Job overview
We are looking for a enthusiastic Community Psychiatric Nurse to join our friendly team at Trafford North CMHT. This is wide ranging job role which offers a wealth of learning opportunities.
The desired candidate will have proved experience of working in a demanding mental health setting and awareness of delivery of community mental health care. You will hold and manage a caseload of service users all with SMI. You will have Care Coordinating responsibilities under the Care Program Approach Guidelines.
You will have proven experience of integrated working with inpatient units, HBTT, social care sector, police and third sector providers.
A knowledge of implementation of the MHA within community settings would be beneficial, along with an understanding of provision of care packages and associated documentation.
The team covers an ethnically and culturally diverse area, and you will have the opportunity to work with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, and with a wide range of psychosocial needs. By assessing your clients and their carers needs you will be able to access and sign post to a wide range of community resources and provider services available in the local area.
As we recognise the importance of supporting our staff to achieve an effective work-life balance and also maintain positive wellbeing, we work with staff to develop ways of supporting flexible working for them.
Main duties of the job
Assessments, care planning, psychosocial interventions, safeguarding, duty assessments.
Report writing, attending tribunal hearings. Supporting with the depot clinic.
Please see the attached job description for all duties
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Be a full member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
Effectively manage own caseload accepting referrals from agreed agencies in accordance with agreed operational procedures.
Undertake formal mental health and social care/ care act assessments of new clients within own caseload.
Undertake assessments of clients as part of the CMHT duty system in accordance with agreed operational procedures.
Assess, care-plan, provide interventions and evaluate and record community mental health and social care delivered to clients on own caseload.
To provide effective care coordination to an identified caseload of complex service users, ensuring the delivery of evidence based interventions to encourage successful outcomes under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
Provide Specialist Mental Health Assessments, Continuing care Assessments and advise management plans as requested from Local Authority Social Workers, Medical, Nursing or Social Workers and nurses from the CCG.
To promote positive mental health and physical care to clients in all situations.
To encourage and support clients to collaborate in their treatment programme and recovery.
To encourage self-help as much as possible, promoting the maintenance of skills and independence in clients.
To support health promotion and act in a consultative role/advisor to other community services/agencies and personnel in relation to individual clients and their mental health issues.
To take the clinical lead for the service within your area of specialism and provide advice, guidance and support to colleagues and other professionals.
To undertake specialist assessments when required in line with the Mental Capacity Act 2007, The Mental Health Act and Local Authority Safeguarding Adults Procedures.
To undertake and record comprehensive risk assessments, devise and implement risk management plans for clients at risk of vulnerability, self-harm or risk of physical, sexual or emotional harm to others, using the STAR V 2 Risk Assessment Tool.
To take a lead role in service developments within your area of specialism.
Staff benefits
1. Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
2. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
3. Excellent pension
4. Cycle to work scheme
5. Salary sacrifice car scheme
6. Wellbeing programme
Person specification
Application and Interview
Essential criteria
7. Nursing qualification
8. Professional registration
Desirable criteria
9. Post graduate qualification Mentorship, NMP
Experience
Essential criteria
10. Experience of working in a community mental health setting
Desirable criteria
11. 2 years Post qulaification experience
12. Safeguarding enquiry lead experience
13. Funding application/social care/CCG
14. Experience of using electronic recording systems
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.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications
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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.