Perinatal Outreach Team Manager

Gmmh; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 mental health professional for a 10-month secondment in Manchester. The role leads a growing team to ensure safe delivery of care to women and birthing people in the perinatal period, working with complex cases across the perinatal pathway.

The post involves clinical leadership, supervising nursing and MDT staff, managing a complex caseload, and serving as a duty assessor within the Specialist Perinatal Service.

Qualifications

• Professional registration is required.
• Evidence of CPD.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and consultation to nursing and MDT staff in the Specialist Perinatal Service.
• Manage and evaluate a complex caseload with assessment, formulation, therapy, and signposting.
• Act as a duty assessor.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Supervision

MDT collaboration

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 7 Contract Secondment: 10 months Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) Job ref 437- 8297084

Site Stilz Building Town Wythenshawe, Manchester Salary per annum, pro rata Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Management of a growing team of practitioners in ensuring the safe delivery of care and support to women and birthing people in the perinatal period.

The Outreach Team works with the people within this cohort who have more complex needs, for example being nursed on an acute mental health ward or admitted to maternity whilst struggling with their mental health.

Main duties of the job

• 1. Provide clinical leadership, supervision, support, and consultation to nursing staff
  and MDT staff in the Specialist Perinatal Service, in line with relevant clinical
  pathways as outlined within the operational procedures.
• 2. Manage and evaluate a caseload in line with relevant clinical pathway as
  outlined within the operational procedure and will include:
  
  • Assessment
  • Formulation
  • Therapeutic intervention as required
  • Signposting
  • Close working with all colleagues
  • To be responsible for a complex caseload
• 3. Act as a duty assessor

Working for our organisation

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.

Experience

• Perinatal experience

Qualifications

• Has a professional registration
• Evidence of CPD

Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.

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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click here .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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