A Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Are you a qualified Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist with urgent care experience looking to progress and lead the development of our Home-Based Treatment Team (HBTT)?
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Bolton HBTT to work as a Senior Practitioner within a well-established Home-based treatment team. The post holder will take on a senior role in responding urgently to referrals from our Mental Health Liaison Service, Inpatient, and Community colleagues, offering alternatives to inpatient admission for people with complex presentations.
The post holder would oversee the care of patients under the service, along with oversight of patient flow to understand service pressures and proactively support reductions within this role in the HBTT. They will proactively support colleagues within HBTT and advocate for people to recover at home in the least restrictive way. As a senior role, there will also be a requirement to supervise and support staff members within HBTT in their professional development, alongside participation in service development projects within the team and urgent care services.
The post holder will:
* Focus on ensuring a rapid response to all urgent referrals coming into the service, playing an integral role in supporting patient flow through the system.
* Support the development and maintenance of robust gatekeeping processes, incorporating person-centred care and least restrictive interventions.
* Proactively identify and facilitate supported early discharges from inpatient settings.
* Support admission avoidance from MHLS and community teams.
* Support team development to meet the Core Fidelity Standards.
Ensure high standards of clinical contact with service users and carers accessing HBTT. This will include:
* Overseeing the home-based treatment caseload to ensure service user flow through the service.
* Engaging in senior leadership meetings to ensure KPI and trust targets are achieved.
* Participating in service development projects to enhance care delivery in HBTT.
* Maintaining open communication and liaison with community teams via interface.
* Deputising for the HBT team manager in their absence.
* Supervising junior staff and providing regular IPDR reviews, following HR guidance around performance.
* Leading safeguarding concerns and referrals.
* Engaging in the locality on-call manager rota.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff, delivering services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care across Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and Wigan, along with a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative and exciting places to live and work, offering a vibrant city life, beautiful countryside, and a warm northern welcome. Our staff enjoy opportunities for learning, development, and generating ideas to improve care for our service users.
Staff benefits include:
* Pay enhancements
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years
* Excellent pension scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary sacrifice car scheme
* Wellbeing programme
* Blue Light Card discounts
* FuelGenie fuel cards (for applicable roles)
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