Senior Psychiatric Liaison Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
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Role summary
This is a combined leadership and clinical role within the Psychiatric Liaison Service at Luton & Dunstable Hospital. The post holder will manage complex cases, provide assessments, and support timely discharges. They will also supervise team members, contribute to service improvements, and deliver training to acute colleagues. The service operates 24/7, requiring flexible working.
Essential criteria
- Health and social care registration SW/RMN
- Mentorship/supervisor training
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification
- Minimum 2 Years post qualification
- Leadership experience
- Teaching and delivering training
- Crisis pathway experience (PLS,CRHTT,Perinatal)
- Biopsychosocial assessment process
- Age related illness
- Liaison service knowledge
- Mental health act, capacity act and care act knowledge
- Physical health impact on mental health
- Education
- Health and social care registration SW/RMN
- Mentorship/supervisor training
- Leadership qualification
- Minimum 2 Years post qualification
- Leadership experience
- Teaching and delivering training
- Crisis pathway experience (PLS,CRHTT,Perinatal)
- Biopsychosocial assessment process
- Age related illness
- Liaison service knowledge
- Mental health act, capacity act and care act knowledge
- Physical health impact on mental health
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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East London NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Psychiatric Liaison Practitioner
The closing date is 30 August 2026
Job summary
A Senior clinician in the psychiatric liaison service will be a combined leadership and clinical role.
Expectations of high level evidenced based clinical contact with complex and challenging cases and role modelling to the wider service.
Assessments, documentation and communication written and verbal will be of a high standard and in line with service and trust aims and goals.
A part of a team the post holder will supervise other members of the team and support improvement in all areas that the service provides.
Working combined shifts over a 24hr 7 day service it is important to communicate your own well being and recognise the needs and support where possible the wellbeing of your colleagues.
Main duties of the job
Assessment and signposting.
Supporting the acute trust to aid smooth and timely discharges from hospital.
Documenting and communicating interactions on systems both from the ELFT and Acute trust to maintain clarity in care planning.
Supervisory responsibility
Deputising for clinical lead and operational led as required.
Improvement projects
Teaching to acute colleagues informally and formally depending on setting.
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