Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Mental Health Practitioner
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Are you a dynamic, motivated mental health professional with strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering high-quality patient care?
Bolton Mental Health Liaison Service is seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Practitioner to provide clinical leadership within our well-established and highly regarded service. Working alongside the Team Manager, you will play a key role in supporting service delivery, staff development, and the continued growth of the team.
The Service has been established for over 10 years and consists of a dynamic, supportive, and welcoming multidisciplinary team, including psychiatrists, senior practitioners, practitioners, and a clinical psychologist. The service benefits from senior-level representation within both local and Greater Manchester strategic developments for liaison psychiatry services.
Working in partnership with Royal Bolton Hospital, our practitioners have the unique opportunity to support individuals experiencing both mental and physical health difficulties. This collaborative approach enables staff to develop specialist knowledge and skills across a wide range of clinical specialties while providing expert mental health assessment, intervention, and support within the acute hospital setting.
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In addition to direct clinical work, Mental Health Liaison practitioners contribute to the education and development of acute trust staff through teaching, consultation, and collaborative care initiatives.
As a Senior Practitioner, you will maintain a strong clinical presence while developing and enhancing your leadership and management skills. You will support the Team Manager in ensuring safe, effective, and high-quality service delivery.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Providing clinical leadership and support to the multidisciplinary team.
- Delivering supervision and professional support to practitioners.
- Supporting service development and quality improvement initiatives.
- Attending and representing the service at meetings in the Team Manager's absence.
- Undertaking audits and reviewing clinical processes to support continuous improvement.
- Contributing to the investigation and review of incidents, complaints, and serious events.
- Maintaining a clinical caseload and delivering high-quality patient care.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
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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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jade Moore
- Job title: Operational Manager
- Email address: jade.moore@gmmh.nhs.uk
Anna Laffin
Team Manager Bolton Mental Health Liaison Service
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