Job overview
Why Join Our Team?
Our Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is at the forefront of a Trust-wide transformation, shaped by national experts and driven by a commitment to excellence. We're building a service that sets the standard for high-quality, trauma-informed psychiatric care across the UK.
Join us and become part of a skilled, compassionate multidisciplinary team working in a modernised, safe, and therapeutic environment — where innovation meets impact.
You’re someone who:
1. Brings a genuine passion for supporting individuals with complex mental health needs
2. Can remain calm, focused, and safe in high-pressure or challenging situations
3. Values continuous learning and thrives in a collaborative team setting
4. Demonstrates empathy, respect, and emotional resilience
5. Ideally has experience in health, social care, or acute/PICU environments
You will assist the Ward Manager in providing Leadership and Operational Management to the Ward ensuring the provision of quality nursing care to all service users on the ward/department. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures in the agreed care group. You will provide clinical and managerial leadership to junior staff, providing supervision to junior staff and students.
Ready to make a meaningful difference? We’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
6. Support the Ward Manager in the clinical and operational running of the ward
7. Support and supervise junior staff and students
8. Implement change on the ward to improve the quality of patient care and staff wellbeing
9. Provide preceptorship for newly qualified staff
10. To act as a role model within the team continually promoting a high
standard of care for all patients admitted to the ward, which is
effective and responsive to the needs of service users.
11. Act as bleep holder for the unit as required.
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
Education and Experience
Essential Criteria
12. NMC Registration
13. Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
14. Completion of preceptorship
15. Experience of working alongside people with severe mental health problems particularly in their acute phase of illness
16. Experience of supervising staff
17. Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
18. Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Desirable Criteria
19. Experience of working within an Inpatient environment /PICU
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential Criteria
20. Knowledge of relevant legislation, Mental Heath Act (1983).
21. Awareness of research methods and clinical audit cycle
22. Ability to utilize evidence-based clinical assessments and therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.
23. Excellent written and oral communication skills
24. Ability to communicate in a clear and unambiguous way
25. Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
26. Ability to develop effective professional relationships with others
27. Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships
28. Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups about difficult or complex matters overcoming any differences in communication
29. Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development
30. Participate in partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies
31. Organising and co-ordinating the activities of others within the ward
environment
32. Co-ordinating ward meetings
Desirable Criteria
33. Demonstrate knowledge of the carers agenda.
34. Demonstrate a knowledge of gender specific issues within inpatient services.
35. Planning off-duty rotas
36. Implementation of quality improvements
Other Essential Criteria
37. Work an internal rotation across 24 hours, 7 days a week, including
bank holidays.
38. Ability to carry out PMVA Training
39. Ability to administer medication as required.
40. Ability to use manual handling techniques.
41. There is an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
42. Pay Enhancements:
Band
Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am
All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)
1
Time plus 47%
Time plus 94%
2
Time plus 41%
Time plus 83%
3
Time plus 35%
Time plus 69%
4 – 9
Time plus 30%
Time plus 60%
43. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
44. Excellent pension
45. Cycle to work scheme
46. Salary sacrifice car scheme
47. Wellbeing programme
48. fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person specification
Education and Experience
Essential criteria
49. NMC Registered
50. Post-preceptorship
51. Evidence of supervising students
Desirable criteria
52. Experience working in PICU or acute mental health settings
53. Supervision of junior staff
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
54. Good knowledge of the Mental Health Act
55. Delegation, Leadership skills
56. Participation in Quality Improvements
Desirable criteria
57. Planning off-duty
58. Audit experience
59. ILS Trained
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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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.