Senior Staff Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Chorley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in Chorley is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse for the busy inpatient unit to provide professional leadership, ensure high-quality patient care, and contribute to a compassionate, multidisciplinary team.

You will deliver care in a fast-paced PICU, demonstrate clinical competence, work across a seven-day rota, and support staff development within a supportive NHS environment.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification or experience.
• Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development.
• Knowledge of common mental health problems and medications.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 & Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Experience assessing, planning and implementing care.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and support to the nursing team, working collaboratively with the MDT.
• Demonstrate strong clinical competence and experience in line with the person specification.
• Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care within a fast-paced PICU environment.
• Work flexibly across a seven-day rota to meet the needs of the service.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical nursing

Patient care

Teamwork

Education

Postgraduate qualification or experience

Specialist qualification or equivalent in skills and development

Job description

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.