Mental Health Liaison Team Manager

Overview

As a Clinical Team Leader in the Mental Health Liaison Team at Ipswich Hospital, you will steer a 24/7 service that delivers rapid mental health assessment, risk management and short-term intervention within the acute hospital. You will partner with the leadership team to ensure safe, person-centred care, robust governance and effective collaboration with hospital colleagues. You’ll drive service development, support staff wellbeing and provide education to enhance understanding of mental health in a hospital setting. This is a dynamic, impactful leadership role in a busy, consultative environment.

Pay / Benefits

• ongoing training and development opportunities
• shared opportunities across NSFT and ESNEFT
• supportive leadership team
• positive, collaborative culture

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership to the MHLT
• Guide staff in managing complex mental and physical health presentations in the acute hospital
• Build relationships across Ipswich Hospital to ensure seamless interface between mental and physical healthcare
• Review team performance, activity data and KPIs; contribute to service development
• Oversee clinical documentation, safeguarding, and policy adherence
• Provide leadership presence for decision-making, risk management and escalation
• Contribute to multidisciplinary meetings and promote shared clinical decision-making
• Support timely discharge planning and ensure MH input into complex cases
• Offer guidance and education to acute hospital colleagues on mental health presentations
• Participate in recruitment, HR processes, supervision and staff development
• Promote a positive, flexible, can-do culture within the team
• Manage competing demands in a high-pressure environment

Key requirements

• Experience at a senior clinical level including staff management/supervision
• Experience in a multi-disciplinary team
• Currently registered or qualified in Nursing or equivalent; HCPC registered; Dip SW/ Dip OT
• Full UK driving licence
• Willingness to travel
• Evidence of leadership in an acute care environment (desirable)
• ILM management certificate or equivalent (desirable)

• leadership
• communication
• collaboration
• risk management
• clinical documentation
• safeguarding processes

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