Senior Practitioner

**Main area**- Senior Practitioner
- **Grade**
- Band 6
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 373-LD0544- **Site**- Greenways Assessment and Treatment Unit
- **Town**
- Macclesfield
- **Salary**
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- 20/11/2025 23:59
- **Interview date**
- 09/12/2025

**Job overview**:
Are you an experienced Learning Disability Nurse?
- Are you interested in joining a supportive team which will provide opportunities for you to progress and develop your career?

We have an opportunity for a Senior Practitioner band 6 nurse to join the Greenways Assessment and Treatment Unit team in Macclesfield.

Greenways supports Adults with Learning Disabilities and complex needs with short term admissions for people requiring a period of intensive assessment and treatment away from home.

You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team who work closely with other community services in providing a holistic approach to care utilising the 6 Cs in practice, these being Care; Compassion; Competence; Communication; Courage and Commitment, and support the development of person centred care plans.

Shortlisting to commence 25th November 2025

**Main duties of the job**:
The post holder will need to ensure that the service is based on an ethos of collaborative working between individual service users, carers and all other key stakeholders.

Post registration experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and/or working within an assessment and treatment unit is essential.

Greenways is an inpatient service, therefore working hours are across the 24/7 spectrum on a shift system. For further information regarding this or anything else, please contact the Unit Manager, Marie Joyce.

**Working for our organisation**:
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

**Person specification**:

- **Qualifications**:

- **Essential criteria**:

- First level registered nurse
- RNLD or RNMH
- First level Degree
- Post registration qualification in: challenging behaviour, Autism, Mental Health, Mentor qualification- **Knowledge and Expertise**:

- **Essential criteria**:

- Awareness of current issues
- Awareness of relevant legislation (Valuing People Mental Health Act etc) Winterbourne
- Appreciation of governance
- Participation in service developments
- Education and Training
- Quality and service improvement initiatives- **Experience**:

- **Essential criteria**:

- Experience of working with adults with a Learning Disability, within an Assessment and Treatment/Respite setting
- Direct experience of working with clients w