Job overview
The post-holder will provide operational and clinical leadership for the Liaison Psychiatry Team based at Northwick Park Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital (London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust) a service provided by the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). This includes managing service delivery, ensuring clinical governance, supervising staff, and enhancing integration with acute trust.
Main duties of the job
The Liaison Psychiatry Team Manager plays a pivotal role in bridging mental health and physical health care within acute hospital settings. This position ensures that patients presenting with mental health needs in emergency departments and inpatient wards receive timely, safe, and effective interventions. The role combines leadership, operational oversight, clinical governance, and strategic development to deliver high-quality services aligned with NHS standards and Trust objectives.
Working for our organisation
Working for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) comes with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support staff wellbeing, professional growth, and work-life balance. Key advantages include, financial and practical benefits such as London weighting, salary sacrifice schemes, Health and wellbeing support, discount and life styles perks and professional development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Liaison Psychiatry Team Manager leads and manages a multidisciplinary team providing mental health care within acute hospital settings (A&E and inpatient wards). The role ensures timely, high-quality assessments and interventions for patients with mental health needs, while promoting integrated care between physical and mental health services.
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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