Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Practitioner - Older Adults CMHT

The closing date is 23 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated practitioner - to deliver specialist interventions for service users experiencing complex emotional relational needs in our older adults community mental health team in Salford.

The Complex Emotional and Relational Needs (CERN) team are looking for highly skilled and experienced Senior Practitioners to join. The successful applicant will be part of an exciting new project to improve and expand services for people with CERN in the community, across the Salford division of GMMH.

Successful applicants will join an optimistic and motivated team of practitioners, with a strong emphasis on training, supervision and support. This new team will be supported to develop and deliver trauma informed, co-produced person-centred care. Successful applicants will have a clinically-focussed role, delivering therapeutic evidence-based interventions to a small caseload of individuals with complex emotional and relational needs. They will provide compassionate leadership, support, consultation and supervision to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams; and provide training to wider teams and services.

Applicants should hold a professional qualification such as Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker, or Registered Occupational Therapist. Experience working in a Community Mental Health Team is desirable, though relevant experience in other clinical settings would be considered.

Main duties of the job
This exciting opportunity is for skilled and motivated practitioners to join a developing service for people with CERN.

• Senior Practitioners will facilitate Structured Clinical Management (SCM) for a caseload of up to 12 individuals with CERN in the community. Training will be provided for the Senior Practitioners to deliver SCM, with opportunities to gain accreditation in this and other modalities such as Mentalization Based Therapy.
• Senior practitioners will support the development of roles for people with lived experience to join the team as collaborators and co-producers of this new service.
• Senior Practitioners will provide clinical leadership, consultation and supervision to colleagues in the CMHTs, Urgent Care teams, and wider services. They will promote inclusion, collaboration and optimism, and role model excellent clinical care. With support from the Clinical Lead, they will deliver training to colleagues and services across Manchester.
• Senior Practitioners will be expected to participate in and facilitate individual and group clinical supervision, and take advantage of the development opportunities available.
• There is a requirement to travel within the Manchester area and we support the use of sustainable alternatives to lone driving.
• Senior Practitioners will be required to work Monday-Friday and be participate in the Bronze on call rota, providing clinical and operational leadership outside of office hours including weekends and public holidays.

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: 11 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 437-8377095
Job locations: Humphrey Booth, 16 - 18 Worsley Road, Swinton, Salford, M275WW, United Kingdom

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 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

Person specification
Essential: Registered Mental Health Nurse, Psychological Therapist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or similar professional qualification. Evidence of post graduate/qualification education or training relating to complex emotional and relational needs. Post registration experience of working in multi-disciplinary team in CMHT or other relevant clinical settings and liaising with colleagues across services. Demonstrable post-qualification experience of working with complex mental health difficulties, including problems associated with complex emotional and relational needs.
Desirable: Additional qualifications in psychological interventions e.g. DBT skills, SCM, MBT. Experience of participating in the delivery of group interventions or facilitating group supervision / reflection.

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. 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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Team Manager, Andrea Cox, andrea.cox@gmmh.nhs.uk, 01613571344