Dual Diagnosis Senior Practitioner | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

This is a new and exciting post created within the Bolton Specialist CMHTs to enhance the support offered to service users with an SMI and a co‑occurring condition.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cluster team within the CMHT in line with the Community Transformation model offer.
• Provide assessment, formulation, brief and extended interventions, and collaborate on care planning with the MDT and wider substance misuse services.
• Strengthen pathways into substance misuse support and improve continuity of care between inpatient and community teams, and between specialist CMHT and external providers.
• Lead the co‑occurring conditions cluster within the community transformation model.
• Deliver and embed training for CMHT keyworkers.
• Hold a small caseload or work jointly with other teams.
• Contribute to Rapid Reviews of Care and facilitate reflective supervision groups.
• Ensure people are not excluded from mental health or substance misuse services due to co‑occurring conditions.
• Establish and maintain strong multidisciplinary relationships.
• Cover the Bolton borough and travel as required.
• Join the operational on‑site/on‑call rota and deputise for team managers as required.

Benefits

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays; 60% additional for Sundays and bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing 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.

This advert closes on Sunday 17 May 2026.

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