Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Liaison Service
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 274-11728-AI
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mental Health Liaison Service, Department of Psychiatry, Pilgrim Hospital
- Town
- Boston
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Liaison Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
This is a Mental Health Liaison post providing initial assessment of and specialist liaison advice to referred service users and to other colleagues working within the hospitals based on their individually assessed needs, ensuring that an agreed package of care is implemented which reflects the Trust’s policy to engage service users and their carers in all aspects of their care and treatment.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the assessment of and appropriate liaison for a defined group of service users (16 +) admitted to Hospital. You will provide assessment and professional advice as well as support to the Emergency Department and Wards, staff/teams and all other relevant agencies to ensure that any patients with mental health needs have a timely admission and are linked into appropriate LPFT teams/services upon their discharge if appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person specification
Skills & Competences
Essential criteria
- Excellent assessment and risk management skills
- Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes.
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to engage with patients experiencing High Expressed Emotion
- Experience of working with patients who have self harming behaviours
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and MCA (2005)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Moderate IT skills including use of multiple clinical systems
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of current agenda and guidance towards Mental Health Liaison
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience of working with people with mental health needs, especially dementia and older adults.
- Or substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis
- Sufficient clinical knowledge to be able to make autonomous decisions based upon an analysis of complex presenting problems and judgement about available options
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles
- An understanding of the impact physical ill health can have upon mental health
- Ability to work independently and collectively
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship qualification or training
- ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
- Experience of working within a Hospital Liaison environment
- Working knowledge of Assessment tools
- Working with people who have suicidal ideation
- Working within a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare
- Experience of teaching in a formal or informal setting
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN, Social Work or Occupational Therapist. Professional Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent to profession
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice
- Educated to degree or diploma level
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Debbie Judge
- Job title
- Team Coordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01205 445153
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