Senior Practitioner for Nursing Prescott House CMHT

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Walkden; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent mental health service provider is looking for a Senior Nurse Practitioner to join their community mental health team in Walkden, England. The role includes managing care for a caseload, providing leadership to staff, and ensuring high-quality care for service users. Ideal candidates should have experience in community mental health and demonstrate a commitment to team development. The position involves working in a community setting with a focus on safety and recovery.

Qualifications

• Experience working at or towards leadership level.
• Ability to manage risk and deliver care interventions.
• Experience with complex mental health and social needs.

Responsibilities

• Run a clinic to manage care and treatment.
• Provide leadership and supervision to staff.
• Manage a caseload in line with clinical pathways.

Skills

Leadership

Management of complex cases

Clinical supervision

Education

Nursing qualification

Experience in community mental health

Job description

Overview

An opportunity for an experienced community mental health nurse to join the CMHT at Prescott House, Little Hulton, Salford as Senior Nurse Practitioner. You will run a clinic to manage care, treatment and risk for an established standard care caseload. Leadership and line management are integral, with deputy duties in the absence of the Team Manager, participation in daily meetings, bronze on call and on site on a rota basis (evenings, weekends, bank holidays). The role supports staff, clinics and the trust medication and physical health agenda, with a focus on high quality care for service users, carers and families.

The role may suit someone already at NMP level or someone working toward leadership level, with a passion for high quality care and team development.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing and clinical leadership and supervision to MDT staff in line with clinical pathways and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain liaison with GMMH and statutory/non-statutory partners; develop effective working relationships.
• Maintain own clinical and professional competence.
• Participate in the Bronze on Call/Bronze on Site rota.
• Deputise for the Team Manager in their absence and take on delegated duties as required.
• Manage and evaluate a caseload in line with relevant clinical pathways, including: assessment, formulation, therapeutic interventions, signposting, close collaboration with colleagues, and responsibility for a complex caseload.
• Ensure service users and carers receive a high standard of physical healthcare.

Additional Duties

• Line manage junior nursing staff and support CPNs and CMHT clinics; contribute to safe day-to-day running of the service.
• Support staff and peers to deliver high level, responsive care to service users, families and carers.
• Liaise with referrers and other services to meet service user needs and manage risk.

Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate will be working at or towards leadership level and have experience of nursing people with complex mental health and social needs in the community. The role involves running a clinic, managing risk and delivering interventions within or outside CMHT settings to facilitate stability, safety and recovery, in collaboration with service users, carers/families, MDT and other services.

Important Information about working for GMMH

All positions require satisfactory pre-employment checks. For details, please visit the NHS Employers website. The Trust requires DBS Update Service for roles that need a DBS; enrolment is for a fee of £16 per year and ongoing registration is required.

We are committed to a diverse workforce and removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups (e.g., BAME, Disabled, LGBT+).

If you would like to have an informal chat about recruitment, we’d love to hear from you. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants with direct experience of mental health, learning disability or substance misuse, including those with lived experience as a service user or carer.

Additional Information

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff across 122 locations, providing inpatient and community-based mental health care in Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Wigan, plus specialist services across Greater Manchester and beyond. The Trust is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and all staff/volunteers share this commitment.