Mental Health Practitioner Referral and Assessment Hub

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Eccles; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to work

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Annual leave 27 days + bank holidays

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to support the referral and assessment hub in Salford. The role is full-time (37.5 hours) from 9am to 5pm, based at Cromwell House, with travel across the Salford borough.

You will triage referrals, carry out assessments for specialist services, and work with the MDT to plan onward care. The post may involve in-reach to inpatient settings and collaboration with community teams and GP practices.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Triage referrals to determine suitability for Community Services and onward journey.
• Complete assessments for those needing specialist mental health services.
• Carry out duty assessments for inpatients or community settings.
• Link with the MDT and attend weekly meetings to discuss assessments.
• Promote awareness of the referral and assessment hub within local service areas and GP practices.
• Support service users, carers and stakeholders.
• Engage in learning, professional development and quality assurance; ensure safeguarding compliance.

Skills

Triage referrals

Mental health assessments

MDT liaison

Safeguarding

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Mental Health Practitioner Referral and Assessment Hub

Company:

A Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

As part of community transformation we are changing the way we manage referrals. We have developed a referral and assessment hub and are looking to recruit B6 Mental Health Practitioner to support management of referrals and assessments within the hub.

You will support the triage and jointly support the decision making on the onward journey for that service user. You will be aligned with one of our CMHT's but may work across all three to complete assessments.

You will provide duty assessments for the referral and assessment hub at the designated base or at a venue agreed with the service user and carer. You will need to be able to travel citywide across the Salford Footprint. There may also be times when that duty assessment will require you to inreach into the ward if they are an inpatient at the time of referral.

This post is a full time position (37.5 hours per week) and the working hours will be 9am - 5pm 5 days per week . The post will be based at Cromwell House The post holder will be expected to travel across the Borough to attend satellite clinics across Salford.

Key duties willinclude:

• Triage of referrals coming into the referral and assessment hub as part of a team. Providing an onward journey if not appropriate for Community Services.


• Completing assessments for those people requiring specialist mental health services under Community Mental Health Team.


• Complete assessment for those inpatients who may require a secondary service upon discharge.


• To link in with the MDT and attend a weekly meeting to discuss your assessments .


• To promote awareness of the role of the referral and assessment hub, within local service area/team, GP practices and the wider community.


• Supporting service user, carer and stakeholder involvement


• Promote a culture of learning, education and professional development


• Championing quality assurance by establishing quality standards relating to the service user and carer experience, implementing Divisional Action Plans and undertaking complaint investigations


• Adherer to the principles of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in line with Trust Policy and local reporting procedure and ensuring junior staff compliance with this.

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years


• Cycle to work scheme


• Salary sacrifice car scheme

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 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.

This advert closes on Monday 23 Nov 2026