Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Band 6

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Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Band 6

The closing date is 09 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen with the Mental Health Liaison Service which works out of three Acute hospitals in Coventry, Nuneaton and Warwick.

We have been success in securing funding to cover maternity secondment band 6 clinician to join our multidisciplinary team

We would particularly like to hear only from Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists with a background in Adult Mental Health / Learning Disability and/or Older Adults Mental Health.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking skilled, motivated, and compassionate practitioners to cover maternity leave and support our expanding service. This role offers the chance to provide high quality care to people attending A&E or receiving care in a general hospital.

Experience is required in working with a wide range of mental health conditions, including self-harm, mental health crises, or age related mental disorders.

Successful candidates will be joining our well established and supportive team of experienced Nurse practitioners: Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Support Workers and a Clinical Trainer to support new staff joining the team.

About us

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for practitioners with Professional registration in mental health nursing, social work or allied health professionals. You will need a demonstrable level of clinical experience, and to be an excellent communicator and a good team player. You will need to be passionate and committed to delivering a service to a high standard, as well as being able to work in partnership with other teams and services including the Acute Trust hospitals.

MHLT work 365 days a year and offer a 24 hour service to the Acute Trust hospitals. The Band 6 posts will require flexibility that reflects the service, that is, you will need to be able to work shifts this includes weekends and nights. This will be across 3 sites.

Person Specification QUALIFICATION

• Current Professional Registration Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or comparable equivalent

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Excellent written communications skills

EXPERIENCE

• Range of application of skills in different practice areas
• Experience of working in mental health
• Experience of multi disciplinary team working
• Experience of clinical risk assessment

OTHER

• Must hold a current driving licence and have independent means of transport.

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer Annum Pro Rota