Nurse Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Rishton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Clinical Lead to join the Central Home-Based Treatment Team covering the C&W locality. The role focuses on recovery, risk management, and quality care in a community setting.

The post requires flexible shift patterns across 7 days, supervision of junior staff, and a commitment to induction and personal development planning. A full induction and appraisal support development needs.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with current UK registration.
• CQSW, CSS, DipSW or equivalent qualification or relevant experience.
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and Quality Assurance issues.
• Home Treatment Team/Urgent Care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to individuals with severe and enduring mental illness.
• Act as a key MDT member for assessment, risk management and care planning.
• Provide a gatekeeping function as per Operating Procedure.
• Provide rapid holistic assessment and signposting for urgent risk issues.
• Coordinate crisis management within the team.
• Serve as Shift Co-ordinator per protocol.
• Undertake Bed Management for the local area.
• Organise and deliver rapid intensive interventions for crisis.

Skills

Mentoring

Risk assessment

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

CQSW CSS DipSW or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Clinical Lead to join Central Home-Based Treatment Team covering the C&W locality. The Central Home Treatment Team offer intense support to service users, and their families/carers, who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute in-patient environment. There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide quality care in a community setting.

The Central Home Treatment Team are always striving towards excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are achieved. The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services.

There will be an expectation that the successful applicant will have the ability to work flexible shift pattern across 7 days a week, to provide clinical support, upskill and guidance to junior members of the nursing team including the completion of formal clinical supervision reviews in accordance with the Trust policy.

Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction and appraisal to formulate a Personal Development Plan and to identify training and development needs.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver high quality care to individuals who have specific mental health problems i.e. have a severe and enduring mental health problem and multiple, complex needs.
• To act as a key member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team ensuring the effective assessment, including Risk Assessment and Risk Management, planning monitoring and evaluation of care giver to service users with severe and enduring mental illness in acute crisis, ensuring the effective supervision of staff accountable to the post holder, whilst liaising with a wide range of multi-agency professionals.
• To provide a "gatekeeping" function as detailed in the Operating Procedure.
• To provide rapid and holistic assessment, care and sign posting of individuals within the above group but also for those presenting with other urgent risk issues.
• The work of the Crisis Team will be managed as a whole though the post holder has crisis co-ordination responsibilities for a caseload specified within the team.
• To act in the role of "Shift Co-ordinator" as detailed in role protocol.
• To undertake the role of Bed Management for the local area.
• To organise and deliver a rapid intensive intervention service in order to meet the health and social needs of those adults experiencing a serious mental health crisis.

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.

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

Date posted: 26 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (subject to confirmation)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 351-CEN2686-MS

Job locations: HTT Avondale Unit, Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane North, Preston, PR2 9HT, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Essential: CQSW,CSS, DipSW or equivalent and/or experience relevant to the post
• Desirable: Awareness of Clinical Governance and Quality Assurance issues
• Desirable: Home Treatment Team / Urgent Care Pathway Experience

Experience

• Essential: 2 years post registration experience
• Essential: Demonstrate advanced Risk Assessment and Risk Management skills
• Essential: Has experience of acting as a mentor/assessor of student nursing staff
• Essential: Experience of CPA Care Co-ordinators role

Knowledge

• Essential: Demonstrate understanding of Health & Safety policies, procedures and effects on practice
• Essential: Up to date knowledge of National Strategies for Service Development
• Essential: Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced their practice
• Essential: Can demonstrate knowledge of severe and enduring mental health problems and its effect on clients, families and carers

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).