Current professional registration – NMC - Professional qualification – RMN - Substantial post qualification experience - Broad depth and breadth of recent and current experience and skills in acute mental health / risk assessment and care **Desirable** - Evidence of post qualification study ## Documents - [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977) - [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833) - [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834) - [functional requirements (pdf, 306.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10390507) - [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976) - [psychiatric liaison nurse band 6 (pdf, 292.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10390506) ## 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.