Job overview

A rare opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Specialist Practitioner (37.5 hours/week) in the well-established Mental Health Liaison Service for Older Adults. Operating 7 days a week from 9 to 5, weekend shifts are shared across the team.

The service supports Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust by providing mental health assessments, interventions, and support to patients aged 65+ attending Hull Royal Infirmary’s Emergency Department or admitted to Hull Royal or Castle Hill Hospital. Presentations may include acute distress, self-harm, suicidal ideation, or organic/functional mental health issues. The team also advises ED and ward staff on management strategies.

Uniquely, the team developed one of England and Wales’ first ED streaming suites, offering a calmer space for mental health assessments. The successful candidate will assess and triage patients for this area and determine appropriate discharge pathways. Meeting 1-hour and 24-hour KPIs requires working efficiently under pressure.

Applicants must have strong knowledge of mental illness, risk management, dementia, and delirium, and be confident in high-risk situations. Key qualities include enthusiasm, adaptability, flexibility, and a commitment to high standards of care.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will;

• Offer a Mental Health and Risk assessment service to a needs led patient group presenting at the general hospital and ED due to acute distress, acts of deliberate self-harm or suicide, experiencing organic and/or functional presentations
• 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.
• Provide a Mental Health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments.
• Assist and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
• Provide formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff.
• 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.

We are supported by a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Leads and we offer real commitment to your professional development.

Practitioners are expected to work autonomously, delivering mental health assessments and interventions, while also collaborating within a supportive, multidisciplinary team. We value shared expertise to foster learning and ensure the best, safest care for patients and their families.

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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