Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Liaison Practitioner
The closing date is 25 November 2026

Job summary
Patients may present with a wide range of mental health and psychological problems, including following an episode of self-injury, psychiatric emergency and as a consequence of physical illness. You will be expected to work with individuals experiencing psychosomatic disorders and a variety of psychological and adjustment issues resulting from physical illness.

You will use higher-level communication skills, both written and oral and have an ability to engage with challenging and/or acutely distressed individuals, sometimes in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations.

Main duties of the job
The Mental Health Liaison team provides a comprehensive service to patients/service users, carers and clinical colleagues based within our acute trust at Royal Blackburn Hospital.
This involves:

• To assist in the provision of quality evidence-based practice, within a busy A&E department and Acute wards.
• Providing advice, support and care, liaising with other agencies under the guidance of the Mental Health Liaison Nurses for Service Users and their families who present often in a distressed state with complex mental health needs and social difficulties.
• Completion of physical health tools to improve the physical health of service users with mental illness.
• Provide 1:1 support to service users waiting psychiatric admission in A&E.

About us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Nurse (Mental Health) - current NMC Registration or equivalent professional health care qualification
• Essential: Evidence of professional updating and development in the care of patients in an acute or community setting
• Essential: Diploma in Professional Studies (Nursing) - or equivalent

Experience

• Essential: A minimum of two years post-registration mental health experience.
• Essential: Involvement in innovative practice and multi-cultural environments
• Essential: Of practicing in an acute mental health inpatient/community care setting.

Skills

• Essential: Skills in assessing, planning and evaluating mental health interventions.
• Essential: Skills in interacting therapeutically with distressed and/or disturbed individuals.
• Essential: Skills in individual interventions.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Blackburn, BB2 3HH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/

Contact: Debbie King (Nurse), Debbie.King@lscft.nhs.uk

Pay scheme: Agenda for change, Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 351-PEN1205-ZK

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice applies.