Senior Practitioner Referral and Assessment Hub

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 - 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%

• 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

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Able to travel around the Trust footprint
• Ability to work over 24 hour, 7 days a week team, to facilitate line management and support practitioners.
• Participate in bronze on call rota subject to agreement

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

• Understand all Trust Policies and Procedures
• Understand the Trusts Strategic Goals and how they can support them
• Understand the need to safeguard children and vulnerable adults
• Carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Equal Opportunities, equality and Diversity and dignity in care and work policies and principles
• Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
• Take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and other persons
• Contribute to the control of risk and to report any incident, accident or near miss
• Protect service users, visitors, and employees against the risk of acquiring health care associated infections
• Take responsibility for own learning and development

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Offer advice and consultation to members of the multi-disciplinary team based on solid clinical experience of mental health nursing.
• Support the Team Managers and other Senior Practitioners / Professional Leads in the daily operation of the Teams.
• Lead on the implementation of, the Trust-wide Strategies across the Directorate
• Facilitate a culture of lifelong learning, including involvement in the process of Individual Development and Personal Review (IDPR), and Personal Development Plans.
• Participate in and ensure provision of Clinical Supervision, both as Supervisee and Supervisor and an understanding of the Knowledge, Skills Framework under Agenda for Change
• Promote a learning environment for students
• Ensure compliance with policy, procedure, and protocol, in consultation with the Team Managers, other Senior Practitioners and Professional Leads
• Participate in multi-agency meetings e.g., Protection of Vulnerable Adults, Child Protection.
• Understand the Clinical Governance agenda and provide professional representation in local groups supporting consultation and implementation.
• Full understanding of the Care Programme Approach including the needs and rights of Carers.
• Understanding of current national policy and initiatives in relation to severe and enduring mental health issues.
• Good knowledge of assessment and triage of referrals

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration experience of working in multi-disciplinary Home Treatment team or other mental health community services
• Evidence of post registration specialist training and development.
• Experience of participating in audit and an understanding of implementing Action plans relating to the outcome of audits
• Knowledge of requirements under the Care Programme Approach including the needs of carers and the mental health Minimum Data Set.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in a clinical leadership role

Qualifications/experience

Essential criteria

• Professional qualification and current registration (Qualified RMN, OT or Social Worker)

Desirable criteria

• Post registration training relevant to mental health/leadership/management

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. 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.

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.

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**

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

• Senior Practitioner (PDF, 312.4KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 178.0KB)
• Guidance on the pre-employment checks procedure (DOC, 35.5KB)
• DBS Policy Statement (PDF, 111.7KB)
• Foundation Trust Membership (PDF, 85.3KB)
• Salary On Appointment Guidelines (DOC, 65.5KB)
• Trust Values (PDF, 149.6KB)