Clinical Team Manager - MHTAS/MHUT | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health services provider in Manchester is seeking a Clinical Team Manager to lead its triage service, overseeing clinical operations and ensuring high standards of care during mental health crises. The role involves leadership, interagency collaboration, and maintaining professional standards. Applicants should have experience in mental health services and a strong commitment to providing quality care.

Benefits

Pay Enhancements for evenings and weekends

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills and experience in clinical supervision.
• Ability to manage and develop effective working partnerships.
• Experience in mental health and crisis management.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective leadership to the designated team.
• Participate in and provide regular clinical supervision.
• Develop and maintain effective working partnerships with services.
• Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Team Manager at Greater Manchester Mental Health Tactical Advice Service (GM MHTAS).

GM MHTAS is a triage service with practitioners based at the Greater Manchester Police Force Headquarters. They provide real time clinical advice to police personnel on scene with members of the public experiencing mental health crisis, and also provide clinical advice to custody staff.

The post holder will support the Senior Mental Health Practitioners on duty to ensure that mental health vulnerability is considered, triaged and high quality information and clinical advice is provided when an individual comes in contact with, or is brought to the attention of, Greater Manchester Police.

The post holder will support the Operational Manager in carrying continuing professional and managerial responsibility for the clinical team, contributing to the maintenance of the overall service standards.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation.

GM MHTAS is currently going through consultation and will soon be part of the GM Mental Health Urgent Triage Team (MHUT) based at Middlebrook in Bolton. MHUT is an expanding urgent care service across the Greater Manchester footprint. This can be discussed in more detail at interview stage.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective leadership to the designated team.
• Participate in and provide regular clinical supervision as per Trust policy.
• Complete IPDRs with designated team as per trust policy.
• Deputise for and represent the Operational Manager when required.
• Implement workload supervision to monitor the standards of service user care and professional advice delivered.
• Work with local services to enhance pathways, seeking opportunities when clinically appropriate to reduce the demand on emergency services and improve the experience of the service user.
• Develop and maintain effective working partnerships with services.
• Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards by completing regular clinical audits with the team.
• Participate and take a lead in promoting positive interagency working.
• Manage the Health Roster for 24 hour shift pattern.
• Ensure a safe space for the team during regular staff meetings and case reviews.
• Undertake a senior practitioner role as required within the service to maintain direct assessment and care skills/working knowledge of the service.
• Formulate and implement local clinical and operational practices and procedures as appropriate.
• Take a lead in the recruitment, selection and induction processes in accordance with all three Trust policies.
• Proactively support the formulation and implementation of clinical and operational practices and procedures as appropriate.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Please see attached job description and person specification.

Benefits

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
• Excellent pension.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Wellbeing programme.
• Blue Light Card Discounts.

This advert closes on Thursday 11 Sep 2025