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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached 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
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Recognised qualification as a Registered Mental Nurse, Social Worker or OT (compliant with requirements for their professional registration body i.e. NMC, Social Work England, RCOT.
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of training/qualifications in psycho-social interventions in psychosis. • Practice Teaching qualification/experience or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post qualification experience of working in multi-disciplinary team in mental health. • Evidence of post qualification training / development. • Knowledge of requirements under the Care Programme Approach, Mental Health act 1983(amended 2007) and Care Act 2014 including the needs of carers, social care assessment and safeguarding. • Experience of supervising others.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of participating in audit and an understanding of implementing Action plans relating to the outcome of audits. • Knowledge of the requirements of the Mental Health Minimum Data Set. • Appropriate demonstratable experience of working in Child & Adolescent or Adult Mental health at a senior clinical level. • Experience of coordinating a complex caseload within the community.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Offer advice and consultation to members of the multi disciplinary team based on solid clinical experience of working in Early Intervention team. • Support the Team Managers and other Professional Leads in the daily operation of the Teams. • Facilitate a culture of life long learning, including involvement in the process of Appraisal and Personal Development Planning. • Participate in and ensure provision of Supervision, both as Supervisee and Supervisor. • Ensure compliance with policy, procedure, and protocol, in consultation with the Team Managers, and Professional Leads. • Participate in multi-agency meetings e.g. Protection of Adults at Risk, Child Protection. • Experience of delivering care against key performance indicators and NICE concordant standards. • Understanding of current national policy and initiatives in relation to severe and enduring mental health issues, with a specific understanding of psychosis. • To demonstrate understanding and experience of commissioning, and is confident to put in appropriate challenge, to ensure right packages of care are in place, based on clinical need. • IT competent
Desirable criteria
* Experience of chairing adult safeguarding investigations
work related guidance
Essential criteria
* Car driver / owner & willingness to travel within the GM footprint as required. • To participate in the Bronze on-call and Bronze on-site rota, working flexible as required to cover this and meet service demands.
Trust Mandatory Requirements
Essential criteria
* Understand all Trust Policies and Procedures. • Understand the Trusts Strategic Goals and how they can support them. • Understand the need to safeguard children and adults at risk. • Carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Equal Opportunities, equality and Diversity and dignity in care and work policies and principles. • Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately,appropriately and kept up to date. • Take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and other persons • Contribute to the control of risk and to report any incident, accident or near miss • Protect service users, visitors and employees against the risk of acquiring health care associated infections • Take responsibility for own learning and development
Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org
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 here.
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 09/04/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here.
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. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.
**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Senior Practitioner Job Description (PDF, 264.4KB)
* Senior Practitioner Person Spec (PDF, 160.6KB)
* Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)
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