Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-BAY868-SRP
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Dova Unit - Dane Garth
- Town
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead Nurse
Band 6
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.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
Are you an experienced and passionate Registered Mental Health Nurse looking to take the next step in your career? Our 20-bedded mixed-sex acute mental health ward is seeking a motivated Band 6 Clinical Lead to join our leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape high-quality care, influence ward culture, and support a dedicated multidisciplinary team in providing safe, recovery-focused inpatient treatment.
Our acute mental health ward provides short-term, intensive support to adults experiencing a range of complex mental health needs, often during periods of crisis. We offer a therapeutic, trauma-informed environment where relational security, dignity and collaborative care planning underpin everything we do. Our focus is on stabilisation, safety, and supporting individuals to achieve a successful transition back into the community.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in the day-to-day clinical oversight of our ward. You will act as a visible and supportive senior nurse, guiding staff, coordinating shifts, and ensuring that care is delivered safely, compassionately, and in line with best practice. This role is ideal for an experienced Band 5 or existing Band 6 who thrives in a dynamic environment and is committed to making a difference.
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.
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
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse Qualification.(RNMH & RNLD).
- On-going registration with the NMC.
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development that supports clinical practice.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Can demonstrate an understanding and knowledge base of mental health conditions and their treatments.
- Can demonstrate a working knowledge of physical health conditions and the complications that this can cause to patients experiencing mental ill health.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate experience.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team structure.
- Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs.
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Woolveridge
- Job title
- Recruiting Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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