CYP Mental Health Liaison Team Clinical Lead

Job summary
Come and work for CYP Urgent Care team as a CYP MH Liaison Clinical Lead. The vacancy is countywide and can be flexibly based at either Lincoln or Boston.

You will work within the county-wide MHLS to ensure you are responding to the needs of young people accessing acute general healthcare with mental health problems by offering rapid, effective liaison and assessment.

Through clinical leadership, support and training you will support the clinical team to manage any complex cases, supporting liaison with other agencies such as CYP services, paediatrics, emergency services etc.

As clinical lead you will work closely with the Team Co-ordinator to provide expert knowledge within areas of specialism in relation to young people's mental health and support the clinical team to develop their roles and the provision of care within the community setting.

Work jointly with other CYP services to support the delivery of a high standard of clinical care for young people experiencing an acute episode of mental health deterioration. This includes ensuring improved physical health monitoring, care delivery and parity of esteem.

Work collaboratively and in partnership with ULHT to ensure their workforce is aware of the MHLS offer and has a good understanding of mental health by offering training/education to help develop the workforce.

Main duties of the job
Use specialist knowledge to deal effectively with newly encountered clinical situations.

Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour by linking them with evidence-based treatment pathways.

Plan, implement, review, improve interventions and treatment pathways to meet people's identified needs and manage their inherent risk with comprehensive Clinical Risk Formulation and care planning

To assess carers' and families' needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for carers and families.

Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm.

To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team and community teams, ensuring appropriate clinical decision-making, with other professionals and agencies.

To support transitions of young people to adult services.

About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life _._ **_Visit_** _**beinlincolnshire.com** **to find out more**._

Details
Date posted: 14 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 274-12136-SP-A
Job locations: Countywide. To be agreed, Lincoln or Boston
Lincoln
LN7 5UA
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today:

Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Cheryl Goodwin View email address on meeveem.com or View phone number on meeveem.com

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Professional qualification in relevant field and accredited member of BACP or equivalent level of accreditation with NMC, UKCP, CPC, IPTUK, NCS
• Mentorship Module or equivalant teaching/ supervision training
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in relevant clinical practice

Desirable

• Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice (Msc or Degree)
• Mentorship Module or equivalant teaching/ supervision training

Experience
Essential

• Relevant experience of working with young people with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals feeling in crisis/with complex needs/risk issues, and skills that are transferable to community settings. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a Hospital environment
• Working knowledge of Assessment tools
• Working with people who have self harm/suicidal ideation
• Working within a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare
• Experience of teaching in a formal or informal setting
• Political astuteness
• Distributed leadership modelling

Skills & Competences
Essential

• Excellent assessment and risk management skills
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Knowedge of current agenda and guidance towards Mental Health forward view
• Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information
• Highly motivated & able to engage with service users, carers and key stakeholders to improve outcomes
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
• Ability to engage with patients experiencing High Expressed Emotion
• Experience of working with patients who have self harming behaviours
• Basic IT skills
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

• Health Liaison
• Working collaboratively with other health and social care providers
• Budget management
• Data analysis
• Conflict resolution

Special requirements
Essential

• Ability to travel around the county independently

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.