Community Mental Health Practitioner
Pennine Care Nhs Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Mental Health Practitioner to join the Stockport CMHT. You will provide holistic assessment, interventions and care planning for adults with severe mental illness, including depot medication administration for those unable to attend depot clinics.
The role supports service transformation and staff development. The position offers a Band 6 salary with progression, a permanent full-time contract and opportunities to contribute to recovery
Qualifications
- Registration as Social Worker / Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist (HCPC/NMC).
- Experience in community mental health work.
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to the practitioner role.
- Knowledge of recovery model and social inclusion.
- Experience supervising junior staff or students.
- Full UK driving license and mobility across the Trust footprint.
Responsibilities
- The full range of duties and responsibilities is listed within the Job description and personal specification.
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Job description
Company: PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Job ID: C9311-26-0693
An opportunity has arisen for a Community Mental Health Practitioner looking to join a great team, providing specialist mental health care to the population of Stockport. The Secondary Care CMHT support residents with severe and enduring mental health conditions. population we serve.
This an exciting time for Stockport CMHT. We are currently undergoing a transformation within our service as part of the National Transformations of community services and the local Living Well developments. It is an opportunity to be part of our service development, with planned investment in our staff and new role development.
The CMHT work with people aged 16 and over with severe and enduring mental health and social care needs.
Mental Health Practitioners are responsible for providing holistic assessment, interventions, risk assessments and care plans for people on their caseload. As a nurse in the team. You will be responsible for administering depot medication for people who are unable to attend the depot clinic.
To act as the community Mental Health Practitioner and key worker responsible for the care of an identified group of clients, being part of a service that is committed to recovery and social inclusion. To provide supervision to an identified group of staff and students on placement with the team.
Please see Job Description for main details of the job in more detail.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Closing date: 30 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per anum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 311-S789-26-A
Job locations: CMHT West, 243 Councillor Lane, Cheadle, SK8 2JF, United Kingdom
The full range of duties and responsibilities is listed within the Job description and personal specification.
To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include:
- Identity verification
- Right to work check
- Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
- Professional registration and/or qualification check
- Occupational health assessment
- Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will be used to validate employment history and references.
If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.
The Recruitment Team will coordinate with you and the hiring manager to confirm a start date. You will be booked onto a Trust Welcome Session and receive your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds to help us grow, innovate, and improve.
If you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.
If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us on 0161 716 4100 as early as possible so we can support you.
- We do not accept unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Hiring managers should not be contacted directly.
- We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. If you have a disability or long term health condition and need extra time or adjustments to complete your application, please contact us as soon as possible. We will ensure you are not disadvantaged where a reasonable adjustment is appropriate.
- Professional qualification Social Work / Mental Health Nursing / Occupational Therapy
- Registration with HCPC / NMC
- Experience in community mental health work
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to the practitioner role resulting from legislative or service changes, as appropriate.
- Evidence of post-basic qualification and training
- PSI Training
- MSLAP or equivalent Mentor training
- Working within Mental Health Law policies and procedures.
- Experience of supervision
- Experience in working with people with moderate to severe mental health needs
- Experience of MDT working
- Experience of leading a team / 'acting up'.
- Extensive knowledge / experience in social inclusion and recovery model of care.
- Knowledge of mental health legislation
- Experience of managing or participating in change
- Ability to and be responsible for management of a caseload
- Ability to work effectively as part of a MDT.
- Ability to supervise junior staff / students
- Effective time management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Recording relevant documentation to a professional standard.
- Ability to communicate informally and develop supportive relationships with clients, carers and other professionals
- Utilise the supervision process.
- Ability to value diversity and respond constructively to discriminatory behaviour
- IT Skills
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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