Senior Staff Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Chorley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in Chorley is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to join the busy inpatient unit.

The post offers leadership of the nursing team, requires strong clinical competence in a PICU setting, and a seven-day rota to meet service needs.

Qualifications

• Post graduate qualification or experience.
• Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and support to all members of the nursing team, working collaboratively with the MDT.
• Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care within a fast-paced and challenging PICU environment.
• Work flexibly across a seven-day rota to meet the needs of the service.

Skills

Leadership

Nursing experience

PICU

Team collaboration

Education

Postgraduate qualification or experience

Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 29 September 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 motivated and dedicated nurses to join the team at Chorley as a Senior Staff Nurse within the busy inpatient unit.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Staff Nurse will:

The successful candidate will:Provide professional leadership and support to all members of the nursing team, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT).Demonstrate strong clinical competence and experience in line with the person specification.Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care within a fast-paced and challenging PICU environment.Work flexibly across a seven-day rota to meet the needs of the service.

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

Job responsibilities

Working at the Chorley inpatient unit offers the opportunity to be part of a supportive and dynamic team committed to delivering excellence in mental health care.For further information or to arrange an informal discussion about the post please see the attached Job Description an Person Specification or speak with the recruitment lead.

Person Specification

Education

• Post graduate qualification or experience
• Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development

Knowledge

• Knowledge of common mental health problems and medication used in relation to these
• Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983 & Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Knowledge of common mental health problems and medication used in relation to these

Experience

• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs
• Experience of interacting therapeutically with distress and /or disturbed individuals

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