Senior Mental Health Practitioner – OpCourage Hybrid

Pennine Care NHS FT; Bury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

Continued Professional Development

Staff wellbeing services

Staff discounts

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in the OpCourage service is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner (Nurse or Social Worker) to support veterans and service leavers with a recent discharge, primarily across the North West.

The role involves triage, referrals, case management, risk assessment, and delivery of evidence-based interventions, with hybrid work across office, home, and community settings and collaboration with the MDT.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health Social Worker.
• Experience in triage/referrals within a multidisciplinary mental health setting is desirable.
• Ability to work across a hybrid model (office, home, online, community).

Responsibilities

• Participate in the Duty rota and liaise with referrers and services.
• Case management of veterans with ongoing mental health needs.
• Carry out initial and ongoing risk assessments using standard procedures.
• Deliver individualised psychosocial interventions and signpost to local services.
• Co-facilitate therapeutic groups and contribute to MDT meetings.
• Maintain electronic records and ensure timely communication with referrers.
• Support safeguarding processes for children and vulnerable adults.

Job description

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in the OpCourage service is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner (Nurse or Social Worker) to support veterans and service leavers with a recent discharge, primarily across the North West.

The role involves triage, referrals, case management, risk assessment, and delivery of evidence-based interventions, with hybrid work across office, home, and community settings and collaboration with the MDT.