CAMHS Senior Liaison Practitioner in Basingstoke

CAMHS Senior Liaison Practitioner

The closing date is 30 November 2025

We have exciting opportunities to join our CAMHS Liaison Team at Hampshire Hospitals (Winchester & Basingstoke), as a CAMHS Senior Liaison Practitioner. The role offers a unique chance to work in a team that champions restorative practice, fosters an inclusive culture, and encourages innovative approaches to supporting young people and families in crisis within an acute hospital setting. You\’ll have the opportunity to contribute to and shape new initiatives that make a real difference.

The CAMHS Liaison Service is an acute mental health crisis assessment service. It offers the following:

• Assessment of children and young people who have presented at Hospital with acute mental health concerns such as self-harm, overdose and suicidal ideation
• Liaising and building positive relationships with hospital staff and wider network services such as social care and schools
• Supervision and training for staff at the hospital
• Consultation and advice for staff at the hospital and partner agencies
• Safe discharge and follow up plan from the hospital

Main duties of the job

The role of Liaison Nurse/MHP is to work in partnership with children and young people who present in crisis during the hours of the service in the acute hospitals. You will offer specialist mental health assessments and short-term interventions, including care and safety planning, risk assessment and management, and facilitate safe discharge. You will be part of a wider team, ensuring rotas and safe operating practices are in place. You will work alongside acute care colleagues, providing advice and consultation on appropriate mental health care planning to support a holistic care and discharge plan for YP with MH needs who are admitted to acute paediatric wards.

The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of service users and their families/carers. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students and act as a mentor for student nurses.

The role may entail an element of Community CAMHS Duty work outside of Liaison.

Working hours will be across a shift pattern which includes evening and weekend work. Please see attached job description for both services.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone – if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust\’s Recruitment team – detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working – all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nationally recognised core qualification i.e. RN, RMN, Social work, Psychology Professional Qualification at degree level or equivalent
• Completion of further post-qualification

Experience

• Experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment of children and adolescents and their families/carers where appropriate as a full member of a multidisciplinary team located in community, primary care, outpatients, or inpatient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of children, adolescents and their families/carers across the whole range and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Post qualifying experience of working as a specialist mental health worker within a mental health setting.
• Experience of teaching and or training other professionals.

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.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible hours with evening and weekend work

Reference number

348-CFS-9622

Job locations

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO22 5DG

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital

£38,682 to £46,580 a year. Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust