Home treatment team practitioner

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Main area Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent: working 7 days a week including bank holidays, rotating days and nights. Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week Job ref 311-B470-25

Site Fairfield General Hospital Town Bury Salary £38,682 – £46,580 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59 Interview date 19/09/2025

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join this dynamic, expanding team. Bury Home treatment is extending their hours to be a 24hr, 7 day a week service.

Working pattern for the post holder includes working 7 days a week including bank holidays, rotating days and nights as part of the HTT team to deliver an effective and efficient response to people who access the service, providing clinical assessments and interventions focusing on relapse prevention and improved quality of life for service users.

Furthermore, will be providing face to face gatekeeping throughout the night, not only for Bury, but across the north division if necessary and review and assess for suitability for HTT any patients referred from a S136 assessment.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, driven registered practitioner who can work autonomously in the community, complete full mental health assessments, manage risk in the community, while also being an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. we also provide clozapine titration in the community.

We are a dedicated team of nurses, OTs, Social workers, QAP and support workers who work closely with our consultant psychiatrist, our colleagues in the community mental health team, acute inpatients wards and the wider members of the MDT

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide reviews in safe environment where appropriate (include patients who are seeking self-discharge from the wards, providing a safer discharge and any Bury HTT patients that present at A&E).

They will also complete emergency home visits if risk assessed safe to do so, providing a greater flexibility for supervised medication regimes for patients.

As a 24-hr team we will also be able to provide 24 hr telephone support to patients under Bury HTT including patients on the community Clozapine pathway.

To be involved in the ongoing development of the service.

To undertake accurate psychosocial / risk assessments and act as co-worker for service users who are supported by the Home Treatment Team who present with acute mental health problems or psychological distress. To work in close liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team, including care coordinators, to implement treatment / management plans in order to facilitate Home Treatment.

To undertake the role of the gatekeeper for all people requiring admission to inpatient services, including those requiring assessment under the MHA and to provide an alternative to hospital admission through Home Treatment interventions where appropriate.

It is expected that you will deliver care in accordance with all Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures, the Mental Health Act and community care legislation.

Working for our organisation

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 #PennineCarePeopleand 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities of the Post:

To develop individualized packages of care for service users with mental health problems, including signposting where necessary.

To provide intensive home treatment in service users home/community settings.

To provide crisis management and short term psychotherapeutic interventions as appropriate

To develop and provide a supported discharge/leave pathway for inpatients To identify the need for protection in line with safeguarding children and the Protection of Vulnerable Adult Policy and to comply with statutory obligations.

To liaise and negotiate with other professions, statutory and independent agencies to ensure the best possible service is provided to service users and carers.

To evaluate systematically and record, outcomes of mental health assessments, adapting care on the basis of these outcomes.

To involve family and carers in the assessment and care planning with service users consent.

To provide education and appropriate self-help resources to patients and carers specific to individual needs.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of supervision
• Experience of working in a community mental health setting
• Experience in working with people with moderate to severe mental health needs
• Extensive knowledge / experience in social inclusion and recovery model of care.
• Experience of MDT working
• Experience of acting as a care coordinator

Knowledge

• Knowledge of CPA policy
• Extensive knowledge of mental health legislation and guidance
• Knowledge and experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of mental health legislation

Skills and abilities

• Ability to provide leadership cover in the absence of the team manager when required
• Ability to supervise and support community support workers in meeting the needs of clients on their caseload
• Ability to provide professional expertise in the care of mental health clients
• Ability to provide advice to Assistance practitioners / Band 5’s
• Ability to provide appropriate education and training to peers and assistants as appropriate
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate informally and develop supportive relationships with clients, carers and other professionals

Qualifications

• RMN / Social Worker / OT with regulatory body registration
• NMP qualification – or willing to work towards

Work Related Circumstances

• Must be able to work flexibly over a 7 day week in response to client / service user needs
• Must be willing to develop competencies within the scope of professional practice to meet service needs

Sponsorship – We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards . The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to the NHS will be required to providetheir HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history andreferences as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offered a position with us and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line withgovernment guidance . If the role you have been offered is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence own your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.