Mental Health Enhanced Liaison Clinician

Mental Health Enhanced Liaison Clinician

The closing date is 30 January 2026

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Aconbury North, Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

We are expanding our Mental Health Liaison Service across Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, and we are looking for dynamic, compassionate Band 6 Mental Health Practitioners to join our team. The role is full‑time part‑time 31.5 hours per week, providing 24‑hour mental health support to A&E departments, delivering care to individuals of all ages with suspected or diagnosed mental health conditions, supporting prisoners transferred from His Majesty’s Prisons with specialist mental health assessments, and working within a multi‑disciplinary team offering a full spectrum of mental health specialties.

• Provide comprehensive assessment, advice, ongoing support and monitoring of patients with mental health needs across all wards.
• Deliver psychological support to patients and carers referred to our services in conjunction with ongoing physical health needs, ensuring holistic care throughout the patients’ stay in hospital.
• Work as an enthusiastic team member across the acute hospitals, assessing patients in an autonomous, systematic way, developing and reviewing treatment plans.
• Advise and support acute staff, referring patients on through established referral pathways.
• Contribute to the development of training packages and deliver bespoke training to Acute Trust staff.
• Provide guidance, support and education to frontline NHS staff.

• Registered Mental Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
• Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development.
• Will be asked to provide original certificates to verify qualifications at point of offer.

• At least 2 years post‑qualification experience in an appropriate mental health setting.
• Experience working within and utilising a supervisory framework.
• Regular multi‑disciplinary assessments.
• Mental state and self‑harm assessments.
• Assessment and management of risk.
• Working within the Care Coordination framework.
• Supervision of junior staff and students.
• Experience assessing people who deliberately self‑harm and those diagnosed with personality disorder.
• Experience working in a liaison or crisis and home treatment service.

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour and provide positive role‑modeling for good behaviour.
• Work flexibly within the framework of liaison services.
• Organise self‑workload effectively.
• Willingness to train in a variety of areas and new initiatives.
• Advanced assessment skills.
• Teaching skills.

• Good working knowledge of the Mental Health Act legislation and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Clinical Governance, Risk Assessment and Adult/Child Protection Legislation and NSFs.
• National and local health and social care strategies.

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
• Flexible and agile working opportunities.
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
• Wide range of supportive staff networks.
• Health and wellbeing opportunities.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Aconbury North, Worcestershire Royal Hospital.