Job overview
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
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
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered nurse holding valid registration with NMC
Desirable criteria
2. Bachelor’s Degree or evidence of post-registration study such as a Master’s degree in a subject relevant to the specialty of health and social care, leadership or specialist practice appropriate to specialty of Early Intervention team or relevant discipline.
Experience
Essential criteria
3. Experience of working in a community setting
4. Knowledge and application of standardized mental health assessments, outcome measures and specialist tools
5. Detailed knowledge of best practice, legislation, governance and risk management relevant to post
Desirable criteria
6. Experience of working within an Early Intervention Team
7. Experience of line managing junior staff
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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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.
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 – click .
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.
The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it.
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.