Band 6
Main area: Mental Health
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (happy to discuss flexible working)
Job ref: 437-6946120
Site: Claire House, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
The Wigan Specialist Community Mental Health Team (SCMHT) are looking to welcome Senior Mental Health Practitioners (Band 6) to the team. These posts form part of our Community Transformation Plan and implementation of the streaming model of care in the SCMHT.
If you are passionate about supporting people and want to progress into a senior position where you can enhance your clinical skills and offer key working to a small caseload of individuals with complex mental health needs, then we would like to hear from you.
This role will provide opportunity for the successful candidates to support junior colleagues through direct leadership and supervision, and also offers opportunity for involvement in service development. To support you with delivering this to others, we have a well established team who will offer wrap around support.
Staff wellbeing and development is paramount – full supernumerary status will be provided to support induction to the team for the first 4 weeks in post. Your skills and development opportunities will be supported and reviewed regularly during supervision and appraisal. We are integrated with the therapies team who can offer further opportunity for training and development in this field.
The post holder will be expected to travel across the Borough to attend satellite clinics across Wigan and Leigh.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Community Mental Health Team provides care, treatment and support to adults with significant mental health needs, living in Wigan and Leigh.
The Senior Mental Health Practitioners will support a caseload of patients with severe and complex mental health conditions under the direct clinical supervision of a Senior Case Manager (Band 7). The successful applicants will join a caring and supportive team and will be supported by junior staff, including Nurse Practitioners, Support Time and Recovery Workers and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners, as well as the wider MDT.
You will undertake the duties of care coordinator, managing a caseload of service users, with complex mental health needs, under the CPA framework. You will provide direct care and signposting to appropriate services and interventions to meet the patient's needs.
You would also be involved in managing duty calls from adult service users, with severe and enduring mental illness, calls from their carers, friends and families, for adults who are predominantly open to the team offering advice and support.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Person specification
Qualifications
* Professional registration (RMN, OT or Social Worker).
* Post registration training in relevant field.
* Leadership/management training.
Experience
* Experience of working in an acute environment.
* Experience of mentorship, supervision and co-ordination of staff.
* Experience of working as a Nurse in Charge/Shift Co-ordinator
* Experience of care planning process
* Working in a multi-agency framework
* Demonstrate a contribution to change management process
* Experience in positive leadership of a team
* Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
Knowledge
* Knowledge of the Recovery Model
* Knowledge of the Mental Health Act
* Knowledge of effective care co-ordination
* Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance
* Knowledge of evidence based and reflective practice
* Knowledge of the Vulnerable Adults Procedure and Child Protection
* Knowledge of Safety, Privacy and Dignity Guidelines
Skills
* Demonstrate sound leadership qualities and understanding of management styles
* Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
* Ability to delegate and coordinate
* Ability to work to deadlines
* Ability to utilise Assessment skills and tools effectively
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings
* Ability to maintain accurate and up to date clinical records
* Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
* Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
* Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
* Effective time and workload management
* Ability to identify and minimise risk effectively
* Project management
* Formulation of reports
* Resource and budget management skills
Other
* Flexible approach to working
* Commitment to effective teamworking
* Commitment to service development
* Good time management
* Ability to travel in the course of performing duties
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
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.
**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**
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