Overview
In this role you join a trusted Liaison Psychiatry team focused on timely, effective care planning for adults with acute mental health needs. You will support and empower teams, provide specialist assessment, and lead on decision-making and collaboration with other services. The role emphasizes risk management, evidence-based treatment planning, and contributing to improved recovery outcomes within the NHS Trust. This is an opportunity to influence care pathways across the county and grow through extensive training and development.
Pay / Benefits
- training opportunities (in-house and external)
- continuous professional development
- opportunity to work across county
- values-driven culture
- permanent contract
- Band 7 salary
Responsibilities
- Accept referrals for assessment and coordinate with relevant services
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team and involved agencies
- Maintain a clinical caseload with co-morbid physical/mental illness
- Provide specialist input, liaison, consultancy and education to colleagues
- Develop and implement evidence-based treatment plans with patients and referrers
- Formulate, implement and evaluate treatment programmes
- Promote wellbeing and mental health information to patients, families, and supporting agencies
- Advise on clinical risk management and assessment
- Advise on management of patients under MHA and MCA
Key requirements
- Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist with HCPC/NMC registration
- Post-registration therapy qualification or willingness to work towards this
- Masters level education or working towards Masters
- Undertaken Practice Assessor Training
- Previous experience as a senior clinician (band 6 or above)
- Experience delivering CBT or similar therapy
- Experience working in the community with mental health issues
- Sound knowledge of mental health problems and impact of physical illness on wellbeing
- Ability to develop and deliver training packages
- Knowledge of relevant legislation
- Ability to travel to different sites across the Trust
- Computer literate
- effective decision making
- clear communication
- team collaboration
- CBT or similar therapeutic approach
- risk assessment and management
- clinical governance and legislation knowledge
Liaison Psychiatry Senior Clinical Practitioner in Margate employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
