Job summary
- Main area
- LS H&F Liaison Psychiatry
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-H&F-088
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Fulham Palace Rd
- Town
- London,
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 Per annum pro rata inclusive of 20% HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/02/2026 17:00
- Interview date
- 27/02/2026
Employer heading
Band 7 Senior Liaison Psychiatry Practitioner
Band 7
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
We are looking for dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists or Social Workers to join H&F LPS. You will be a senior member of a growing and dynamic service where learning, professional development and a supportive environment are promoted.
If you have good clinical and leadership skills, this role will suit you. You will offer a person-centred approach to service users’ treatment, recovery and well-being and will involve their carers/family members in the care planning where appropriate. You will offer guidance to junior members of the team and will share your knowledge and expertise with the multidisciplinary team.
You will work closely with colleagues from the acute trust and from other parts of the health and social care system to improve the care of service users and their experience. You will be integral to team development and service improvement.
Main duties of the job
Clinical:
As a member of the team the post-holder will:
· Provide specialist bio-psycho-social assessment (usually working alone) of patients’ mental state (including the assessment of deliberate self-harm) and initial risk assessment and from this develop an appropriate immediate plan for care.
· Carry out robust risk assessments and care planning in a non-psychiatric environment.
· Utilise a wide variety of clinical skills appropriate to the needs of individual patients and the clinical setting in which they are required to be seen.
· Provide a broad range of specialist psychosocial interventions for individual patients and a specialist consultation-liaison service to referring clinicians and clinical teams, assisting them in decision making in difficult and complex cases.
· Provide expert advice regarding the pharmacological management of mental health patients to non-mental health professionals, seeking clinical guidance from medical members of the team in relation to any specific prescribing advice.
· Provide advice, support and signposting to telephone callers regarding mental health issues, documenting as required.
· Be required to make clear autonomous decisions, with close support and supervision from more senior clinical staff, based on an analysis of complex presenting problems and judgement about available options. This will include decisions related to discharge of patients.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • Professional Qualification as RMN/RN (Mental Health) or Registered Occupational Therapist or Registered Social Worker with professional registration (HCPC)
- • Mentorship In Practice (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent teaching qualification
- • Assisted Year In Practice (ASYE) if social work qualified
Desirable criteria
- • Educated to degree or diploma level nursing
- • Other courses/training relevant to Liaison Psychiatry e.g. CBT, Brief Solution Focused Therapy etc
- • Other qualification in practice teaching or supervision of staff.
- • Evidence of recent professional development
- • RGN qualified
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of supervising junior staff within own and/or other disciplines
- • Demonstrable substantive post qualifying experience in psychiatry, with evidence of relevant experience at Band 6
- • Experience of mentoring students through placements
- • Experience of teaching/ training in a formal or informal setting
- • Experience of working with people who have experienced serious ongoing mental health problems
- • Experience of assessing and managing crisis with those with a severe mental illness
- • Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of managing outpatient clinics for mental health
- • Clinical experience of working in Liaison Psychiatry Service(s)
- • Experience of implementing and monitoring standards of care
- • Other relevant post registration experience
- • Audit and research skills
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- • Use of psychosocial assessment methods
- • Knowledge of counselling skills / cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions
- • Specialist knowledge of mental health disorders as well as their relationship to physical disorders
- • Assessment and treatment of self-harm
- • Risk assessment/management and crisis intervention skills
- • Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005)
- • Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations and use de-escalation techniques effectively
- • Clear understanding of the Mental Health Act (1983), and National Policy
- • Ability to assess clinical situations quickly and use initiative
- • Management and organisation skills that enable a number of complex activities and clinical work to be undertaken, revising and adjusting these according to the needs of individual patients and the service
- • Ability to work as an active member of the multidisciplinary team
- • Sufficient clinical knowledge to be able to make autonomous decisions, based on an analysis of complex presenting problems and judgement about available options
- • Clear understanding of the process of supervision
Desirable criteria
- • Skills in CBT or family work
- • Ability to interpret research and apply to practice
- • Computer literate
- • Report writing skills
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to frequently work under pressure and maintain intense concentration, particularly in unpredictable situations where there will be exposure to highly distressed and/or disturbed patients, often exhibiting challenging behaviours and the risk of physical violence
- • Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence
- • Ability to manage own time effectively through robust prioritising of own and others workloads
- • Team/self-management and organisation skills that enable a number of complex activities and clinical work to be undertaken, revising and adjusting these according to the needs of individual patients and the service
- • Exercise initiative, flexibility, tact and self- awareness
- • Ability to meet deadlines
- • Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice and leadership
- • Ability to work closely and form excellent working relationships with a wide range of people
- • Act as a positive role model, dynamic, motivated caring and supportive
Others
Essential criteria
- • Ability to be reflective and accept constructive criticism to further develop oneself
- • Higher level communication skills, both written and oral
- • Commitment to Equal Opportunities
- • Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to the Trust
- • Be able to work flexibly if required
Desirable criteria
- • Lived experience of mental health
- • Willing to use peer and group supervision creatively
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Purdish Karda
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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