Consultant Nurse – Rehabilitation | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is looking for a Consultant Nurse in Rehabilitation to lead and develop evidence-based practice across mental health rehabilitation services. This senior clinical leadership role combines advanced clinical capabilities with strategic influence to enhance service delivery. Candidates should be Registered Nurses with significant mental health rehabilitation experience and advanced leadership skills. The position supports flexible working arrangements and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for work/life balance

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mental health rehabilitation.
• Ability to act as an Approved Clinician (or willingness to work towards).

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Clinical leadership

Advanced clinical skills

Influencing strategic levels

Research commitment

Education programme development

Mentorship

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

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.

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 multi-disciplinary 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.

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.

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

This advert closes on Friday 26 Dec 2025.