Community Mental Health Practitioner – Triage & Assessments

Transformation Unit; Eccles; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27–33 days + bank holiday

Sponsorship and DBS support

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join the Referral and Assessment Hub. The role supports triage and decision making for onward journeys, aligned with CMHTs, with potential cross-site work across Salford.

You will deliver duty assessments at base or client venue, travel citywide across the Salford footprint, and may inreach to wards. Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility discussed.

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience in community mental health settings.
• Experience in assessment and formulation.
• Knowledge of carer/service user needs and community mental health provision.
• Experience participating in audits and implementing action plans.
• Previous experience in a clinical leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Triage referrals as part of a team and provide onward journey decisions.
• Complete assessments for service users requiring specialist mental health services.
• Link with MDT and attend weekly assessment discussions.
• Promote the role of the referral and assessment hub within local services and GP practices.
• Travel across the Salford footprint to attend satellite clinics and inreach to wards when needed.

Skills

Triage of referrals

Assessment and formulation

Carer/service user needs

Audit and action plans

Clinical leadership

Education

Registered RMN/OT/Social Worker

Leadership/management training

Job description

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join the Referral and Assessment Hub. The role supports triage and decision making for onward journeys, aligned with CMHTs, with potential cross-site work across Salford.

You will deliver duty assessments at base or client venue, travel citywide across the Salford footprint, and may inreach to wards. Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility discussed.