Senior Practitioner - Manchester, United Kingdom - Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Manchester, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have an opportunity for you to be part of fast growing and developing services.

In line with the Five Year Forward Plan for Mental Health and an exciting transformation program of services, we are expanding our existing Home Based Treatment services.

Greater Manchester Mental Health Service are recruiting Band 7 Mental Health Practitioners at our Central Manchester Site

We are looking for 'can do', motivated Band 7 Mental Health Practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds including CAMHs to join us.

You will be actively supported to develop as a mental health professional, building on your existing experience and knowledge.

Due to the diverse nature of the populations we serve, you will have a wide range of exciting learning opportunities available to you.

The day-to-day diversity of our services and the support in learning are key reasons why people join us Your learning will be further supported by the fact that you will be working within an experienced multidisciplinary team among experts in a number of different fields involved in wider research and service development agendas

The HBT operates 24/7 to provide responsive mental health care in the community setting, delivered by experienced and established multidisciplinary teams.

We aim to provide an alternate to hospital admission and care for service users in the least restrictive way.

As a Trust, we are committed to our services delivering models that are clinically led, operationally partnered and academically informed.

You will be a senior team member providing clinical leadership, leading within our MDT meetings, and on clinical decision making within the service.

You will support junior staff through supervision and service development.

Key duties will include:

Overseeing the clinical management for the patients, reviewing the practice of other staff.
To develop and maintain relationships and pathways with other services.
Act as a Gatekeeper, reviewing referrals for acute care.
To participate in the local on call manager rota for GMMH
Line management and clinical supervision of staff members.
Providing training in house and as directed to other services within the directorate.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 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.

See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits

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
Excellent pension
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Wellbeing programme
Blue Light Card Discounts