Senior Psychiatric Liaison Nurse (SPLN)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a newly created Senior Psychiatric Liaison Nurse (SPLN) post at Guy's Hospital. The role involves delivering specialist mental health assessments and supporting care pathways for working-age adults admitted to Guy's Hospital with mental illness and medical comorbidities. The post holder will collaborate with acute trust colleagues, work autonomously and jointly with other professionals, and contribute to operational and non-clinical responsibilities. Maintaining strong knowledge of psychotropic medications is also expected.
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
- oA sound understanding of how to assess and meet the needs of working age adults with mental illness.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Previous or current experience of working with working age adults in a Liaison service.
- Competent in complaint investigation and response within quality and governance frameworks
Desirable criteria
- BSc (Hons) in General Adult Nursing
- Educated to post graduate degree level
- Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training
- Essential Requirements
- BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
- oA sound understanding of how to assess and meet the needs of working age adults with mental illness.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Previous or current experience of working with working age adults in a Liaison service.
- Competent in complaint investigation and response within quality and governance frameworks
- BSc (Hons) in General Adult Nursing
- Educated to post graduate degree level
- Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
This is a newly created Senior Psychiatric Liaison Nurse (SPLN) post based at Guy's Hospital at London Bridge.
Guy's Hospital Mental Health Liaison Team
The liaison team at Guy's Hospital includes a Consultant Psychiatrist and three resident doctors of different grades alongside a Band 8b Clinical P190sychologist and team administrator. The team operates an outpatient service as well as providing psychiatric assessments and treatments to inpatients on the wards at Guy's Hospital. The resident doctors rotate as part of their training and may be away for on-calls, so there will be times when there are fewer people around.
The team receives 190. Referrals for ward patients each year. These patients can be medically complex and have long admissions and could typically be seen once or twice a week by the team.
Guy's Hospital does not have an Emergency Department, so most of the admissions are planned. Guy's Hospital specialises in treatment of cancer, kidney disease, sickle cell disease and orthopaedics.
There is a separate liaison team for older adults and for patients under 18 years of age.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Psychiatric Liaison Nurse (SPLN) is responsible for delivering specialist mental health assessments and supporting care pathways for working-age adults admitted to Guy's Hospital who present with symptoms of mental illness and other medi
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