Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-BAY898-BD
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Shawbrook House
- Town
- Leyland
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist CYPMH Practitioner
Band 7
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
A vacancy has arisen with our Specialist Services for an experienced and skilled Nurse Practitioner (Non Medical Prescriber).
You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team undertaking a lead role in the delivery of high quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well being of young people, their families and carers.
Main duties of the job
You will work within a systemic and holistic framework undertaking needs led, evidence based, highly skilled assessments and therapeutic interventions to young people, their families and carers, who present to the service, including as a result of deliberate self-harm.
You will responsible for providing a high level of generic skills and competencies and work towards development of areas of clinical expertise within the field of complex mental health including ADHD in order to compliment other members of the team.
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 role and the service setting, please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level nursing qualification, RMN or equivalent
- Independent & Supplementary Nurse Prescribing V300
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable knowledge and skills in evidence based needs led assessments, of highly complex and co-morbid presentations of children, young people, their families and carers
- Demonstrable knowledge and skills in evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to the needs of the client group
- Demonstrable ability to communicate to clients, their families and professionals
- Clinical/safeguarding risk assessment skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Specialist working knowledge and experience of supporting and monitoring children and young people in CYP services including those diagnosed with ADHD
- Demonstrable knowledge/understanding and experience in assessment of young people with complex mental health and/or complex needs such as ADHD/ASD
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Georgia-Leigh Bullock
- Job title
- CAMHS Interim Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
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