Senior Staff Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to provide high-quality care in mental health settings. Candidates should have a postgraduate qualification and at least 2 years of experience in mental health nursing. This role offers leadership coaching and a chance to work with diverse clinical specialties. Flexible working options are available to support work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Comprehensive leadership coaching

Support for personal development

Qualifications

• 2 years post-graduation experience in mental health nursing.
• Experience in supervision and management of staff.
• Understanding of health and safety policies.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983.

Responsibilities

• Support staff members in care assessment and planning.
• Guide and supervise in challenging clinical situations.
• Lead improvements in care based on research.

Skills

Leadership qualities

Mental health nursing

Interpersonal skills

Education

Post graduate qualification

Ongoing registration with NMC

Specialist qualification or equivalent

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 12 October 2025

Inpatient wards / units are designed to meet the acute holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a recovery focussed environment. This working environment is conducive to staff development and wellbeing.

The post holder will support staff members in the assessment, planning and provision of care in line with national and local nursing and health and safety policy. The post holder will exercise professional accountability and responsibility demonstrating use of professional skills, knowledge and expertise in the provision of high quality care. There is an expectation that the post holder will utilise research audit and enquiry to lead improvements in care.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited from experienced qualified nurses with leadership qualities and aspirations.

Successful applicants will be able to experience a broad range of clinical specialities and have access to a comprehensive package of leadership coaching, education and clinical support.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from nurses with an interest in working with: Acquired Brain Injury, Personality Disorder or Challenging Behaviours and/or a gender sensitive service.

This post will be suited to someone with experience of understanding, managing challenging and emotionally demanding clinical presentations. The individual will be able to guide, support, supervise and role-model on how to respond to these challenges.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post graduate qualification or experience
• On-going registration with the NMC.
• 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 and of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice
• Can provide evidence of recent professional/personal development

Experience

• 2 years post-graduation experience in mental health nursing
• Supervision and management of staff
• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs

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