Community Clozapine Initiation Team Nurse | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Bolton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health care provider is seeking a professional to join their small, specialised team for a community clozapine initiation service across Bolton and surrounding areas. The role entails assessing referrals, overseeing community clozapine initiation while supporting inpatient transitions, and coordinating necessary health monitoring. This position offers various staff benefits including onsite fitness classes, generous leave, and excellent pension options.

Benefits

Onsite Gym and Classes

Free Parking

Pay Enhancements

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycling to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Responsibilities

• Provide community clozapine initiation service across Bolton, Salford & Trafford.
• Assess referrals for appropriateness for community initiation.
• Oversee process of community clozapine initiation.
• Support early discharge for patients fit for discharge.
• Coordinate daily visits and obtain blood samples for clozapine monitoring.

Job description

The post holder will join a small, specialised team, providing all aspects of a community clozapine initiation service across the districts of Bolton, Salford & Trafford. Assess each referral into the service on a case-by-case basis as to whether they are appropriate for a community initiation/re-titration. If appropriate, the clozapine team will oversee the entire process of a community clozapine initiation. If a service user is not able to have clozapine initiated in the community for any reason, then the community clozapine initiation team will arrange for baseline physical observations, baseline bloods, ECG and registration with ZTAS to be carried out in the community prior to inpatient admission to minimise the length of any inpatient admission. If the patient’s clozapine initiation/re-titration has been started on the inpatient unit, but they are now fit for discharge, the community clozapine initiation team will support the patient with early discharge, so that the clozapine titration can be continued in the community and therefore minimise the length of any inpatient admission. The clozapine team will support the MHLT’s with the management of clozapine for patients admitted onto Acute Care Trust’s medical wards. The community clozapine initiation team will co‑ordinate daily visits, undertake monitoring and obtain blood samples for patients receiving a clozapine RED result in the community. The community clozapine team will act as a specialised resource, providing clozapine related advice/support to other services.

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.

See attached detailed job description and person specification.

Staff benefits

• Onsite Gym and Classes
• Free Parking
• Pay Enhancements – 36% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 72% 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
• Cycling to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025.