Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Nurse Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week (18.75 hours to be worked over 3 days)
- Job ref
- 351-CEN2488-CC
- Employer
- Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charnley Fold
- Town
- Preston
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Non-Medical Prescriber
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
We are looking to appoint a confident, dynamic and committed NMP who will have proven experience and skill for managing a caseload of service users currently receiving treatment. The successful candidate will take a lead on independently prescribing from a formula of medications in accordance to the 'protocol for Non-Medical Prescribing within LSCFT Memory Assessment Services' and will ensure they participate and undertake an annual scope of practice declaration.
Other requirements for the role include:
• To participate in the clinical supervision process existing within the team and to deliver supervision and guidance to colleagues involved in monitoring treatments.
• To participate in auditing the teams prescribing practices and promote best practice with prescribing in accordance with NICE guidance.
• To participate in Trust wide NMP meetings and the MAS best practice group to share knowledge and maintain competency.
• As a Band 7, the successful candidate will support investigations and managing complaints.
• To be able to demonstrate an approach which is aligned with the Trust values. They will be innovative, proactive and be able to work autonomously, with enthusiasm and a "can do" attitude to support the service achieve its vision.
Main duties of the job
The specialist clinical role involves undertaking assessment of individuals referred to the Memory Assessment Service and the screening and subsequent monitoring of individuals undergoing treatment for their dementia. This includes working as a Non-Medical prescriber.
The role involves working in a wide range of community settings and clinics, and being closely involved with the individuals and their carers to provide specialist advice, education and support.
Where the post holder is a Non-Medical prescriber (NMP), they must practice responsibly and maintain competence to effectively prescribe from the relevant prescribing formulary.
Non- Medical prescribing (NMP) practice is defined by current strategy, policy and protocol for NMP within LSCFT.
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
- Degree or equivalent in Registered Nurse RGN/RMN qualification
- Holds Non-Medical Prescriber qualification
- Masters module/post grad qualification in relevant field of clinical expertise (or working towards) / post-grad qualification/equivalent knowledge & experience to Masters level
- Evidence of CPD in related field of clinical expertise
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and appreciation of lone working risks - policy and procedure
- Understanding of clinical governance framework and implications for practice including audit and research governance
- In-depth understanding of current NHS/government policy/Public Health/NICE guidelines on organisational change and the ability to adapt these appropriately to local service needs through publication of documents
Experience
Essential criteria
- Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
- Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice
- Supervision and/or mentoring of staff/students
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate highly complex pathologies and diagnostic reasoning to all levels in the medical and Non-Medical field at the appropriate level
- Sound knowledge of psycho-social problems and ability to gain patient confidence and co-operations
- Able to work independently as lead specialist, demonstrating good leadership skills and expertise
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
- Elizabeth Hall
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
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