Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Lead
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CEN2390-CL
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Skylark OA Inpatient Ward
- Town
- Preston
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead
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
The Skylark ward, Avondale Unit, RPH
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Deputy ward manager / team leader at Skylark ward in Central Lancashire. Skylark ward a specialist 11 bedded unit providing inpatient service for older adults.
The Unit provides assessment and interventions for clients, operates seven days a week and is accessible 24hrs per day.
We are looking for one highly motivated deputy ward managers who can demonstrate excellent clinical, leadership and interpersonal qualities. The successful candidate must be willing to work in fast paced environment, have a positive outlook and ensure that delivering a quality service, which genuinely engages with service users, carers and other stakeholders, is a key priority. You will be joining an inclusive team where everyone is welcome and valued. As a member of staff at Skylark ward you will have access to a dedicated staff car park adjacent to the ward.
The successful post holders will be expected to work shifts covering 24 hours, seven days a week.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead a team of registered nurses and support workers in the delivery of mental health care. They will promote the interests of service users and ensure that delegated nursing care is effectively implemented in a safe manner. The post holder will exercise professional accountability and responsibility using professional skills, knowledge and expertise in changing environments, across professional boundaries and in unfamiliar situations. The post holder will use research, audit, enquiry and scholarship to plan, implement and evaluate concepts and strategies leading to improvements in care.
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
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Education/qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (RNMH)
- Preparation of mentor’s certificate, ENB 998, or equivalent.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Thorough knowledge of the mental health act 1983
- An understanding of, and an ability to performance manage junior staff.
- Ability to conduct management supervision.
- Demonstrates knowledge of ward manager responsibilities and capability to act in the role in their absence.
- Excellent clinical intervention skills.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of team building and practice development.
- Experience of working within mental health services at band 5
- Experience of working within adult acute mental health
Personal
Essential criteria
- Commitment to working with adult mental health services.
- Ability to work on a rota system that includes early shifts, late shifts, weekends, and night duty.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to demonstrate diplomacy, tact and negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage highly stressful and emotive situations.
- Acts as a role model in the delivery of high quality, effective patient care.
- Ability to liaise with representatives from other organisations and to communicate a positive image of self and of the service/organisation.
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
- Jonathon McCann
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01772 215072
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