Senior Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 17 August 2026

Job summary
Are you a dynamic and motivated individual with strong leadership skills? If so the Bolton Home Based Treatment Team is seeking to recruit a Senior Urgent Response Practitioner at Band 7 to provide Clinical Leadership working alongside the Team Manager supporting service delivery and development.

The Home Based Treatment Team is an established service and comprises a dynamic and welcoming team of psychiatrists, senior practitioners, practitioners as well as a psychological therapist. The team has senior level input into the local and GM strategic vision for Home Treatment services.

The HBT operates 24/7 to provide responsive mental health care in the community setting, delivered by experienced and established multidisciplinary teams. We aim to provide an alternate to hospital admission and care for service users in the least restrictive way.

As a Trust, we are committed to our services delivering models that are clinically led, operationally partnered and academically informed.

The Senior Practitioner will develop close links with the Inpatient Wards to promote HBTT interventions with service users with the view to supporting earlier discharge from the inpatient wards aiming to reunite service user with their families / carer whilst also maintaining HBTT support in the community.

Main duties of the job
Provide clinical leadership, line management supervision, support and consultation to HBT practitioners, in line with the clinical pathway as outlined within the operational procedure.

Manage and evaluate a caseload in line with the clinical pathway, as outlined within the operational procedure.

This will include:

• Assessment
• Formulation
• & Collaborative care planning as
• Therapeutic interventions as required
• Signposting to other relevant agencies and services as part of their recovery
• Working with the service users and their carers as part of their journey through HBT
• Play an active part in service development and innovation as identified by the directorate and through leadership meetings.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with other agencies both in and out of the Bolton area, to ensure the best care delivery for the service user and their carers and/or families.

The post holder will be required to work 37.5 hours a week including shifts, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

The post holder would be expected to carry a clinical caseload, and support the staff team with managing complex cases, as well as play an active part in the leadership and service development of HBT.

There is an expectation that the post holder will participate in out-of-hours management on call rotas in providing management cover for weekends and statutory 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: 03 August 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: 437-8065518-A
Job locations: Royal Bolton Hospital
Minerva Road
Farnworth, Bolton
BL4 0JR
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• 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
Essential

• Professional Qualification / Registration with Professional Body

Desirable

• Previous experience of working at band 7 or equivalent experience

Essential

• Previous experience of management & working in a supervisory capacity

Desirable

• Experience of working within and leading a MDT

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 contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Operational Manager
Jade Moore
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