Senior Staff Nurse

LSCft; Preston; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to join the Pennine Inpatients team at Pendleview. You will provide nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure high-standard inpatient care.

You will ensure proper assessment, planning, and documentation, and contribute to service development, governance, surveys and audits in line with CPA, NICE guidance and risk assessment practices.

Qualifications

• On-going registration with the NMC.
• Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
• Experience supervising and managing staff in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs

Responsibilities

• Provide nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care for inpatient service users.
• Oversee and ensure all contacts with service users are recorded promptly and accurately and meet high standards.
• Contribute to service development and Clinical Governance requirements such as surveys and audits.

Skills

Clinical skills

Communication

Aggression management

Interpersonal skills

Risk assessment

Care programme approach

Education

NMC registration

Specialist qualification in skills and development

CPD commitment

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.

We are looking for a full time Senior Staff Nurse to work within Pennine Inpatients. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, suitably qualified, experienced and forward thinking individual to join the teams at Pendleview.

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

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

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Qualifications

• On-going registration with the NMC.
• Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development

Knowledge

• Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures
• Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice
• Knowledge of common mental health problems and medication used in relation to these

Experience

• Supervision and management of staff
• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs

Skills

• Ability to undertake effective aggression management including the use of physical restraint
• Skill in motivating and managing chance in self and others
• Good interpersonal skills

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.