Job summary
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is making a significant investment in Adult Community Mental Health Services across Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bolton and Wigan, creating exciting opportunities for exceptional Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Mental Health Social Workers to join us as Band 7 Senior Practitioners.

We are expanding our workforce in line with our safer staffing programme and transforming how community mental health services are delivered. Our ambition is simple: to provide high-quality, personalised, recovery-focused care that improves the lives and outcomes of the people we serve.

As part of this journey, we are looking for experienced clinicians who are passionate about leadership, clinical excellence, innovation and improving outcomes for people with serious mental health needs.

We are redesigning our Community Mental Health Teams through the implementation of our new Adult CMHT operating model and Personalised Care Framework.

This means bigger teams, stronger multidisciplinary working, increased investment, enhanced clinical support and a renewed focus on delivering outstanding care.

We are looking for clinicians who are passionate about improving lives, confident in managing complexity, committed to collaborative working and excited about helping shape the future of community mental health care.

Main duties of the job
These roles offer genuine variety. Depending on local service need, workforce pressures and safer staffing requirements, Senior Practitioners may initially be deployed to undertake comprehensive assessments, support referral and triage functions, manage complex caseloads, lead care coordination activity or provide specialist clinical leadership across the pathway.

As a Band 7 Senior Practitioner, you will:

• Deliver high-quality assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Hold and manage a complex caseload.
• Provide clinical leadership within the MDT.
• Support risk management, safeguarding and complex decision-making.
• Lead personalised care planning and implementation of DIALOG+.
• Provide supervision, mentorship and line management to Band 6 practitioners and other colleagues.
• Support service improvement, reflective practice and a culture of continuous learning.
• Work flexibly across the Community Mental Health Team pathway in line with service need.

We know that high-quality care can only be delivered by a workforce that feels valued, supported and invested in.

That's why we are committed to providing:

• A structured and supportive induction programme
• High-quality clinical supervision
• Dedicated reflective practice
• Strong multidisciplinary team decision-making
• Visible and accessible leadership
• Opportunities to lead quality improvement initiatives
• A culture of learning, innovation and continuous improvement
• Genuine influence over service development and transformation

About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 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.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

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.

Details
Date posted: 10 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 437-8218279
Job locations: Across community teams - Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bolton & Wigan, Greater Manchester, M25 3BL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
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
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker
• Evidence of significant post-registration professional development relevant to community mental health practice.
• Clinical supervision training, practice educator qualification, mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake.

Desirable

• Additional training in DIALOG+, personalised care planning, trauma-informed practice, psychosocial interventions, formulation, safeguarding, risk management or quality improvement.

Experience
Essential

• Significant post-registration experience in mental health services, including experience in community mental health or equivalent complex community settings.
• Experience of working with people with serious mental health needs, complexity, risk and co-occurring physical, social or relational needs.
• Experience acting as a care coordinator, keyworker or Named Worker for people with complex needs.
• Experience of supervising, supporting or advising registered, newly qualified, student or unregistered staff.
• Experience of leading or contributing to MDT discussions, safety huddles, complex case reviews or formulation meetings.
• Experience of complex risk assessment, safety planning, safeguarding and multi-agency work. Experience contributing to audit, service improvement, complaints learning, incident learning or clinical governance.

Desirable

• Experience chairing meetings, leading improvement work or supporting implementation of service transformation.

Knowledge
Essential

• Detailed understanding of the Personalised Care Framework and the move from CPA to needs-led, outcome-focused personalised care.
• Detailed understanding of the Named Worker role and the principle of shared MDT responsibility for care, risk and intervention delivery.
• Knowledge of DIALOG+, outcome-focused conversations, personalised care and support planning and co-produced review processes.
• Knowledge of complex formulation, risk assessment, safety planning, safeguarding adults, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and least restrictive practice.
• Knowledge of supervision, reflective practice, professional development and psychologically safe team cultures.
• Understanding of community transformation, MDT working, safer staffing principles and caseload prioritisation.
• Understanding of audit, quality assurance, incident learning, complaints learning and clinical governance processes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Across community teams - Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bolton & Wigan, Greater Manchester, M25 3BL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Associate Director of Nursing and Quality
Rebecca Billington
Rebecca.Billington@gmmh.nhs.uk

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.