Senior Liaison Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide effective responses to referrals from the Emergency Department and Medical wards. You will assess, risk manage, and refer patients needing mental health services, ensuring an effective interface between the team and other services. The post requires providing clinical support to police and ambulance staff and undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments. The service operates 24/7, requiring shift work including nights, weekends, and bank holidays.
Essential criteria
- Professional registration in health or social care with up to date accreditation / CPD-RMN, Dip SW, BSc Occupational Therapy or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level.
- Accredited skills based training.
- Training related to management skills, teaching, staff development and supervison
- Knowledge of national legislation and guidance.
- Knowledge of evidence based/contemporary mental health practice.
- Ability to identify and co-ordinate effective risk assessment and management.
- Sound knowledge of working with the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act Legislation and DOLS.
- Awareness of a range of evidence based interventions.
- Awareness of issues of liaison with Emergency Department / Medical wards.
- Substantial post registration experience working in acute mental health services.
- Experience in working with children/young people
- Working in a Crisis/A&E Liaison Team.
- Providing Supervision
- Leading/co-ordinating multi-disciplinary teamwork.
- Service development/ managing change
- Skills & Abilities
- Skills in Assessment/Care-management and Planning
- Experience/skills working in partnership with a broad range of colleagues, service users, and carers
- Skills in a range of evidence based practice.
- Demonstration of sound professional judgement & communication skills (verbal and written)
- Ability to manage effectively under pressure.
- Ability to supervise staff, set standards, monitor performance and promote staff development
- Excellent organisational, problem solving/prioritisation skills
- Awareness of and commitment to, anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities.
- Leadership skills/abilities
- Ability to use IT systems across PCFT
- Work Related Circumstances
- Flexible working across division if necessary.
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure
- Be able to work a range of shifts over a 24 hour, 7 day period on a rotational basis
- Education / Qualifications
- Professional registration in health or social care with up to date accreditation / CPD-RMN, Dip SW, BSc Occupational Therapy or equivalent.
- Educated to degree level.
- Accredited skills based training.
- Training related to management skills, teaching, staff development and supervison
- Knowledge of national legislation and guidance.
- Knowledge of evidence based/contemporary mental health practice.
- Ability to identify and co-ordinate effective risk assessment and management.
- Sound knowledge of working with the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act Legislation and DOLS.
- Awareness of a range of evidence based interventions.
- Awareness of issues of liaison with Emergency Department / Medical wards.
- Substantial post registration experience working in acute mental health services.
- Experience in working with children/young people
- Working in a Crisis/A&E Liaison Team.
- Providing Supervision
- Leading/co-ordinating multi-disciplinary teamwork.
- Service development/ managing change
- Skills & Abilities
- Skills in Assessment/Care-management and Planning
- Experience/skills working in partnership with a broad range of colleagues, service users, and carers
- Skills in a range of evidence based practice.
- Demonstration of sound professional judgement & communication skills (verbal and written)
- Ability to manage effectively under pressure.
- Ability to supervise staff, set standards, monitor performance and promote staff development
- Excellent organisational, problem solving/prioritisation skills
- Awareness of and commitment to, anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities.
- Leadership skills/abilities
- Ability to use IT systems across PCFT
- Work Related Circumstances
- Flexible working across division if necessary.
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS discl
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
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Pennine Care NHS FT
Senior Liaison Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to provide an effective and efficient response to referrals from the Emergency Department andMedical wards in the Acute trustTo assess, risk manage and appropriately refer on and signpost allpatients referred who need assessment and/or follow up from mentalhealth services in line with the core 24 model.As part of the team to ensure the development of an effective interfacebetween the team and other mental health services, and contribute to the development of the team's gateway and assessment role.To provide information and clinical support to police and ambulance staffin order to help them make appropriate decisions.
Main duties of the job
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To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to provide an effective and efficient response to referrals from the Emergency Department and Medical wards in the Acute trustTo assess, risk manage and appropriately refer on and signpost all patients referred who need assessment and/or follow up from mental health services.As part of the team to ensure the development of an effective interfaces between the team and other mental health services, and contribute to the development of the team's gateway and a
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