Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Secondment

We are looking for a Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to provide specialist mental health care assessments for adults within University Hospital Southampton such as: deliberate self harm assessment, mental health emergencies, complex psychosocial and behavioural assessments, capacity assessment and risk assessment.

In this role, you will effectively and efficiently provide psychological support to patients with mental health needs who are temporarily in crisis, or who have mental health needs as a result of their physical illness or as a result of being hospitalised.

You will advise non-psychiatry staff on outcome of assessment and formulate a care plan based on clinical intervention and risk management, providing time limited liaison follow up appointments when needed for those patients with more complex and enduring mental health needs. This role works positively and collaboratively as an integral part of the Specialist Adult Mental health services and effectively liaise with multi-agency colleagues, patients and their supporters.

This is a one year fixed term secondment commencing on the 14th March 2026 - 15th March 2027 working 22.5 hours a week.