Clinical Lead

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a highly motivated Deputy Ward Manager to lead a team at Skylark Ward, delivering mental health care for older adults. The successful candidate will promote service user interests, ensure high-quality nursing care, and engage with stakeholders in a supportive environment. This role emphasizes diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from under-represented groups, and offers flexible working patterns to enhance work-life balance.

Benefits

Access to a dedicated staff car park

Support for flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate excellent clinical, leadership, and interpersonal qualities.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to engaging with service users and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of registered nurses and support workers in mental health care.
• Promote interests of service users and implement nursing care safely.
• Use research to improve care and outcomes.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Interpersonal skills

Professional accountability

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

The post holder will lead a team of registered nurses and support workers in the delivery of mental health care. They will promote the interests of service users and ensure that delegated nursing care is effectively implemented in a safe manner. The post holder will exercise professional accountability and responsibility using professional skills, knowledge and expertise in changing environments, across professional boundaries and in unfamiliar situations. The post holder will use research, audit, enquiry and scholarship to plan, implement and evaluate concepts and strategies leading to improvements in care.

We are looking for one highly motivated deputy ward managers who can demonstrate excellent clinical, leadership and interpersonal qualities. The successful candidate must be willing to work in a fast paced environment, have a positive outlook and ensure that delivering a quality service, which genuinely engages with service users, carers and other stakeholders, is a key priority. You will be joining an inclusive team where everyone is welcome and valued. As a member of staff at Skylark ward you will have access to a dedicated staff car park adjacent to the ward.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Deputy ward manager / team leader at Skylark ward in Central Lancashire. Skylark ward a specialist 11 bedded unit providing inpatient service for older adults.

The Unit provides assessment and interventions for clients, operates seven days a week and is accessible 24hrs per day.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.