Mental Health Intervention Officer

Overview

In this role you will assess and support student mental health needs, making timely risk-informed decisions and coordinating care with university services and external NHS partners. You’ll work within a small, multidisciplinary team to provide assessment, stabilization, and signposting, while also delivering training and consultancy to Imperial staff. The position offers a chance to shape student wellbeing through proactive risk management and collaborative care pathways. You will engage with students and staff to strengthen support across the university community.

Pay / Benefits

• Sector-leading salary and remuneration package
• 43 days off per year
• CPD budget available
• management and leadership training
• supervision and reflective spaces
• opportunity to work at a world-leading institution

Responsibilities

• Engage with students to build supportive relationships around mental health
• Perform timely mental health and risk assessments and determine appropriate responses
• Coordinate care with internal teams, NHS services and external agencies for referrals
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships for better communication and referrals
• Deliver mental health workshops and training for staff and students
• Provide guidance on signposting and onward referral pathways
• Support staff by offering consultancy on mental health issues
• Promote student-centred, pragmatic approaches within a fast-paced environment

Key requirements

• Professionally registered mental health professional (Nurse, Social Worker, Psychologist or equivalent)
• Substantial clinical mental health experience in statutory services (SPA, Crisis, Liaison, Community Mental Health)
• Advanced risk-assessment and formulation skills with rapid decision-making
• Experience working with multidisciplinary networks and external agencies
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining clinical judgement
• Flexible, collaborative, and student-centred clinician
• Proven ability to provide advice and support on acute and enduring mental health difficulties

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Professional curiosity
• Advanced mental health risk assessment
• Clinical formulation and risk stratification
• Referral and escalation planning

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