Senior Staff Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) invites applications for a Band 6 Clinical Lead on Shakespeare ward. You will join an established leadership team and nurture junior colleagues while advancing care quality and staff wellbeing.

The post requires experience in acute mental health nursing, supervision and data-driven improvement. Strong commitment to safety, audit actions and ongoing professional development is essential.

Qualifications

• Post graduate qualification or experience.
• Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983.
• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs.
• Experience of interacting therapeutically with distress and/or disturbed individuals.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical care on Shakespeare ward as Band 6 clinical lead.
• Provide supervision and mentorship to junior staff, students and preceptors.
• Drive quality improvement projects to enhance patient care and staff wellbeing.
• Ensure safe, effective care aligned with Mental Health Act and policies.
• Promote a positive, inclusive work environment and effective teamwork.

Skills

Leadership

Quality improvement

Supervision

Nursing acute mental health

Audit/data analysis

Education

Postgraduate qualification or experience

Specialist qualification 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 on Shakespeare ward at the Harbour for highly motivated and professional RMN to join the wards as band 6 clinical lead. In coming into this roles, the successful candidates will join an already established leadership team, and will have opportunity to further develop their leadership skills in a supportive environment.

The successful candidate will bring excellent role modelling skills, a passion for supporting and developing junior colleagues, including student nurses and preceptors, and they should have a keen interest in quality improvement projects that can lead to improvements in patient care and staff wellbeing.

You should bring with you experience of nursing people with acute mental health needs, as well as some experience of providing high quality supervision, an awareness of not just how to complete an audit but what to do with the data an audit provides us with, and be keen to develop your own skills once in post.

Main duties of the job

Senior Staff Nurse

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

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

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

Knowledge

• Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983.
• 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.

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).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications.