Pennine Care NHS FT
Structured Clinical Management Practitioner

The closing date is 23 November 2026

Job summary
Pennine Care is committed to improving services for people with Complex Emotional and Relational Needs (CERN) in line with the GM model for treatment of CERN and the National Community Mental Health Framework.

Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Structured Clinical Management (SCM) Pathway in Heywood Middleton and Rochdale (HMR). You will have access to SCM training, regular group and individual clinical supervision, and the support of a skilled and friendly team. You will work as a member of the team, providing 1-1 and group interventions to service users with complex emotional and relational needs. You will work with a small caseload of people within the SCM programme, with relatively stable but complex presentations, and have the opportunity to offer structured and evidence-based care.

The Team is based at Birch Hill Hospital, though we work across the HMR footprint in various community/clinic settings. The Birch Hill site also has some significant benefits, including free and ample onsite parking, excellent canteen, and newly refurbished digital hub which will allow enhanced ICT support and extra space to work and meet with colleagues.

Birch Hill is also a mental health specific site, which allows close working with other secondary care colleagues on the inpatient unit, in EIT and the Complex Emotional and Relational Needs (CERN) team.

About us
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.

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.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 311-R438-26
Job location: Birch Hill Hospital, Birch Road, Rochdale, HMR, OL12 9RD

Person Specification
Education/qualifications

• Essential: Professional qualification in health or social care (Nursing, allied health professional, social work)
• Essential: Current registration with professional body
• Essential: Evidence of post registration training/ development
• Desirable: Mentorship qualification

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrable experience of working with people with personality disorder
• Essential: Significant post registration experience working in a mental health service
• Essential: Proven experience of completing mental health assessments, risk assessments and risk management plans without direct supervision
• Essential: Experience of MDT and multiagency working
• Essential: Experience of case managing service users care
• Essential: Experience of working with service users experiencing suicidal ideation and self harm
• Essential: Experience of working to multiagency safeguarding processes
• Desirable: Previous experience of working to a model of SCM
• Desirable: Completing Care Act assessments and commissioning of services

Knowledge

• Essential: NICE Guidelines and current best practice in the management of people with personality disorder
• Essential: STORM principles
• Essential: Current best practice in approaches to management of self-harm
• Essential: Trauma informed approaches to care
• Essential: Group management principles
• Essential: Care Act eligibility and commissioning processes
• Desirable: SCM principles

Skills and Abilities

• Essential: Ability to work collaboratively with service users 1-1 and in group settings
• Essential: Evidence of ability to provide specialist mental health assessment and risk assessment/management and be accountable for decision making
• Essential: Evidence of ability to manage a complex caseload without direct supervision
• Essential: Ability to provide therapeutic interventions for this client group
• Essential: Ability to communicate effectively and provide coherent reports and documentation according to Trust documentation standards
• Essential: Ability to work collaboratively with other agencies in the best interests of the service user
• Essential: Ability to manage own emotions in the face of others distress
• Essential: Ability to plan own workload and prioritise without direct supervision
• Essential: Ability to be assertive and engage in difficult conversations with clients, carers and other professionals
• Desirable: Ability to complete Care Act assessments and commission services

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.

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

Employer contact details
Contact: SCM-HMR Team Manager, Donna McGarry Clayton, donna.mcgarry@nhs.net, 01706676600

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