CYP Mental Health Liaison Team Clinical Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Clinical Lead within the Children and Young People's (CYP) Mental Health Liaison Team, focusing on urgent care. The post holder will provide rapid, effective liaison and assessment for young people accessing acute general healthcare with mental health problems. They will offer clinical leadership, support, and training to the team, manage complex cases, and collaborate with other agencies to ensure high standards of care. The role involves developing the team's skills and improving provision within the community setting.
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification in relevant field and accredited member of BACP or equivalent level of accreditation with NMC, UKCP, CPC, IPTUK, NCS
- Mentorship Module or equivalant teaching/ supervision training
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in relevant clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice (Msc or Degree)
- Mentorship Module or equivalant teaching/ supervision training
- Relevant experience of working with young people with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals feeling in crisis/with complex needs/risk issues, and skills that are transferable to community settings. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Experience of working within a Hospital environment
- Working knowledge of Assessment tools
- Working with people who have self harm/suicidal ideation
- Working within a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare
- Experience of teaching in a formal or informal setting
- Political astuteness
- Distributed leadership modelling
- Skills & Competences
- Excellent assessment and risk management skills
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
- Knowedge of current agenda and guidance towards Mental Health forward view
- Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information
- Highly motivated & able to engage with service users, carers and key stakeholders to improve outcomes
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to engage with patients experiencing High Expressed Emotion
- Experience of working with patients who have self harming behaviours
- Basic IT skills
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Health Liaison
- Working collaboratively with other health and social care providers
- Budget management
- Data analysis
- Conflict resolution
- Special requirements
- Ability to travel around the county independently
- Professional qualification in relevant field and accredited member of BACP or equivalent level of accreditation with NMC, UKCP, CPC, IPTUK, NCS
- Mentorship Module or equivalant teaching/ supervision training
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in relevant clinical practice
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice (Msc or Degree)
- Mentorship Module or equivalant teaching/ supervision training
- Relevant experience of working with young people with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals feeling in crisis/with complex needs/risk issues, and skills that are transferable to community settings. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Experience of working within a Hospital environment
- Working knowledge of Assessment tools
- Working with people who have self harm/suicidal ideation
- Working within a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare
- Experience of teaching in a formal or informal setting
- Political astuteness
- Distributed leadership modelling
- Skills & Competences
- Excellent assessment and risk management skills
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
- Knowedge of current agenda and guidance towards Mental Health forward view
- Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information
- Highly motivated & able to engage with service users, carers and key stakeholders to improve outcomes
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to engage with patients experiencing High Expressed Emotion
- Experience of working with patients who have self harming behaviours
- Basic IT skills
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Health Liaison
- Working collaboratively with other health and social care providers
- Budget ma
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
CYP Mental Health Liaison Team Clinical Lead
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
Come and work for CYP Urgent Care team as a CYP MH Liaison Clinical Lead. The vacancy is countywide and can be flexibly based at either Lincoln or Boston.
You will work within the county-wide MHLS to ensure you are responding to the needs of young people accessing acute general healthcare with mental health problems by offering rapid, effective liaison and assessment.
Through clinical leadership, support and training you will support the clinical team to manage any complex cases, supporting liaison with other agencies such as CYP services, paediatrics, emergency services etc.
As clinical lead you will work closely with the Team Co-ordinator to provide expert knowledge within areas of specialism in relation to young people's mental health and support the clinical team to develop their roles and the provision of care within the community setting.
Work jointly with other CYP services to support the delivery of a high standard of clinical care for young people experiencing an acute episode of mental health deterioration. This includes ensuring improved physical health monitoring, care delivery and parity of esteem.
Work collaboratively and in partnership with ULHT to ensure their workforce is aware of the MHLS offer and has a good
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