# Liaison Psychiatry Nurse

**Company**: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £47,951 to £56,863 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a skilled Liaison Psychiatry Nurse to join our team at St Mary's Hospital in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a comprehensive psychosocial assessment of mental health needs in a diverse patient population, including risk assessment and the development of risk management plans.

The Liaison Psychiatry Team at St Mary's Hospital provides a consultation and liaison service for all patients over the age of 18 years who are referred from A&E, inpatient wards, and outpatient clinics within St Mary's Hospital.

Key Responsibilities:

- Conduct autonomous psychosocial assessments and reviews of patients' mental health needs

- Provide a comprehensive consultation liaison service to St Mary's Hospital ward teams and individual clinicians

- Teach acute hospital staff in both formal and informal settings

- Provide a broad range of treatments and clinical interventions as appropriate to the needs of each individual patient

Requirements:

- Significant experience as a qualified nurse in Liaison Psychiatric Nurse, acute psychiatric setting, working within a CMHT, Older adults, Home treatment teams

- Ability to interpret research and apply to practice

- Knowledge of counselling skills, cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions, brief solution-focused therapy

- RMN on live register

- Evidence of an active interest in further professional development

Benefits:

- Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)

- Agenda for Change pay scheme

- Band 6

- Permanent, full-time contract

## Skills

### Required
- Mental Health Act (2007)
- risk assessment
- counselling skills
- cognitive behavioural skills
- psychosocial interventions
- brief solution-focused therapy
- RMN

### Nice to have
- European Computer Driving License
- C&G 7.730 Teaching Cert (Adults)
- RGN
- degree level education

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