Individual Packages of Care Manager MH/LD
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing complex case management for mental health and learning disability patients within the Continuing Healthcare team. As a registered mental health nurse, you will offer specialist expertise, manage patient caseloads, and ensure commissioned care packages are appropriate and meet quality standards. The post requires a subject matter expert to challenge care providers and manage commissioning processes for complex mental health and learning disability care packages.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of an in date Registered Mental Nurse Nursing and midwifery registration.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Knowledge of Continuing and Complex health and specialist knowledge in a range of health care settings including mental health
- Must understand the background to and strategic aims of CHC and budgetary impact
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of managing risks and reporting through governance processes.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy and of researching best practice, interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to reform the service
- Evidence of planning and delivering work and projects and services on time.
- Competencies
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Interpreting national policy for implementation.
- Experience of managing a complex case load.
- Professional registration
- NMC Registration
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of an in date Registered Mental Nurse Nursing and midwifery registration.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Knowledge of Continuing and Complex health and specialist knowledge in a range of health care settings including mental health
- Must understand the background to and strategic aims of CHC and budgetary impact
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of managing risks and reporting through governance processes.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy and of researching best practice, interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to reform the service
- Evidence of planning and delivering work and projects and services on time.
- Competencies
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Interpreting national policy for implementation.
- Experience of managing a complex case load.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Individual Packages of Care Manager MH/LD
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
The aim of this post is to provide complex case management for the mental health and learning disability caseload of the Continuing Healthcare team.
As a registered mental health nurse, the post holder will provide relevant mental health expertise to the continuing health care team, as well as specifically manage mental health and learning disability patient caseload. Case management will ensure that the commissioned package of care is appropriate and meets the needs of the patient. In addition, as case manager, you will ensure that the quality of care provided by commissioned providers meets the required standards
Main duties of the job
This role requires a subject matter expert in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities. This includes the clinical knowledge to challenge care providers.
The post is responsible for providing professional expertise for mental health to the outcome of commissioning business processes for the Department or Directorate.
The post-holder will solely be responsible for the commissioning of complex mental health and learning disability care packages for patients for whom GMICB holds a commissioning responsibility under S.117 and act as complex case lead for all intensive rehabilitation placements, secure p
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