Main area Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Secondment: 12 months (maternity cover) Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Covering 7 days a week, 24hrs a day) Job ref 311-B524-26
Site Fairfield General Hospital, Irwell Unit Town Bury Salary £49,387 – £56,515 PA, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 19/07/2026 23:59
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our#PennineCarePeople
This post will be an exciting role for an individual who has proven leadership in clinical management and a genuine desire to influence and lead clinical practice and service development within the crisis mental health pathway, working towards achieving compliance with CORE Fidelity.
This exciting opportunity is suitable for a Registered Mental Health Practitioner with recent experience in an acute mental health setting at Band 6 or above. You should enjoy working within a busy and challenging environment, and must be able to work effectively under pressure. You will have a sound knowledge of mental illness and therapeutic interventions and be competent in independent mental health assessment.
The CRHTT clinical lead is responsible for supporting the manager to lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality, community-based alternatives to hospital admission for individuals experiencing acute mental health crises. The role includes facilitating early discharge from inpatient wards, overseeing extended assessment and support services (including out-of-hours provision), and ensuring the service operates in line with local and national policies.
Main duties of the job
To provide effective clinical leadership to staff and a high quality of care to patients. Provide clinical support to staff with complex cases and manage the day to day complexities ensuring the delivery of care reflects currently health and social care policy. Ensure a person centred care is provided respecting age, gender, ethnic, cultural and spiritual needs.
Your aim will be to improve patient experience utilising up to date knowledge and systems to accurately assess presenting clinical risks and needs. The post holder will be competent and confident in positive risk taking and will support other mental health practitioners to develop skills in positive risk taking that will promote service user autonomy and avoid admissions which are not supported by clinical need. The post holder will work to reduce admissions through development of effective gatekeeping processes.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester – Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached documents for full details of the job description and main responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Education and qualification
- Appropriate post graduate diploma or post registration equivalent.
- Evidence of Continual Professional development
- Leadership specific training
- Educated to degree level
- Trained to deliver psychosocial interventions
Experience
- Substantial experience of working in a health or social care setting
- Experience at Band 6 and evidence of appropriate clinical management experience
- Experience of working in a range of mental health settings
- Previous experience of working in a home treatment service
Knowledge
- Good understanding of Mental Illness
- Knowledge of treatments and interventions appropriate for individuals with acute mental health needs
- Ability to demonstrate working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
- Knowledge of current policy and guidance in relation to the development of Mental Health Services
Skills
- Ability to manage and implement change
- Ability to provide leadership to the clinical team and work within a management team framework
- Ability to supervise and support qualified and unqualified staff in relation to managing complex clients
- Ability to manage high expressed emotions and severely challenging behaviours
- Ability to provide appropriate education and training to qualified and unqualified staff as appropriate
- Good social skills and have a positive attitude within the team and when dealing with service users, staff, carers, visitors and the public.
Work related circumstances
- Ability and willingness to work within the 24-hour shift system, including day and night shifts
- Ability to work unsocial hours including evenings and weekends
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
Sponsorship Information
We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications.
Pre-Employment Checks
- Identity verification
- Right to work check
- Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
- Professional registration and/or qualification check
- Occupational health assessment
- Employment history and reference validation
Equality and inclusion
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds to help us grow, innovate, and improve.
If you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.
If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us on 0161 716 3181 as early as possible so we can support you.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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