Psychiatric Liaison Practitioner

Job overview

Do you have Relevant post-qualification experience in an acute mental health setting and experience working in CAMHS?

Are you seeking a new challenge in a critical service?

The EDPS works at the frontline of acute care in close partnership with the John Radcliffe Hospital Emergency Department. The post holder be working with adolescents and their families developing short-term talking treatments to address emotional crises, self-harm and suicidality within the Brief Interventions for Repeat Self-Harm (BIRSH) service within EDPS, which offers timely, brief, evidence-based interventions for young people and adults presenting following self-harm or suicide attempts.

You will play a central part in supporting people at a point of acute distress. You will contribute to robust risk management and safety planning, and deliver short-term psychological interventions aimed at reducing distress and supporting recovery and stabilisation. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and liaise with community services to ensure safe and effective continuity of care.

EDPS offer specialist assessments and discharge planning to patients aged 13 years and upwards attending with a broad spectrum of mental health presentations as well as self-harm.

You will be joining a team that values thoughtful, formulation-led care and is committed to embedding psychological approaches within fast-paced acute settings.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake short-term, evidence-informed treatment with young people presenting to the ED with self-harm and/or suicidality.
• Manage, formulate and implement treatment plans as part of the BIRSH clinic.
• Assess and manage risk alongside young people and their families, and to escalate concerns about significant] risk to clinical and operational leaders as required.
• Proactive support planning and liaison to manage risk as best as possible and actively engage with both child and adult Safeguarding processes.
• Assess, plan, set goals with the service user, carers and families; implement and evaluate care using psycho-social interventions and skills to meet individual needs.
• Deliver individual therapeutic activity using therapeutic interventions and skills.

The post holder must be willing to work in other areas of EDPS where circumstances require this of them – this includes supporting assessments, background checks, liaising with other teams, ED staff, families etc as required to support the wider team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

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.