# Team Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Helier Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAs
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T08:10:36.154Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Carshalton/South_West_London_St_Georges_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Liaison_Psychiatry/Liaison_Psychiatry-v8235926
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8235926?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including high secure services, at Springfield Hospital.

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

We are looking for a highly dedicated nurse to join our Liaison Psychiatry Service at Kingston Hospital in Kingston. Our team provides a comprehensive specialist service to patients in the general hospital setting including A and E. The team are yet to apply for their Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network (PLAN)

You will be expected to work a shift system across a 24hr period seven days a week, primarily assessing patients that present with mental health problems, self-harm or as a psychiatric crisis.

### Main duties of the job

We have a very strong commitment to education, research and staff development. As well as promoting your own professional development, we will expect you to participate in the teaching and training of nurses and other health professionals.

This is a challenging but rewarding role, offering an exciting opportunity to nurses who have strong assessment and therapeutic skills. You will need the ability to work autonomously whilst still contributing to the team as a whole. Previous experience of working in Liaison Psychiatry is desirable, although not essential. We offer excellent staff support through clinical supervision and teamwork.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Utilise a wide variety of clinical skills appropriate to the needs of individual patients and the clinical setting in which they are required to be seen.

Take direct responsibility for providing specialist care and treatment for a small caseload of patients, not exceeding six at any one time.

Carry out specialist assessments, develop, implement, evaluate and document specialist care.

Provide a consultation-liaison service to clinicians and clinical teams within the general hospital. This will include giving specialist advice on a range of care, treatment and patient management issues.

Demonstrate a high standard of record keeping and documentation with adherence to trust policy and an understanding of professional guidelines and application of confidentiality.

Work with colleagues to develop and promote the service’s philosophy, framework of care delivery and strategic objectives, taking responsibility for specific areas of policy and strategy delivery

Work with colleagues to develop clinical expertise and high standards of clinical practice, as defined by the Nursing & Midwifery code of professional conduct and the equivalent for Occupational Therapy.

Deliver care that is evidence based, reflecting current best practice and research.

Participate in structured clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

You will also be expected to take responsibility for the supervision of nurses and others in non-mental health settings working with patients with mental health problems.

Demonstrate clinical excellence and high standards of nursing practice to other staff.

Demonstrate sound understanding of the legal and ethical issues in caring for the mentally ill. In particular, demonstrating sound understanding of the Mental Health Act (1983) and its use in a non-mental health setting.

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### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Demonstrable experience of post qualifying work in psychiatry, with evidence of experience at Band 6
- Experience of working with people who have experienced serious ongoing mental health problems
- Experience of assessing and managing crisis with those with a severe mental illness
- Experience of recruitment and selection of staff
- Experience of managing and monitoring budgets
- Experience of working as a Clinical Supervisor
- Experience of implementing and monitoring standards of care
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of supervising junior staff within own and/or other disciplines

**Desirable**

- Other relevant post registration experience.
- Audit and research experience
- Experience of teaching/training in a formal or informal setting
- Experience of working in a Liaison Psychiatry/ Crisis settings

### Training & Qualifications

**Essential**

- NMC Registration or Occupational Therapy Professional Registration
- Significant experience at Band 6
- Educated to degree or Diploma level Nursing or Occupational Therapy and other courses relevant to Liaison Psychiatry.

## Documents

- [trust values (pdf, 785.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2069)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 239.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2318)
- [swlstg diversity (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2314)
- [swlstg privacy notice (pdf, 106.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2510)
- [dbs information for candidates (pdf, 109.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=627)
- [anti racism values into actions (pdf, 815.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2865)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 211.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10546340)

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