Senior Mental Health Practitioner inExeter inExeter PUBLISHED 7 NOV 2024

Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year  PERMANENT  GOOD SALARY 

You will be working within a Senior Mental Health Practitioner role helping support referrals from colleagues within the Royal Devon and Exeter University Hospital.


Are you an experienced senior mental health clinician looking for a career in one of the UK's most respected mental health and learning disability trusts?


Would you like to be part of a dedicated team committed to helping those with mental health & learning disability problems enjoy a better future?


Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day?

Liaison Psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that specialises in the interface between medicine and psychiatry.

Liaison Psychiatry Services nationwide are experiencing significant investment and we are in the privileged position in Devon of being able to further enhance and develop our already well-established Liaison Services within the Royal Devon and Exeter University Hospital.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated, dynamic Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner with 2-3 years post qualifying experience to join our Liaison Psychiatry service based in Exeter.

You will have a key role in contributing to the mental health care of people in the general hospital and we welcome applications from all mental health professionals, including Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers.

There are full time posts available that cover a Core 24 service, working 7 days a week.

You will be well supported within the team and encouraged to develop your clinical skills and knowledge base within a stimulating learning environment.

You will be working within a Senior Mental Health Practitioner role helping support referrals from colleagues within the Royal Devon and Exeter University Hospital. You will be working within a busy team who complete both assessment and consultation work with people who require support for their mental health needs.

It will be your job to make specialist mental health assessments, and devise interventions that will help people to recover. You will play a key role in a dynamic multidisciplinary team, working with multiple agencies on a daily basis.

You will be confident working with supervision, with the knowledge to devise individual recovery plans for the people you see. It is important that you can communicate effectively, not only with your colleagues, but the people you care for, their families and carers. You will be at the centre of their care.

You will be an experienced mental health professional with a professional mental health qualification (RMN, CQSW / ASW, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT)

We will help you grow in the role and can provide a range of training opportunities, including CPD modules that can help you develop the skills you need to thrive in the job.

About us

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.

We would encourage you to contact the team manager for any queries.


Are you an experienced senior mental health clinician looking for a career in one of the UK's most respected mental health and learning disability trusts?


Would you like to be part of a dedicated team committed to helping those with mental health & learning disability problems enjoy a better future?


Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day?

Liaison Psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that specialises in the interface between medicine and psychiatry.

Liaison Psychiatry Services nationwide are experiencing significant investment and we are in the privileged position in Devon of being able to further enhance and develop our already well-established Liaison Services within the Royal Devon and Exeter University Hospital.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated, dynamic Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner with 2-3 years post qualifying experience to join our Liaison Psychiatry service based in Exeter.

You will have a key role in contributing to the mental health care of people in the general hospital and we welcome applications from all mental health professionals, including Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers.

There are full time posts available that cover a Core 24 service, working 7 days a week.

You will be well supported within the team and encouraged to develop your clinical skills and knowledge base within a stimulating learning environment.

You will be working within a Senior Mental Health Practitioner role helping support referrals from colleagues within the Royal Devon and Exeter University Hospital. You will be working within a busy team who complete both assessment and consultation work with people who require support for their mental health needs.

It will be your job to make specialist mental health assessments, and devise interventions that will help people to recover. You will play a key role in a dynamic multidisciplinary team, working with multiple agencies on a daily basis.

You will be confident working with supervision, with the knowledge to devise individual recovery plans for the people you see. It is important that you can communicate effectively, not only with your colleagues, but the people you care for, their families and carers. You will be at the centre of their care.

You will be an experienced mental health professional with a professional mental health qualification (RMN, CQSW / ASW, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT)

We will help you grow in the role and can provide a range of training opportunities, including CPD modules that can help you develop the skills you need to thrive in the job.

About us

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.

We would encourage you to contact the team manager for any queries.



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