Main area Mental Health Practitoner Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent: 37.5 hours Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday) Job ref 437-8044071-A
Site Various community mental health team sites across Manchester Town Greater Manchester Salary £39,959 – £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/07/2026 23:59
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit 10 Mental Health Practitioners to our community mental health teams across Manchester. This is a excellent time to join our teams as we move towards a transformed clinical offer in our community services. You will be an integral part of shaping the new community provision along with our service users and carers.
Postholders will offer timely and appropriate interventions to service users with enduring mental health needs in the Manchester area.
Mental Health Practitioners will be working in line with standard operational procedures demonstrating respect of individuality, values, culture and religious diversity of clients and colleagues and thus contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.
Main duties of the job
- 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.
- Ensure compliance with all Care Programme Approach requirements as per Trust Policy.
- Participate in the continuous improvement of the service provided by the CMHT.
- Manage a defined caseload of clients of any age within the Community Mental Health Team with complex physical and mental health needs in the community, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. Record all interventions in line with relevant clinical pathways (functional or dementia) as outlined within the CMHT operational procedure.
Benefits
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Qualified professional registered with a professional body
Experience
- Experience of working in Multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with mental health service users
- Experience of working in a Mental health community team
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.
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 – clickhere.
The Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.
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