Liaison Psychiatry Senior Clinical Practitioner
Job level Other Qualified Professional
Hours Full time
Type Permanent
Posted 20 Jun 2025
Closes 6 Jul 2025
Pay £48,270 - £54,931 per annum inclusive HCAS%
Hours Full time
Contract Permanent
Role Other Qualified Professional
Posted 20 Jun 2025
Closes 6 Jul 2025
Job Description
Job overview
The purpose of the job is to provide a hospital based mental health service to patients of the Acute Trust. The post holder will assess referrals made from the district hospital; work a small caseload of complex clients and will liaise with referrers involved, offering training, consultation and advice to colleagues working in the Acute hospital setting. The post-holder will enable timely triage, assessment and intervention of those with co morbid physical illness and mental illness and ensure that appropriate treatments are accessed where available.
These assessments will be completed within the identified framework of 1hr for triage, and 4hrs for a full LPS assessment.
As an expert practitioner the post holder will also provide clinical supervision for band 6 practitioners.
Main duties of the job
Clinical: To provide a biopsychosocial assessment of patients who attend the hospital with a known or suspected mental health problem, including those with dementia or delirium. Share expertise of mental health crises in over 65s. Work in close partnership with the Acute Hospital Trust, and Kent and Medway Partnership Trust teams in order to promote good working relationships and effective clinical care. Ability to assess where social need is greater than mental or physical health need and work with colleagues to coordinate appropriate plans of care for patients. Demonstrate risk management, and safeguarding issues, practicing safely and in accordance with individual patient need. To be able to formulate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, integrated plan of care and communicate to relevant parties in a timely fashion. Involve carers at every step when appropriate.
Assess and anticipate individual needs of patient in crisis, taking appropriate action and communicating to relevant agencies/parties as required. Report all incidents as per the Trust incident reporting guidelines and policy.
The post holder will have the ability to work autonomously when carrying out assessments and planning care and collecting data.
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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To assess patients who attend the hospital with a known or suspected mental health problem, including those with dementia or delirium. Share expertise of mental health crises in over 65s. Work in close partnership with the Acute Hospital Trust, and Kent and Medway Partnership Trust teams in order to promote good working relationships and effective clinical care. Ability to assess where social need is greater than mental or physical health need and work with colleagues to coordinate appropriate plans of care for patients. Demonstrate risk management, and safeguarding issues, practicing safely and in accordance with individual patient need. To be able to formulate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, integrated plan of care and communicate to relevant parties in a timely fashion. Involve carers at every step when appropriate.
Assess and anticipate individual needs of patient in crisis, taking appropriate action and communicating to relevant agencies/parties as required. Report all incidents as per the Trust incident reporting guidelines and policy.
The post holder will have the ability to work autonomously when carrying out assessments and planning care and collecting data.
To work within the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Service to deliver a hospital focused service for people with co morbid illness
To develop links with and work collaboratively with Acute colleagues, and with those in the Hospital Psychiatry Liaison Service to enhance the interface between the specialist service and general hospital service.
To provide a specialist assessment and intervention service for adults (18yrs +) with co morbid illness and hold a small complex clinical caseload.
To act as an educational and consultative resource for colleagues working within the general hospital, primary care and the hospital liaison psychiatry service.
To maintain excellent standards of practice and regularly evaluate these.
To support service manager and matrons in leading the change process in line with LPS accreditation and delivery of Core 24 LPS services
• Develop appropriate clinical audit
• Report any incidents in accordance with Trust Policy.
• Act within policies, procedures and legislation that promote equality, diversity and rights.
Role model the trust values in your daily working practice, to your team and clients
• Utilise resources in an effective and cost-efficient manner.
To take a lead in an identified & specific clinical area - this may include Neurodiversity, Triage role, substance misuse, dual diagnosis, Dementia/Delirium, Complex emotional dysregulation disorders, High intensity users, Self-harming behaviours, medically unexplained symptoms - this is not an exhaustive list and is in addition to your generic role.
To lead on the clinical development of band 6 LPS staff.
To develop close working, trusted relationships with acute hospital colleagues
To complete clinical inductions for all newly appointed band 6 clinicians
To support LPS clinicians to access opportunities for work with days, and to encourage reciprocation, across a wide variety of services, to enhance understanding of other services roles, pathways and service provisions
To lead on service improvements for service users and carers, with increased involvement and completion of PREM & CREM
COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
• Communicate effectively with the liaison psychiatry team and with general hospital colleagues
• To maintain accurate and relevant records and reports in accordance with Trust policy and professional require
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