Senior Practitioner – Mental Health Liaison Team (BANK)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
The Band 7 Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) Bank Practitioner provides specialist mental health assessment, risk management, and intervention for patients in the Emergency Department (ED) and Acute Medical Unit (AMU). This role involves delivering high-quality, patient-centered mental health care to individuals experiencing acute mental illness, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and complex psychosocial crises. As a senior clinician, you will provide expert assessment, formulation, and care planning, working collaboratively with acute hospital colleagues and external partners. The post holder will support daily operations, offering clinical leadership and guidance while maintaining high standards of practice and risk management. This autonomous role requires sound clinical judgment in a fast-paced acute hospital environment.
Essential criteria
- Evidence of assessment experience community
- Working knowledge of legal frameworks
- Ability to work ambitiously in complex case work
Desirable criteria
- Years experience 4+
- Leadership and compassionate staff management
- Crisis team or equivalent experience
- Assessment Experience
- Evidence of assessment experience community
- Working knowledge of legal frameworks
- Ability to work ambitiously in complex case work
- Years experience 4+
- Leadership and compassionate staff management
- Crisis team or equivalent experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Practitioner – Mental Health Liaison Team (BANK)
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
The Band 7 Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) Bank Practitioner provides specialist mental health assessment, risk management and intervention for patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) and Acute Medical Unit (AMU). Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will deliver high-quality, patient-centered mental health care to individuals experiencing acute mental illness, self-harm, suicidal ideation, behavioural disturbance, substance misuse, dementia, delirium and complex psychosocial crises.
As a senior clinician within the Mental Health Liaison Team, the post holder will provide expert mental health assessment, formulation and care planning for patients with complex presentations. They will work collaboratively with acute hospital colleagues and external partners to ensure patients receive timely assessment, appropriate treatment and onward referral to the most suitable services.
The post holder will support the day-to-day operational delivery of the liaison service during bank shifts, providing clinical leadership, advice and guidance to colleagues where required, whilst maintaining high standards of clinical practice, documentation and risk management.
The role requires a practitioner who can work a
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