MHSOP Liaison Nurse | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 October 2025 |
| Location: | North Shields, NE298NH |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7461637/319-7461637PM |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Mental Health Services for Older People Liaison Team to recruit a B6 Nurse for a 12 month fixed term period. This would be to join a dynamic, well structured multidisciplinary team who provide mental health liaison input to the North Tyneside General Hospital site & also the Royal Quays Intermediate Care Unit.
The team provides specialist input to assessment, clinical care and therapy interventions for the older person who may be experiencing comorbid physical and mental health problems. We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring and compassionate individuals who are eager to work with us to maintain the excellent working relationships that have been established with our colleagues across the trust in the delivery of holistic, person centred care and also help us with ongoing innovation and development.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
To operate as a Mental Health Liaison Nurse within the Older Adult’s pathway at North Tyneside General Hospital and Royal Quays Intermediate Care Unit.
To work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary ward team providing specialist mental health nursing assessment including risk assessments, clinical care and therapy interventions and be professionally accountable and responsible.
To provide specialist skills, knowledge and experience for those identified as having Mental Health problems who also are also experiencing acute/chronic medical problems.
To provide efficient and effective facilitation of patient journey from admission through to discharge.
To aim to improve outcomes for older people with comorbid physical and mental health problems who are situated in the medical setting.
To enhance and develop the skills/knowledge base of the general hospital staff and improve the quality of care by providing direct support in the planning and delivery of structured education to service users, relatives, carers and other professional staff.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
• To provide liaison service as above to the general hospital, intermediate care setting.
• To act as a specialist resource on older persons mental health issues to the general hospital, intermediate care.
• To undertake Specialist Mental Health Nurse role within the broader Mental Health Services for Older People department.
• To operate within a multidisciplinary framework and contribute meaningfully to the development of the service, and the provision of safe and effective care.
• Practice within legal and ethical frameworks encompassed within nursing and mental health legislation to exercise professional accountability as set out in NMC Professional Code of Conduct and work within the scope of practice.
• Reportable to MHSOP Liaison Nurse Lead.
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Sep 2025