Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Nursing Clinical Lead
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Night shifts are a requirement of this role)
- Job ref
- 351-CEN2480-CC
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ribblemere MBU
- Town
- Chorley
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
MH Nurse Clinical Lead - Perinatal
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
An exciting opportunity for a clinical lead who wants to specialise in perinatal mental health and be part of our dedicated specialist team.
Your role will be providing that experience, knowledge and support to the nursing team, focusing on the quality of clinical care provided. As part of the wider MDT this includes triaging referrals and supporting junior staff to do the same. Improving the quality of care through supervision and audit will be important aspects of the role.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will receive appropriate specialist perinatal training. The shift pattern on the Mother and Baby Unit is three long days three weeks a month and one four long day week. All staff are expected to rotate onto night shift.
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.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse Qualification.
- On-going registration with the NMC.
- Evidence of accredited learning at Degree level 6 or above that is relative to clinical practice.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Can demonstrate an in depth knowledge of mental health conditions and their recommended treatments.
- Can demonstrate a working knowledge of physical health conditions and the complications that this can cause to patients experiencing mental ill health.
- Interest in women's health specifically in the perinatal period.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of using and understanding structured psychometric assessments and interpretation of these.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team structure.
- Experience of supervising other qualified nursing staff.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide clinical leadership and guidance to junior staff. Including undertaking performance management, management supervision, clinical supervision formally and informally and ability to model good practice and clinical skills in own practice.
- An ability to work on own initiative, autonomously, and to agreed deadlines.
- Capacity to assertively present views in group settings and confidently debate and challenge views and opinions of others appropriately and professionally.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Robyn Catlow
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01772 520782
- Additional information
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Robyn Catlow – Ward Manager;
01772 520782
[email protected]
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