Senior Mental Health Practitioner (Specialist CMHT)

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Hindley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wigan is seeking Senior Mental Health Practitioners to join their team. This role involves supporting patients with complex mental health needs, offering leadership to junior staff, and participating in service development. Candidates should have relevant experience and will be included in a supportive environment. The position includes benefits such as 27 days annual leave and a pension plan.

Benefits

Pay Enhancements

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

fuelGenie Fuel Cards

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar setting and role.

Responsibilities

• Support a caseload of patients with severe mental health conditions.
• Manage duties of care coordinator under the CPA framework.
• Provide direct care and signposting to services.

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The Wigan Specialist Community Mental Health Team (SCMHT) are looking to welcome Senior Mental Health Practitioners (Band 6) to the team. These posts form part of our Community Transformation Plan, working within a core MDT and professionally registered practitioners. If you are passionate about supporting people and want to progress into a senior position where you can enhance your clinical skills and offer key working to a small caseload of individuals with complex mental health needs, then we would like to hear from you. This role will provide opportunity for the successful candidates to support junior colleagues through direct leadership and supervision, and also offers opportunity for involvement in service development. To support you with delivering this to others, we have a well established team who will offer wrap around support. Staff wellbeing and development is paramount and you will be fully supported within your introductory period. Your skills and development opportunities will be supported and reviewed regularly during supervision and appraisal. We are integrated with the therapies team who can offer further opportunity for training and development in this field.

These posts are full-time positions (37.5 hours), flexible working can be discussed. The post is based at Claire House in Wigan. The post holder will be expected to travel across the Borough to attend satellite clinics across Wigan and Leigh. The Specialist Community Mental Health Team provides care, treatment and support to adults with significant mental health needs, living in Wigan and Leigh.

Responsibilities

• The Senior Mental Health Practitioners will support a caseload of patients with severe and complex mental health conditions under the direct clinical supervision of a Senior Case Manager (Band 7).
• The successful applicants will join a caring and supportive team and will be supported by junior staff, including Nurse Practitioners, Support Time and Recovery Workers and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners, as well as the wider MDT.
• You will undertake the duties of care coordinator, managing a caseload of service users with complex mental health needs, under the CPA framework. You will provide direct care and signposting to appropriate services and interventions to meet the patient\'s needs.
• You would also be involved in managing duty calls from adult service users, with severe and enduring mental illness, calls from their carers, friends and families, for adults who are predominantly open to the team offering advice and support.

Requirements

• You will be required to have experience of working in a similar setting and within a similar role.

Team and Location

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 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.

Benefits

• Pay Enhancements
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Closing Date

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025