Liaison Psychiatry Practitioner

Florin Chilian; Margate; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

It's a challenging and rewarding service to work in, and we need the best quality of candidates to help us grow our service further into a 24-hour service.

Mental Health Nurses & Occupational Therapists encouraged to apply.

You will be a confident and experienced mental health clinician, who will work across the acute general hospital to provide mental health assessments, care, advice and training to both the Emergency Departments and in-patient wards.

You will be able to meet the assessment and formulation needs of both working age adults and older adults and have a good insight into your training needs to fulfil this role.

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

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

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Provide a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments.
4. Deliver a range of evidence-based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required.
5. Assist and support general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
6. Provide formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff.
7. Represent mental health services within the Hospitals.
8. 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.

About Us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day: We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people.

Our vision is where we want to be in the future: To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Date posted: 15 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 380-EK291

Job locations: Thanet Mental Health Unit, 164 Ramsgate Rd, Margate, CT9 4BF

Job Description

Job responsibilities

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Providing a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments.
4. Delivering a range of evidence-based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required.
5. Assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
6. Providing formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff.
7. Representing mental health services within the Hospitals.
8. Providing 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.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Professional Qualification
• 12 months post qualification experience

Desirable

• Qualified Mentor

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date knowledge of national and local guidance relevant to Liaison Psychiatry Service

Desirable

• Service development

Assessment

Essential

• Robust Mental Health Needs assessment including risk, mental state and formulation

Desirable

• Experience in older adult assessment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address: Thanet Mental Health Unit, 164 Ramsgate Rd, Margate, CT9 4BF

Employer's website: https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk