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Oxford Health NHS Trust

Mental Health Liaison Lead Practitioner - BANES CAMHS

The closing date is 22 December 2025

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Job summary

Are you a Mental Health Nurse looking to develop your leadership skills and offer an excellent service to children and young people?

We're looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service team on a full-time basis. With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people's mental health, there has never been a better time to join and make a positive difference to children and young people's life chances.

As the Mental Health Liaison Lead Practitioner, you will act in a lead role for the liaison service, jointly with a Liaison Lead Practitioner colleague, at the district general hospital in RUH Bath. Alongside Liaison Lead colleagues, you'll participate in the delivery and on-going development of the service. As joint lead, you'll provide daily leadership & clinical support for the Mental Health Liaison Service and ensure a consistent, responsive, high quality and user-friendly service is delivered.

You'll be able to make a meaningful contribution to our service modernisation, ensuring children & young people get the right support from individuals with the right skills.

We offer a full induction, shadowing opportunities, ongoing in-house training, access to external courses, and regular managerial, professional, peer, clinical and safeguarding supervision to support your confidence, competence and development.

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Main duties of the job

In this role, you will undertake comprehensive assessments of young people with mental health needs who present to the acute District General Hospital in Bath and supervise and support colleagues in Band 6 roles and support work to assess and plan for care following admission to hospital .

You will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, provide supervision for other team members and develop an area of clinical leadership within BANES Community CAMHS

  • Assessment of deliberate self-harm
  • Support to patients admitted with an eating disorder
  • Contribute a psycho-social perspective to patients admitted
  • Provide day support and consultation to hospital staff where a mental health need is identified
  • Identify and provide CAMHS training (this may involve other CAMHS colleagues)

Within the team, we work on a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday -Sunday and Bank Holidays. The flexible working patterns allows team members to work hours flexibly and for days off during the week. You will participate in covering the service's 24 hour on call service on a rota basis. There is a robust system of support available from on call colleagues including the manager, consultant psychiatrist and senior manager on call.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Mental Health First Aiders
  • Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
  • Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Details

Date posted

09 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum | Pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-OC7540806

Job locations

BANES CAMHS

Temple house

Keynsham

BS31 1HA


Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a varied and rewarding role within a highly supportive team.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a varied and rewarding role within a highly supportive team.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact us.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policy
  • Knowledge of Recovery Focused Practice
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures

Desirable

  • Knowledge and experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT)

Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional

Essential

  • RMN/OT/Social Worker with mental health training
  • Current registration with relevant professional body; NMC, HCPC

Desirable

  • Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a Band 6, or equivalent, Mental Health professional
  • Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs or relevant Mental Health experience
  • Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals
  • Experience of working with young adults or young people or experience of working in a community setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working with young people with an Eating Disorder
  • Experience of contributing to the leadership /management of a clinic, project, aspect of clinical work
Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policy
  • Knowledge of Recovery Focused Practice
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures

Desirable

  • Knowledge and experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT)

Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional

Essential

  • RMN/OT/Social Worker with mental health training
  • Current registration with relevant professional body; NMC, HCPC

Desirable

  • Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a Band 6, or equivalent, Mental Health professional
  • Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs or relevant Mental Health experience
  • Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals
  • Experience of working with young adults or young people or experience of working in a community setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working with young people with an Eating Disorder
  • Experience of contributing to the leadership /management of a clinic, project, aspect of clinical work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

BANES CAMHS

Temple house

Keynsham

BS31 1HA


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

BANES CAMHS

Temple house

Keynsham

BS31 1HA


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Team Manager

Lisa Williams

lisa.williams@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

01865903889

Details

Date posted

09 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum | Pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-OC7540806

Job locations

BANES CAMHS

Temple house

Keynsham

BS31 1HA


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