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Psychiatry UK is the UK’s leading provider of digital psychiatry services, working both privately and with the NHS to support children, teenagers and adults with expert, patient-centred care. A career with Psychiatry UK allows you to expand your knowledge, enhance your skills, and gain valuable life experience—all while enjoying the flexibility of a remote full-time role. As part of a leading online mental health service, you'll collaborate with innovative, forward-thinking professionals in a dynamic, multidisciplinary team committed to making a real difference. Our Liaison Practitioner’s play a key part in our multidisciplinary team, providing clinical support across services. The role involves responding to clinical queries, conducting initial clinical triage, and undertaking risk assessment and management of patients presenting with acute mental health needs. The Liaison Practitioner will play a vital role in ensuring the safe, effective, and timely management of referrals, supporting patient safety and care continuity across virtual and partner services. This is a home-based role (applicants must reside in the UK), though occasional travel may be required for face-to-face meetings at various locations within the UK.
Job Responsibility:
Provide clinical support to the Consultant Psychiatrists, Prescribers and any other team member within P-UK who may raise a clinical query in relation to a client
Deliver a service of assisting and advising the wider P-UK team for patients presenting with acute mental health difficulties
Advising P-UK staff on the most appropriate course of action to support patients experiencing mental health difficulties
Contacting patients to clinically assess their mental state and risk
Provide clinical advice, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with P-UK policies and procedures, directly to patients to manage risks and current mental state
Record findings from the contact accurately and contemporaneously in the electronic clinical record
Screen Adult ADHD referrals where there are risk and clinical suitability concerns and follow the P-UK referral triage process including clinical risk rating at the point of triage
Provide Risk Management of patients open to P-UK as per the P-UK BRAG Risk Management process
Refer a patient to a PUK Psychiatrist or to the Emergency Services as necessary
Work collaboratively with Psychiatrists and other Health Professionals and staff within P-UK
Assist P-UK to continue to develop working relationships with the relevant NHS agencies and other Care Providers
Implement excellent standards of patient care using evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice
Escalate clinical risks/concerns as per P-UK Escalation Process in a timely manner
Place an emphasis on informed choice within a patient partnership approach
ensuring full information is given to the patient regarding treatment/support options following NICE guidelines
Provide support, information and advice to patients and, where appropriate, with client consent, to their families/carers
Develop and maintain effective working relationships within P-UK, NHS services and non-statutory services to ensure a seamless, coordinated service to patients and users of P-UK
Requirements:
Professional Registration: First Level Registered Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist with active registration with the NMC or HCPC
Clinical Experience: Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience in a relevant mental health setting, or clear evidence of safe and independent clinical decision-making in a mental health context
Continued Professional Development: Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning and professional development
Proven experience in the provision of mental health care and/or working with neurodevelopmental conditions
Advanced IT literacy, with the ability to work remotely using digital platforms and systems
Recent (within the last 2 years) experience of working within or alongside multi-disciplinary or multi-agency mental health teams