Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Gmmh; Salford; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening/ weekend pay enhancements

Annual leave 27–33 days

Sponsorship available

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust in Salford is seeking a Band 7 Senior Practitioner to lead the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, focusing on patients with complex needs and multi‑agency care planning.

The role is a 12‑month fixed term maternity cover, 37.5 hours weekly, with enhanced pay for evenings and weekends. DBS Update Service is required, with sponsorship details outlined in the advert.

Qualifications

• 3+ years post-qualification experience in RMN/OT/Social Work.
• Clinical leadership experience in a community setting preferred.
• Experience working with multi‑agency partners and care planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to a multi‑agency team.
• Liaise with GMMH and statutory/non‑statutory partners to support partnership huddle.
• Maintain own clinical and professional competence.
• Participate in group supervision and supportive forums.
• Participate in the bronze on‑call rota and support community care groups with complaints.
• Deputise for the Team Manager when required.
• Apply trauma‑informed approaches with service users.
• Participate in Hub Worker role.
• Manage and evaluate a complex caseload with co‑occurring conditions.

Skills

Leadership

Risk assessment

Care planning

Group supervision

Education

RMN

OT

Social Worker

Tools

Dialog= care planning tool

Job description

Main area Neighbourhood Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Bronze on call (includes on site cover at weekend) This is on a rota'd basis.) Job ref 437-8321005

Site Langowrthy Cornerstone Town Salford Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to cover maternity has arisen for a Band 7 Senior Practitioner to join the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Salford, leading on work with patients presenting with mental health and difficulties in the Ordsall and Claremont neighbourhood. The successful candidate will work as part of the Neighbourhood Team leadership team and be an experienced, driven, and passionate individual, able to work collaboratively with both patients and wider agencies, to ensure that people with complex presentations are able to access the right care to meet their individual needs. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in the area supporting people with mental health conditions, demonstrating comprehensive assessment, risk formulation , multi-agency working and care planning skills.

Main duties of the job

1. Provide clinical leadership, supervision, support, and consultation to a multi-agency Team in Living Well. The post holder will be based in the Ordsall and Claremont borough of Salford but will also offer clinal support to the wider team when required. Use of a car is desirable to role.

2. Undertake liaison and develop effective working relationships with GMMH and statutory and non-statutory partners, supporting the Partnership huddle established within Salford.

3. To maintain own clinical and professional competence.

4. To actively participate in Group Supervision and other supervisory/supportive forums.

5. To participate in the service bronze on call rota. To support with community care group with complaints.

6. Deputize for the Team Manager in his/her absence and take on any delegated duties as required.

7. To apply trauma informed approaches and interventions where necessary.

8. Participate in the Hub Worker role.

9. Manage and evaluate a complex caseload of service users with co-occurring conditions in line with relevant clinical pathway as outlined within the operational procedure and will include: -

a) Assessment

b) Formulation

c) Therapeutic intervention as required.

d) Completion of ReQol and Dialogue +

e) Community Connections and onward journey

f) Close working with all colleagues across the system when applicable

g) To be responsible for a complex caseload

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% 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
• 3 plus year post qualification experience - RMN, OT or Social Worker
• non-medical prescriber

Leadership

• Experience of leadership/service development
• Experience of delivering training/group work

Experince

• Experience of working in a community setting and demonstrates competence in prioritising and managing workload in community setting
• Experience of supporting quality improvement

Skills

• Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Formulation Skills. Ability to construct effective care and risk management plans. Ability to deliver a range of evidence based interventions. Comprehensive I.T Skills Ability to form productive working relationships with service users, carers and multi-disciplinary staff.
• Experience with Dialog= care planning tool

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. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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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 contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**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.

Name Richard Harper Job title Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01612710042 Additional information

Salford Neighbourhood Mental Health Team - [e-mail]

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