Senior Practitioner - Trafford North CMHT | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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

Job summary

A mental health foundation trust in the UK is seeking a Senior Practitioner to lead and support within their community mental health treatment team. The role includes supervising staff, engaging in service development, and providing high-quality care to service users. This position offers competitive benefits including annual leave, a pension scheme, and various wellness programs.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Urgent care experience is essential.
• Experience supervising junior staff.
• Ability to manage complex issues and reviews.

Responsibilities

• Deputise for CMHT team manager.
• Supervise junior staff and provide IPDR reviews.
• Engage in service development projects.
• Ensure high standards of clinical contact.

Skills

Qualified Mental Health Nurse

Social Worker

Occupational Therapist

Leadership

Safeguarding

Supervision

Communication

Job description

Are you a Qualified Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with urgent care experience that is looking to progress and lead on the development of our CMHT?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Trafford CMHT to work as a Senior Practitioner within a well established Homebased treatment team. As a senior role, there will also be a requirement to supervise and support staff members within the CMHT in their professional development, alongside participation in service development projects within the team.

Responsibilities

• Deputise for CMHT team manager in their absence providing cover for Zoning, MDT’s and other professional meetings.
• Assist with supervision of junior members of staff and provide regular IPDR reviews, including following HR guidance around performance.
• Assist with taking the lead and advising on safeguarding concerns within the team.
• Engage in the locality on call manager rota.
• Proactively engage in Senior leadership meetings to ensure KPI and trust targets are achieved.
• Engage in service development projects to enhance care delivery in CMHT.
• Ensure high standards of clinical contact with service users and carers accessing the CMHT.
• Assist with overseeing and reviewing the CMHT Unallocated caseload to ensure service user flow through the CMHT.
• Provide guidance and advice to practitioners dealing with complex service user issues such as funding applications, attending panel, completing COP/DOLS applications, completing capacity assessments, completing Nursing Needs and Care Act Assessments.
• Review and manage complaints, incident reviews and learning events.
• Provide senior cover for CMHT Duty referrals, providing advice and guidance to ensure correct outcome for service users.

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)

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than122locations.

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.

This advert closes on Monday 17 Nov 2025.