Senior Urgent Response Practitioner in Altrincham

Main area Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) Job ref 437-7766744-A

Site Brook Heys Town Altrincham Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/08/2026 23:59

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person specification

Qualifications

• RMN and evidence of significant professional development OR CSS/CQSW/Dip SW or equivalent Social Worker training and experience OR Occupational Therapist
• Trained supervisor
• Teaching qualification

Experience

• 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
• 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

Knowledge & Skills

• 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
• Knowledge of service monitoring and evaluation

Other

• 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

Important Information about working for GMMH: All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

We are also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – clickhere .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

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Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

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