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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to take a lead role in contributing to the delivery of high-quality care within the South Manchester Home-Based Treatment Team. As a Band 7 Senior Practitioner, you will provide strong leadership and support the management of a busy urgent care team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care for individuals requiring HBTT as an alternative to hospital admission.
The Senior Practitioner will support the day-to-day coordination and management of the service. You will provide visible and accessible leadership to staff within the Service; you will support the delivery of a safe and efficient service to those accessing it and ensure timely, person-centred interventions that promote recovery and wellbeing. Key Aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. Alongside clinical leadership and effective day-to-day management of the team.
You will need to be able to manage your own workload, work well under pressure and be able to work within a multi-disciplinary team. You will also be working collaboratively with multiple agencies and will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and an awareness of Trust Policies and Procedures.
The HBTT service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so flexibility in working patterns is essential, which may include weekend and out-of-hours working and contributing to the on-call Operational rota.
Main duties of the job
Supporting the service to develop and maintain robust gatekeeping processes, incorporating the principles of person-centred care and least restrictive interventions
Proactively identifying and facilitating supported early discharges from our inpatient settings, by attending board rounds and mini-MDTs, and completing trusted assessment for patients going to out of area HBTs on discharge
Being involved in purposeful admission formulation and statements, and the review of these as part of ward round if and when admitted and with other services involved such as community mental health teams
SURP provides training on HBT and the SURP role to key stakeholders, for examples inpatient services and MHLS, and to promote this role and understanding of the role of HBT.
They play an active part in the leadership and service development of the HBT, for example by line managing staff members, offering clinical supervision to staff either formally or informally, attending and contributing to the leadership meetings and supporting operational duties.
SURP facilitate spoke days for shadowing as part of induction or on student placements – this can be from HBT or other services across the division.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached details job description and person specification
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
Essential
- A willingness to be flexible, proactive and to undertake duties which may fall outside traditional professional boundaries
- Post holder will be required to participate in an on-call system
- There is an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role
- Committed to improving mental health services
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualifying experience of working within community mental health settings, working with individuals experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.
- Experience of working in a supervisory capacity
Desirable
- Experience of managing a multidisciplinary service or function
- Experience of service development and quality improvement
- Experience of working within the Core Fidelity model for HBTs
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN and evidence of significant professional development OR CSS/CQSW/Dip SW or equivalent Social Worker training and experience OR Occupational Therapist
Desirable
- Trained supervisor
- Teaching qualification
- Management/leadership qualification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- A knowledge of the Home-Based Treatment Service Model of intervention and its effectiveness
- Sound knowledge of the factors involved in the development of poor mental health and key features of relapse prevention
- Ability to organise, prioritise and monitor own and others’ workload
- Ability to implement and maintain good standards of professional practice to ensure a quality and efficient service
- The ability to promote good staff care by creating a supportive environment, which contains workload management, supervision, staff development and training opportunities
Desirable
- Knowledge of service monitoring and evaluation
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This advert is for Senior Urgent Response Practitioner with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Aug 2026.
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