Senior Nurse - Out of Hours

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Nurse to support the Forensic inpatient service with a visible, accessible leadership presence on wards and a focus on driving clinical and professional standards.

The post involves predominantly night shifts with rotations onto days when required to ensure 24-hour clinical leadership and staff support. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead professional and direct care staff on inpatient wards.
• Cover night shifts predominantly with rotations onto days when required to ensure 24-hour clinical leadership.

Job description

The inpatient units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the inpatient hospital model providing leadership to professional and direct care staff.

The post holder will be expected to cover night shifts predominantly but there will be an expectation to rotate onto days when required. This shift pattern will support and compliment the team to ensure 24 hours clinical leadership and expertise cover is provided. As a senior nurse you will support our Forensic inpatient service.

The senior nurse will provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence on wards, to whom patients and staff can turn for assistance, advice and support.

The Senior nurse must be clinically up to date and creditable/have clinical skills expecting others to perform and passionate about driving up clinical and professional standards

An enhanced DBS disclosure must be undertaken for this role.

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.

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