Psychiatric Liaison Practitioner
The closing date is 20 January 2026
Job summary
Are you an exceptional Mental Health Nurse (RMN) ready for a rewarding challenge?
It's a challenging and rewarding service to work in, and we need the best quality of candidates to help us grow our service. We are a 24-hour service 7 days a week at the Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother Hospital and at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, when required
You will be a confident, experienced clinician providing urgent mental health assessments, care, advice, and training across the acute general hospital (Emergency Departments and wards).
You will be able to meet the assessment and formulation needs of both working-age adults and older adults, and have a good insight into your training needs to fulfil this role.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills that you will use to facilitate high-quality mental health assessments and to build good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
You will be committed to the parity of esteem agenda and work closely with both physical and mental health clinicians to ensure a seamless delivery of care.
Main duties of the job
- Work as part of a psychiatric liaison team providing a liaison and assessment service 7 days per week, that will involve working unsocial hours and public holidays.
- Offer an assessment service to patients aged 18+ (with no upper age limit) presenting at the general hospital with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and diagnosed psychiatric illnesses.
- Provide a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments.
- Deliver a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required.
- Assist and support general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
- Provide formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff.
- Represent mental health services within the Hospitals.
- Provide a communication structure between secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.
In return for the above, we offer real commitment to your professional development, and regular supervision within a supportive working environment.
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
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Details
Date posted
30 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
380-EK375-A
Job locations
QEQM Hospital Margate
Ramsgate Road
Margate
CT94BF
Employer details
Employer name
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
QEQM Hospital Margate
Ramsgate Road
Margate
CT94BF
Employer's website
https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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