Senior Mental Health Nurse

4 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Greater Manchester Mental Health Full time

Job Overview

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides a commissioned mental health service for men in custody at HMP Forest Bank. The team delivers mental health assessment, treatment, and support for a wide range of mental health conditions within the stepped care model.

We are seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, providing secondary mental health care in the prison. This post is part of the secondary mental health team, comparable to a community mental health team in the community.

Main Duties of the Job

The post holder will manage individuals with secondary mental health service needs while in prison custody. This includes assisting in the delivery and development of effective, needs-based, modern mental health services within the prison.

The post holder should be an expert in all areas of service delivery, ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times.

The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the effective management of their own caseload and be expected to utilize nursing skills and resources to provide high-quality service to all service users. This role requires the post holder to contribute to maintaining the CPA process throughout the legal and custodial process.

Working for Our Organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, delivering services from more than 160 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.

Staff Benefits

  • Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
  • 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

Person Specification

Essential Requirement

Essential Criteria

  • RMN Registration completion of preceptorship program

Desirable Criteria

  • Evidence of continuous practice development related to delivering psychological interventions to both individuals and group work

We are committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults and require 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.



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