Senior Mental Health Practitioner: Community Lead (Maternity Cover)

Greater Manchester Mental Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Stretford; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening pay uplift

Sunday pay uplift

Bank holidays uplift

27 days annual leave

Excellent pension

Cycle to work

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Senior Practitioner to join the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Salford, leading work with patients with mental health difficulties in the Ordsall and Claremont neighbourhood.

The successful candidate will bring a proven track record in assessment, risk formulation, and multi‑agency working, supporting access to the right care and delivering robust care planning for people with complex presentations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years post-qualification experience - RMN, OT or Social Worker
• Experience of leadership/service development
• Experience of working in a community setting and managing workload
• Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Formulation Skills; ability to deliver evidence-based interventions and care plans

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and consultation to a multi-agency Team in Living Well.
• Liaise with GMMH and statutory/non-statutory partners; support Salford Partnership huddle.
• Maintain own clinical and professional competence.
• Participate in group supervision and other supervisory forums.
• Participate in the on-call rota and support with community care group with complaints.
• Deputise for the Team Manager in absence and undertake delegated duties.
• Apply trauma-informed approaches and interventions where needed.
• Participate in the Hub Worker role.
• Manage a complex caseload with assessment, formulation and intervention; complete ReQol and Dialogue+ and coordinate care across the system.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Multi-agency collaboration

Clinical assessment

Risk formulation

Care planning

Trauma-informed approaches

Education

RMN

OT

Social Worker

Tools

Dialog care planning tool

IT skills

Job description

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Senior Practitioner to join the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Salford, leading work with patients with mental health difficulties in the Ordsall and Claremont neighbourhood.

The successful candidate will bring a proven track record in assessment, risk formulation, and multi‑agency working, supporting access to the right care and delivering robust care planning for people with complex presentations.