Senior Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Leadership & Supervision

• Provide clinical oversight and leadership to NHS 111/MHUTT staff, ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care.
• Offer expert guidance on safeguarding concerns and risk management.
• Lead on complex case reviews, ensuring robust clinical decision-making and adherence to best practice.
• Promote trauma-informed and recovery-focused approaches across the team.
• Operational Support.

• Act as shift coordinator, ensuring smooth service delivery and appropriate resource allocation.
• Deputise for the Team Manager as required, supporting operational continuity.
• Lead and contribute to service audits, incident reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Chair multidisciplinary meetings and support the integration of care pathways.

Service Development & Governance

• Drive service innovation and contribute to the development of policies and procedures.
• Monitor service performance, user experience, and clinical outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with national standards, Trust policies, and regulatory frameworks.
• Support the implementation of digital triage tools and crisis care enhancements.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Maintain effective communication with service users, carers, and external partners including NWAS, GMP, and community teams.
• Represent the service in professional forums and promote awareness of MHUTT and NHS 111 MH Option 2.
• Foster collaborative working relationships to support integrated care delivery.

Human Resources & Staff Development

• Support recruitment, induction, supervision, and appraisal processes.
• Promote a culture of positivity, learning and continuous professional development.
• Lead on student placements and contribute to staff training programmes.
• Encourage reflective practice and wellbeing within the team.

Safeguarding, Equality & Inclusion

• Uphold safeguarding principles and ensure team compliance with statutory responsibilities.
• Promote equality, diversity, and dignity in care and in the workplace.
• Champion inclusive practices and culturally competent care.

Information Governance & Health & Safety

• Ensure confidentiality, data protection, and accurate record-keeping.
• Comply with infection control, health & safety, and risk management policies.
• Support the safe use of digital systems and uphold information governance standards.

Please see attached job description and person specification

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)

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Essential criteria
• Previous experience in urgent care setting.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in managing staff and complex cases

Essential

Essential criteria

• Must posses 2 years experience as band 6 senior practitioner.

Desireable not essentil

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience with GMMH Systems

Desirable

Desirable criteria

• Experience managing complex cases

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. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

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. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one's achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. 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 - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 232.4KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 336.6KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)