Job vacancy: Liaison Psychiatry Senior Clinical Practitioner, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Gillingham

Job summary

Main area: Liaison
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24/7)
Job ref: 380-NK158-A

Employer: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Medway & Dartford
Town: Gillingham
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus HCAS% if Dartford
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/04/2025 23:59

Liaison Psychiatry Senior Clinical Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 7

The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· To assess patients who attend the hospital with a known or suspected mental health problem, including those with dementia or delirium. Share expertise of mental health crises in over 65s.

· Work in close partnership with the Acute Hospital Trust, and Kent and Medway Partnership Trust teams in order to promote good working relationships and effective clinical care.

· Ability to assess where social need is greater than mental or physical health need and work with colleagues to coordinate appropriate plans of care for patients.

· Demonstrate risk management, and safeguarding issues, practicing safely and in accordance with individual patient need.

· To be able to formulate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, integrated plan of care and communicate to relevant parties in a timely fashion. Involve carers at every step when appropriate.

· Assess and anticipate individual needs of patient in crisis, taking appropriate action and communicating to relevant agencies/parties as required. Report all incidents as per the Trust incident reporting guidelines and policy.

· The post holder will have the ability to work autonomously when carrying out assessments and planning care and collecting data.

· To work within the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Service to deliver a hospital focused service for people with co morbid illness

· To develop links with and work collaboratively with Acute colleagues, and with those in the Hospital Psychiatry Liaison Service to enhance the interface between the specialist service and general hospital service.

· To provide a specialist assessment and intervention service for adults (18yrs +) with co morbid illness and hold a small complex clinical caseload.

· To act as an educational and consultative resource for colleagues working within the general hospital, primary care and the hospital liaison psychiatry service.

· To maintain excellent standards of practice and regularly evaluate these.

· To support service manager and matrons in leading the change process in line with LPS accreditation and delivery of Core 24 LPS services

· Develop appropriate clinical audit

· Report any incidents in accordance with Trust Policy.

· Act within policies, procedures and legislation that promote equality, diversity and rights.

· Role model the trust values in your daily working practice, to your team and clients

· Utilise resources in an effective and cost-efficient manner.

· To take a lead in an identified & specific clinical area – this may include Neurodiversity, Triage role, substance misuse, dual diagnosis, Dementia/Delirium, Complex emotional dysregulation disorders, High intensity users, Self-harming behaviours, medically unexplained symptoms - this is not an exhaustive list and is in addition to your generic role.

· To lead on the clinical development of band 6 LPS staff.

· To develop close working, trusted relationships with acute hospital colleagues

· To complete clinical inductions for all newly appointed band 6 clinicians

· To support LPS clinicians to access opportunities for work with days, and to encourage reciprocation, across a wide variety of services, to enhance understanding of other services roles, pathways and service provisions

· To lead on service improvements for service users and carers, with increased involvement and completion of PREM & CRE

COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

· Communicate effectively with the liaison psychiatry team and with general hospital colleagues

· To maintain accurate and relevant records and reports in accordance with Trust policy and professional requirements.

· To provide assessment, progress and reports on interventions undertaken.

· Liaise with other professionals and agencies that may be involved with a particular case

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

supporting statement

Essential criteria

Current experience in Mental Health

Interview

Essential criteria

Professional Qualification
Experience at band 6 - 2 plus years
Mental Health Knowledge/Experience

Desirable criteria

Masters qualification
Professional nursing registration

KMPT Staff Benefits:

NHS pension scheme	Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits. Please see http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Pensions.aspx for more details.
Annual leave for Agenda for Change	On appointment to NHS 27 days for full time or pro rata if part time After 5 years NHS service 29 days full time or pro rata if part time After 10 years NHS service 33 days full time or pro rata if part time Plus bank holidays, that’s up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off! Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions. Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Recommend a friend campaign	If you already work for us you could refer a friend from outside of the Trust to any of the roles below and you can receive £1000 if they are successfully recruited; Nursing staff - RMN RGN RNLD - Band 5 and 6, Medical Doctors, Clinical Psychologist and Allied Health Professionals,
Flexible working	Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts etc. Just ask and we will try to help.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave	Dependant on length of NHS service
Other paid/unpaid leave	This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave. Non paid leave for career breaks
Staff Support	KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues not just work related problems.
NHS discounts and shopping vouchers	Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
Learning and Development opportunities	In addition to the mandatory subjects there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring. Induction KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days). The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT’s subject specialists and include the required training. The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.
New starter bonus	At the Trust we really value our nurses and the skills they bring. To recognise this we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for band 5 and 6 nursing staff.
Staff Network Forums	A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.

Lease car scheme, Cycle to work scheme, the list goes on………!

Probation Period. New employees external to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.

To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.

Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

KMPT are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter

KMPT takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.

KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we can ALL be ourselves.

We take pride in our services – which are underpinned by our Trust values:

Respect - We value people as individuals, we treat others as we would like to be treated.
Openness - Work in a collaborative, transparent way.
Accountability - We are professional and responsible for our actions.
Working together - We work together to make a difference for our service users.
Innovation - We find creative ways to run efficient, high quality services.
Excellence - We listen and learn to continually improve our knowledge and ways of working.

In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

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Relying solely on AI to write your application may result in generic, impersonal, and potentially inaccurate content. Always review and refine any AI-generated text to ensure it effectively communicates your experience, skills, accomplishments, and aspirations, and demonstrates your suitability for the position.

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Aine Marie Timmins
Job title: North Kent Service Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07521000162

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Liaison Psychiatry Senior Clinical Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 7

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

supporting statement

Essential criteria

Interview

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

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