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About the Trust

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. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

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.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

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

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join the Greater Manchester Inreach Assessment Center (GMAIC).

GMAIC's role is to offer gatekeeping assessments, bed management and case management to any CYP, who may require a Tier 4 Inpatient admission. We work in collaboration with our NHS inpatient providers, for any Tier 4 referral/request for an Inpatient admission.

The gatekeeping assessment involves establishing if the threshold has been met for an inpatient admission, or if alternative least restrictive options could be attempted initially. We also think about level of relational security is required and what unit will best suit the needs of the young person.

The bed management function involves daily liaison with CAMHS Lead Provider Collaborative (LPC) and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), to seek approval/funding and ensure our CYP are appropriately placed within different types of Inpatient settings. GMAIC then offer Case Management for any CYP who is placed in an inpatient bed within the Independent sector, for any CYP with a diagnosis of ASD/LD, CYP's who have had a previous number of inpatient admissions or with extremely complex needs and CYP who will be turning 18 whilst an inpatient.

Main duties of the job

You will have the opportunity to make profound improvements in how crisis care is experienced by young people and those who care for them.

You will be working closely with our inpatient colleagues and have responsibility of managing the Single Point of Access for all Inpatient referrals for the GM population of 13-18 year old young people who are being considered for inpatient care.

This will involve working with CYP with a variety of mental health difficulties and diagnosis such as Psychosis, Bipolar Disorder, Emotional dysregulation Schizophrenia, Depression/anxiety, LD, ASD, ADHD, PTSD, Conduct disorder and Attachment difficulties.

You will also have the opportunity to work closely with external services such as social care, CAMHS, FCAMHS, CMHT, CEDS, EIT, HTT to ensure the correct pathways are in place, to support our CYP's discharge from hospital.

We have seen already how we have positively impacted in ensuring that our young people are being supported within local services, and with the help of our colleagues within RRT reducing the dependency on inpatient care, meaning young people are getting supported at home, in a timely manner.

As a member of the Greater Manchester Assessment and Inreach Centre you will be at the heart of a well-funded, well organised, hugely valued work-stream.

Working for our organisation

According to our staff, we are the most improved mental health and learning disability trust to work for and the best in the north west.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Lead and co-ordinate an effective service to ensure there are safe and effective pathways in place for all young people across the footprint into specialised inpatient settings within the NHS and independent sector.
Maintain and co-ordinate the Single Point of Access for all referrals into regional specialised inpatient beds on a daily basis.
To ensure the provision of a 5 day, high quality clinical service to young people before, during and after admission to a specialist inpatient setting, co-ordinating bed management for the whole of the NHS Greater Manchester GAU and ED beds. To also work closely with our providers so the out of hours offer is consistent and meets the needs for those young people.
To manage and register all referrals into the team and co-ordinate full and timely responses offering alternatives to admission where appropriate.
To remain committed to ensuring a clear, timely and optimum outcome and resolution for all referrals.
To promote and maintain partnerships and interface with other professionals and agencies that work within the child and adolescent mental health settings.
To provide case management role for young people when their pathways have become disrupted, or have complex needs.

Key requirements of Person Specification

You will have a relevant core professional qualification in mental health or social care plus evidence of continued professional development in a CAMHS related area.
You will have evidence of professional registration.
You will have substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management.
Have experience of assessment, formulation and managing complex cases and risk within a mental health service
An extensive range of clinical experience within the speciality or within a care pathway
Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for patients' care and treatment and case management
Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
Experience of working across professional/organisational boundaries.
You will have a genuine and passionate belief in the child centred, needs led, recovery focused values base of the service.
You will need to recognise the value of flexibility and availability for young people and be able to work weekends, unsocial hours and have use of a car or suitable means of transport to enable support of young people across GM.

Person specification

education and qualifications

Essential criteria

Relevant Core Professional qualification in mental health e.g. registered nurse, clinical psychologist, social worker plus evidence of continued Professional development in a HYM related area
Evidence of professional registration and continued professional development
Educated to masters level or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Desirable criteria

Training in one or more additional specialised areas of practice including children and young people

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working as a senior clinician in clinical settings which meet the core competencies of the post
Experience of managing complex cases within a mental health service
An extensive range of clinical experience within the speciality or within a care pathway
Experience of working across professional / organisational boundaries
Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' care and treatment.
Experience of teaching, training and / or professional and clinical supervision
Experience of supervision of less experienced practitioners within the MDT
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life span and presenting with the full range of severity.
Experience of assessing and treating patients across the full range of care settings.
Experience of using outcome measures to evaluate the impact of their clinical practice
Experience of children and young peoples' inpatient mental health care
Skills in service evaluations and service relevant research

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of the use and inputting of outcome measures
High level of working knowledge of the policy guidance and legislation specifically relating children and young people
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health, including the Mental Health Act and issues of capacity and consent
Detailed knowledge of child safeguarding procedures
Knowledge of referral and bed management procedures

Desirable criteria

Knowledge in the practice of specialist therapies in Children and Young People within a stepped model of care
An understanding of evidenced based psychological therapies from a range of modalities, including systemic working
Understanding of the acuity and demands of CYP inpatient services

skills and abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to demonstrate clinical credibility with clinicians, practitioners and stakeholders
Ability to provide clinical supervision to the workforce
Ability to lead, manage and motivate a team of practitioners
Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
Demonstrable commitment to the focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes
Ability to work across boundaries and look for collective success, listens, involves and respects and learns from the contributions of others
High level mental health assessment and risk assessment skills
Case management skills focusing on the needs of the CYP and the context of their pathway in relation to all clinical and legal processes
Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Able to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Good organiser, influencer and networker
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills enabling good working relationships with others across professional boundaries
Able to provide and receive highly complex sensitive information and negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult issues. Ability to present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of conflicting priorities and agendas.
Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult situations.
Ability to inspire others and lead collaboratively.
Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
Works well under pressure and is proactive
Willingness to work flexibly including non-social hours
Willingness to participate in on call rotas
Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own work load.
Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
A commitment to the evaluation of services, and a commitment to performance management.

A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form.

Disclosure Barring Certificate check

All of our new starters, who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS), will be recharged for the full cost of the check (DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge).

An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month's salary.

If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary.

We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff).

Other important information

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status
This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview
We will notify you by email if you have been shortlisted or not. Computer access is available at your local job centre or library. Please make sure you check your spam filter/junk folder. If any mail goes to your junk folder please mark it as safe
If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post
If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received
Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges. We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our recruiting managers directly.

Vaccination

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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, 129.4KB)
Person Specification (PDF, 169.8KB)
Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)
Applicant Information pack (PDF, 505.6KB)
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion pack (PDF, 588.9KB)
Hints and tips for your application (PDF, 128.7KB)

Senior Mental Health Practitioner (CAMHS)

Senior Mental Health Practitioner (CAMHS)

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