Senior Staff Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; West Wick; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse for Edisford Ward, a female treatment unit at Pendleview, Royal Blackburn Hospital. The post focuses on delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care with clinical leadership and ongoing learning.

The role involves supervision of junior staff, adherence to SOPs, and active involvement in improving care through audits and multidisciplinary teamwork.

Qualifications

• On-going NMC registration.
• Specialist qualification or equivalent in skills and development.
• Understanding Health and Safety policies and the Mental Health Act 1983.

Responsibilities

• Review and ensure high-quality inpatient care with clinical leadership.
• Lead clinical supervision, audit, and ongoing staff development.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Care planning & assessment

Education

On-going NMC registration

Specialist qualification or equivalent in skills and development

Job description

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 18 November 2026

Pennine Lancashire is seeking a Band 6 Senior Staff nurse, for Edisford Ward, a female treatment ward at our Pendleview unit, Royal Blackburn Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity and the successful candidate will be part of an evolving service that has the needs of our service users at its heart. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic to come and join a forward thinking, dynamic and constantly developing team.

Main duties of the job

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.

Actively promoting teamwork, respect, kindness and ongoing learning within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct.

Demonstrating clinical leadership and oversight in terms of the clinical practice of others.

Delivering Clinical Supervision to Junior Staff, acting as the shift lead and role model, carrying out clinical audits as required.

To have comprehensive knowledge and awareness of clinical SOPs, working closely with nursing team to ensure patient care is reviewed and maintained in line with these.

Providing nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensuring the effective assessment formulation planning and monitoring of care given to inpatient service users ensuring that inpatient service users are receiving high quality care.

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

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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
• Knowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Can provide evidence of recent professional/personal development

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

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