Senior Practitioner for Nursing Early Intervention Team

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Swinton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health provider is seeking an experienced community mental health nurse to join their Early Intervention Team in Salford. The role involves managing a complex caseload and providing leadership to nursing staff. Candidates should have community experience and a commitment to delivering high-quality care. The position offers an opportunity to inspire others while ensuring healthcare excellence for service users.

Qualifications

• Experience in nursing people with complex mental health and social needs.
• Ability to manage a caseload of complex service users.
• Must have leadership skills and be passionate about providing high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing and clinical leadership to MDT staff.
• Develop effective working relationships with partners.
• Manage and evaluate a caseload per clinical pathways.
• Ensure high standards of physical healthcare for service users.

Skills

Community experience

Leadership

High quality care

Job description

Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

3 Month Acting Up role for EIT, Internal candidates only please ask permission from your manager before applying

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced community mental health nurse to join our Early Intervention Team in Salford.

Having community experience of nursing people with complex mental health and social needs, you will be working at or towards leadership level and have a passion for providing high quality care to service users and inspiring this in others.

You will manage a caseload of complex service users and families, providing them with high quality interventions including BFT.

You will line manage junior nursing staff, and contribute to the safe and effective day-to-day running of the service.

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.

1. Provide nursing and clinical leadership and supervision, support and consultation to MDT staff in the Early Intervention Team, in line with clinical pathways and the standard operating procedure.
2. Undertake liaison and develop effective working relationships with GMMH and statutory and non-statutory partners.
3. To maintain own clinical and professional competence.
4. To participate in the service Bronze on Call/Bronze on Site rota.
5. Deputise for the Team Manager in his/her absence and take on any delegated duties as required.
6. 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
   • Being responsible for a complex caseload
7. To ensure services users under the EIT receive a high standard of physical healthcare.

This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Nov 2025