Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS Senior Liaison Practitioner

The closing date is 24 August 2025

Job summary

We are passionate about working with young people and their families. Our strength lies in our humanity and the values we uphold. The team provides compassionate, person centred, non-judgmental care to children and young people presenting in the A&E department with mental health related difficulties, self-harm, or a psychiatric crisis.

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Liaison Practitioner (you could be a Nurse, Social Worker, AHP or other relevant professional registration) who will work alongside a team to provide rapid crisis assessments for young people up to the age of 18. The team provides short crisis intervention, supports with making clinical decisions on appropriateness for discharge and signposting to other specialist services as required.

As a Practitioner in the team you will play a part in the delivery of direct clinical care, as well as supporting and advising colleagues within the wider acute setting on the mental health needs of children and young people. You will provide oversight of children and young people admitted to UHS as well as offering a 7 day follow up to those young people safely discharged.

As a Senior Practitioner in the team you will be responsible for the day to day operational management of the team and supporting some of the more complex clinical decision making.

Main duties of the job

You will hold leadership and communication skills that will assist to bridge the gap between physical and mental health and bring together strong networks around a young person and their family.

You will need to be confident in your risk assessment skills. You will be required to work autonomously, therefore clinical skills and experience relating to crisis and risk management are essential.

If you are passionate about working with children and young people and share our values, we would love to hear from you.

The team covers the hours of 9am to 10pm weekdays and 9am -- 5pm weekends and bank holidays. Shifts are managed by a rolling rota system.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, hybrid working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-CFS-8723

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hospital

South Block, Southwick Hill

Cosham

Hampshire

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Core professional qualification, e.g., Nurse, Social Worker, Therapist
Educated to master's or equivalent level

Experience

Essential

Experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment of children and adolescents and their families/carers where appropriate as a full member of a multi-disciplinary team located in community, primary care, outpatients or inpatient settings
Demonstrable success at managing change, service development and continuous improvement
Experience of working in a healthcare setting
Proven ability in making a significant contribution to the achievement of organisational objectives and key performance indicators
Proven ability to work flexibility and to tight deadlines
Experience of working in an autonomous role in designing the packages of care for young people presenting with sudden onset, chronic and long-standing physical and mental health concerns
Experience of working with a wide variety of children, adolescents and their families/carers across the whole range and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Core professional qualification, e.g., Nurse, Social Worker, Therapist
Educated to master's or equivalent level

Experience

Essential

Experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment of children and adolescents and their families/carers where appropriate as a full member of a multi-disciplinary team located in community, primary care, outpatients or inpatient settings
Demonstrable success at managing change, service development and continuous improvement
Experience of working in a healthcare setting
Proven ability in making a significant contribution to the achievement of organisational objectives and key performance indicators
Proven ability to work flexibility and to tight deadlines
Experience of working in an autonomous role in designing the packages of care for young people presenting with sudden onset, chronic and long-standing physical and mental health concerns
Experience of working with a wide variety of children, adolescents and their families/carers across the whole range and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

South Block, Southwick Hill

Cosham

Hampshire

PO6 3LY

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

South Block, Southwick Hill

Cosham

Hampshire

PO6 3LY

Employer's website

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