Clinical Practitioner | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Clinical Practitioner for Moorgate Ward, an 8-bedded male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. This 3-month secondment emphasizes clinical leadership and high-quality, safe, therapeutic care for adults with acute mental health needs.

You will be a Registered Mental Health Nurse with substantial inpatient MH experience, strong clinical judgement, and a commitment to least restrictive, person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with substantial inpatient mental health experience.
• Strong clinical judgement and a passion for improving outcomes for patients and carers.
• Experience in leading day-to-day clinical activities and supporting staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day clinical leadership to the direct care team on Moorgate Ward.
• Work in collaboration with the ward manager and multidisciplinary team to deliver care.
• Manage risk and contribute to service development while upholding least restrictive care.

Skills

Inpatient mental health experience

Clinical leadership

Risk management

Compassionate care

Education

RMN qualification

Job description

Clinical Practitioner | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

LSCFT’s adult mental health services are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. Moorgate Ward is an 8 bedded male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The post holder will work in collaboration with the ward manager, and other team members within the multidisciplinary team. The post holder will work a flexible shift pattern including weekend working, providing day to day clinical leadership to the direct care team.

Are you an experienced and compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurse ready to take the next step in your career?

We are looking for a skilled Clinical Practitioner to join Moorgate Ward, our 8-bedded male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at The Harbour. This will be a 3-month secondment.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, safe and therapeutic care to people with acute mental health needs, while providing day-to-day clinical leadership to the wider team.

You will be a Registered Mental Health Nurse with substantial inpatient mental health experience, strong clinical judgement and a passion for improving outcomes for patients and carers. You will be confident in managing risk, supporting staff, working across professional boundaries and contributing to service development. We are particularly looking for someone who can combine clinical credibility with kindness, resilience and a commitment to least restrictive, person-centred care.

For full details, please refer to the job description and person specification within this document.

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.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well

For more information about this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Tuesday 20 Oct 2026

£39,959 - £48,117 per annum (subject to confirmation)