Nurse Team Leader | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Whalley; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider is seeking a Deputy Ward Manager for Greendale Ward at Woodview, Whalley. The ideal candidate will have significant clinical skills and excellent communication abilities, ensuring high standards of care and effective team leadership. This role supports a flexible working approach. Interested candidates should refer to the recruitment pack for full details.

Qualifications

• Proven clinical skills and excellent communication skills are essential.
• Working knowledge of care programme approach and NICE guidance is required.
• Ability to understand the impact of health and social needs on mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide nurse leadership in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure care assessments are accurate and of high standard.
• Participate in service development and Clinical Governance.

Skills

Clinical skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of adult mental health

Education

Valid nursing qualification

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Deputy Ward Manager to work on Greendale Ward at Woodview, Whalley.

Woodview opened in December 2023. Woodview Unit is a newly refurbished building on the Whalley site which has a total of 32 beds including 12 Male, 12 Female and an 8 bedded Male PICU unit. These additional beds will complement those on the Pendleview Unit, Royal Blackburn Hospital.

Responsibilities

• To provide nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment formulation planning, monitoring of care given to inpatient service users.
• To provide leadership to oversee and ensure all contacts with service users are recorded promptly and accurately and are of a high standard.
• Provision of information and participate as requested, to assist service development and Clinical Governance requirements e.g. surveys, audits etc.

Qualifications and requirements

• You must have proven clinical skills along with excellent communication skills, good knowledge and understanding of adult mental health and the needs of individuals.
• You will also need to have a working knowledge of the care programme approach, NICE guidance and enhanced risk assessment and the ability to explore issues relating to the impact of health and social needs on mental health and well-being.

The Trust and services

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Flexible working

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Additional information

For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025