Senior Practitioner - Older Adults CMHT

Transformation Unit; Salford; Remote; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Practitioner to deliver specialist interventions for CERN within the Older Adults CMHT in Salford. The role focuses on trauma-informed, person-centred care with supervision and development support.

You will provide leadership, deliver SCM training, and work across multi-disciplinary teams, with a requirement to travel within the Manchester area. Evening/weekend on-call duties are included.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification such as Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker, or Registered Occupational Therapist.
• Experience in a Community Mental Health Team is desirable.
• Postgraduate education or training relating to complex emotional and relational needs.
• Additional qualifications in psychological interventions (e.g. DBT, SCM, MBT).

Responsibilities

• Senior Practitioners will facilitate Structured Clinical Management (SCM) for a caseload of up to 12 individuals with CERN in the community.
• Provide clinical leadership, consultation and supervision to colleagues across CMHTs and wider services.
• Deliver training to colleagues and services across Manchester.
• Participate in individual and group clinical supervision and development opportunities.
• Travel within the Manchester area and support sustainable travel options.
• Work Monday–Friday and participate in the Bronze on-call rota outside office hours.

Education

Postgraduate qualification in complex emotional and relational needs

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The post holder will be required to work predominantly 9am – 5pm. Monday to Friday. There would be an expectation to support covering the bronze on call - covering weekend or evenings.) Job ref 437-8377095

Employer Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Humphrey Booth Town Salford Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated practitioner - to deliver specialist interventions for service users experiencing complex emotional relational needs in our older adults community mental health team in Salford.

The Complex Emotional and Relational Needs (CERN) team are looking for highly skilled and experienced Senior Practitioners to join. The successful applicant will be part of an exciting new project to improve and expand services for people with CERN in the community, across the Salford division of GMMH.

Successful applicants will join an optimistic and motivated team of practitioners, with a strong emphasis on training, supervision and support. This new team will be supported to develop and deliver trauma informed, co-produced person-centred care. Successful applicants will have a clinically-focussed role, delivering therapeutic evidence-based interventions to a small caseload of individuals with complex emotional and relational needs. They will provide compassionate leadership, support, consultation and supervision to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams; and provide training to wider teams and services.

Applicants should hold a professional qualification such as Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker, or Registered Occupational Therapist. Experience working in a Community Mental Health Team is desirable, though relevant experience in other clinical settings would be considered.

Main duties of the job

This exciting opportunity is for skilled and motivated practitioners to join a developing service for people with CERN.

Senior Practitioners will facilitate Structured Clinical Management (SCM) for a caseload of up to 12 individuals with CERN in the community. Training will be provided for the Senior Practitioners to deliver SCM, with opportunities to gain accreditation in this and other modalities such as Mentalization Based Therapy.

Senior practitioners will support the development of roles for people with lived experience to join the team as collaborators and co-producers of this new service.

Senior Practitioners will provide clinical leadership, consultation and supervision to colleagues in the CMHTs, Urgent Care teams, and wider services. They will promote inclusion, collaboration and optimism, and role model excellent clinical care. With support from the Clinical Lead, they will deliver training to colleagues and services across Manchester.

Senior Practitioners will be expected to participate in and facilitate individual and group clinical supervision, and take advantage of the development opportunities available.

There is a requirement to travel within the Manchester area and we support the use of sustainable alternatives to lone driving.

Senior Practitioners will be required to work Monday-Friday and be participate in the Bronze on call rota, providing clinical and operational leadership outside of office hours including weekends and public holidays.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Psychological Therapist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or similar professional qualification.
• Evidence of post graduate/qualification education or training relating to complex emotional and relational needs.
• Additional qualifications in psychological interventions e.g. DBT skills, SCM, MBT

Experience

• Post registration experience of working in multi-disciplinary team in CMHT or other relevant clinical settings and liaising with colleagues across services.
• Demonstrable post-qualification experience of working with complex mental health difficulties, including problems associated with complex emotional and relational needs.
• Experience of participating in the delivery of group interventions or facilitating group supervision / reflection

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Psychological Therapist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or similar professional qualification.
• Evidence of post graduate/qualification education or training relating to complex emotional and relational needs.
• Post registration experience of working in multi-disciplinary team in CMHT or other relevant clinical settings and liaising with colleagues across services.
• Demonstrable post-qualification experience of working with complex mental health difficulties, including problems associated with complex emotional and relational needs.
• Additional qualifications in psychological interventions e.g. DBT skills, SCM, MBT
• Experience of participating in the delivery of group interventions or facilitating group supervision / reflection

Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

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Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.