Senior Urgent Response Practitioner
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeInternship
Posted At5/4/2026
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Occupation TypeSenior care workers
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled - Specific Roles Only
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£33,400
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Description
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Victoria Byrne Job title: Operational Manager for Urgent Care Email address: Victoria.Byrne@gmmh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07866584904
- 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.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Victoria Byrne Job title: Operational Manager for Urgent Care Email address: Victoria.Byrne@gmmh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07866584904