Senior Practitioner | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Practitioner to work within the Bolton North Specialist mental health team, previously named community mental health team. You will play a crucial role in the clinical leadership of the team and support staff to provide a high-quality service to service users and carers.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic practitioner who has a real passion for providing support to promote mental and physical health, wellbeing and recovery.

Responsibilities

• Support the manager in all aspects of managing the services and provide clinical leadership and patient care within the team.
• Support other practitioners within the service in the development of their skills by offering highly developed risk assessments and management plans.
• Lead with a positive and helpful attitude, communicate effectively and motivate the team to deliver high quality and responsive care.
• Participate in the service operational on call and operational on site rota as required, previously known as bronze on call.
• Act as a keyworker for a small number of highly complex cases in line with the Trust Care Programme Approach (CPA) guidance and policies.
• Be responsible for the day‑to‑day clinical leadership and development of a designated multidisciplinary team which is integrated, flexible, user‑focused and recovery‑orientated.
• Deliver a safe, effective, and high quality service to service users with mental health needs, to ensure delivery to the relevant clinical pathways, as outlined within the standard operational procedure.
• Participate as a member of the Community Services Management Team in the overall management of community based secondary mental health services.
• Aim at all times to promote the independence and well‑being of adults, to assist social inclusion and valued community presence and to enable the widest possible expression of chosen lifestyle.

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements
• 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
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

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