CAMHS - Mental Health Practitioner (Bury) | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation committed to delivering high quality care? We are looking for people who are passionate about high quality care and can work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team approach to assess and formulate treatment plans for young people and their families.
• Conduct both urgent and routine mental health assessments, including neurodevelopmental assessments, and triage referrals and duty.
• Demonstrate excellent assessment skills and the ability to formulate clinical decisions and management plans, including assessment and management of risk.
• Monitor and evaluate treatment offered to service users, adhering to professional and Trust guidelines, and using routine outcome measures for service development and reporting.
• Communicate effectively, be flexible and self-motivated, and build links with colleagues across teams and agencies.

Team, setting and service delivery

This role is within the Bury CAMHS initial assessment team, a busy multi-disciplinary team including nurses, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists. You will be co-located with partner services for children and families. A key focus of the service leadership team is implementing transformation to ensure timely access to high quality care. Our vision is to support the local community to promote good emotional health and wellbeing for young people. We work with partners in education, children’s services and the third sector to deliver the Local Transformation Plan for CAMHS services, enabling CAMHS workers to operate in new ways and work closely with universal and targeted services in locality areas.

Organisation and values

We provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and community-based, 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; our staff work to deliver the best care for those who use our services. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership. We also welcome applications from individuals with lived experience of mental illness, either personally or as a carer.

Application information

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to support your application, and review the essential criteria highlighted there to demonstrate the skills, knowledge and experience required. This role is within the teams initial assessment team; confidence and skills in assessment and formulating treatment plans are essential.

Closing date: Thursday 7 May 2026

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