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Job summary

Main area
East Kent Directorate
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24 hour service shift work)
Job ref
380-EK320
Employer
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
William Harvey Hospital
Town
Ashford
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2025 23:59

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Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust logo

Liaison Psychiatry Practitioner

Band 6

 

The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.

Would you like to work flexibly?  In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

 Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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Job overview

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 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.

Main duties of the job

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Provide a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments.
  • Deliver a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required.
  •  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.
  • Represent mental health services within the Hospitals.
  •  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. 
  • In return for the above, we offer real commitment to your professional development, and regular supervision within a supportive working environment.

Working for our organisation

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 across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

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.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Please see job description for full details.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Registered Professional Qualification
  • 12 months post qualification experience
Desirable criteria
  • Qualified Mentor

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Up to date knowledge of national and local guildance relevant to Liaison Psychiatry Service
Desirable criteria
  • Service development

Assessment

Essential criteria
  • Robust Mental Health Needs assessment including risk, mental state and formulation
Desirable criteria
  • Expereince in older adult assessment

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Garin Price
Job title
Operational Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07436911104
Additional information

Please see job description for more details 

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