Consultant Nurse – Rehabilitation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Preston seeks a Consultant Nurse – Rehabilitation to lead evidence-based practices in mental health. The role requires advanced clinical skills and leadership capabilities, focusing on service improvement and collaboration. Ideal candidates will have significant rehabilitation experience, a master's degree, and a commitment to professional development. The position encourages applications from diverse backgrounds and offers flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with significant experience in mental health rehabilitation.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• V300 Independent and Supplementary Nurse prescriber (or working towards).

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership under the Mental Health Act.
• Drive innovation in rehabilitation pathways.
• Lead service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Advanced clinical skills

Leadership capability

Research commitment

Education

Masters degree in a clinically related subject

Registered Nurse in relevant field to role

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Nurse – Rehabilitation

The closing date is 26 December 2025

As a Consultant Nurse in Rehabilitation, you will lead and develop evidence‑based, person‑centred practice across our mental health rehabilitation services. This is a senior clinical leadership role, combining advanced practice with strategic influence to shape service delivery and professional standards.

You will:

• Demonstrate consultant‑level capability across the four pillars of advanced practice: Clinical, Leadership, Education, and Research.
• Act as a role model for nursing excellence, setting and maintaining professional standards.
• Lead on emerging clinical practice and promote research to enhance outcomes.
• Develop educational programmes and mentor staff to build capability and confidence.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners, including NHS England and Integrated Care Boards.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert clinical leadership and, where applicable, Approved Clinician responsibilities under the Mental Health Act.
• Drive innovation in rehabilitation pathways, ensuring care is holistic, recovery‑focused, and aligned with best practice.
• Lead service improvement initiatives and contribute to Trust‑wide transformation projects.
• Maintain strong relationships with patients, carers, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, effective care.

What We're Looking For:

• Registered Nurse with significant experience in mental health rehabilitation.
• Advanced clinical skills and leadership capability at consultant level.
• Ability to influence at strategic and operational levels.
• Commitment to research, education, and continuous improvement.
• Approved Clinician status (or willingness to work towards this) is desirable.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse in relevant field to role.
• Masters degree in a clinically related subject.
• V300 Independent and Supplementary Nurse prescriber (or working towards).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.
• Approved Clinician - approved by the North of England Mental Health Act Approvals Panel (NEAP) (or working towards).

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge in field of practice.
• Contemporary, evidence‑based practice and best practice in field of practice.
• Ability to undertake critical analysis of highly complex policy information and synthesise into an interpretable format; thorough understanding of the policy/standards agenda in relation to field of practice, and an understanding of the broader policy drivers pertinent to healthcare delivery.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years post professional qualifying clinical experience in field of practice providing highly advanced clinical skills within a senior position.
• Clinical leadership and change management.
• Effective working across organisational boundaries in the development and provision of services.
• Evidence of significant contribution to clinical developments.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wesham Rehabilitation Unit/Community Bases