Clinical Lead - The Orchard (£7k incentive*)

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Welcome Bonus of £7000 over your first 3 years and Relocation Packages of upto £8000 available (*subject to t&c's)

We are pleased to announce a new incentive package for our Inpatient Registered Nurse roles

Welcome Bonus- £3000 on joining LSCft..............
AfterYear 1- a Further £2000............
AfterYear 2- a Further £2000...........

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse with a strong commitment to in-patient mental health to join our team based at The Orchard in Lancaster as our Clinical Lead.

The Orchard is one of our inpatient mental health units in North Lancashire. Our teams here provide 24 hour card to patients of all ages.

Main duties of the job

On a day to day basis, you will focus on the clinical assessment needs of patients, including risk assessment and management, therapeutic interventions, care planning and ensuring patients and their carers, friends and family are involved in the care planning process. Your new role involves a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality, negotiation and communication skills, understanding and compassion, and the ability to deal with any challenging situations that may arise.

We embracecontinual improvement in everything we do so there will also be an opportunity to shape things - and alongside this you will have opportunities for your own development as we continue to explore advanced nurse practitioner, nurse consultant and other advanced nursing roles.

About us

We want to recruit people to the service who share our values and are confident in their ability to contribute to the demonstrated effectiveness and acceptability of our service.

Staff at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trustwork to improve lives with a culture based on four corevalues:

We are kind

We are a team

We are respectful

We are always learning

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Date posted

21 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY142-SRH-F

Job locations

The Orchard

Pathfinders Drive

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

When making your application, do refer to the job description and person specification for this role and please use the supporting information section of your application to demonstrate how you meet and demonstrate the competencies on the person specification and the values of LSCFT as this is ultimately what you'll be shortlisted against.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse - Mental Health

Knowledge

Essential

An understanding and awareness of the NHS Plan, NSF and other relevant documentation
Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice

Experience

Essential

Experienced in acting as a mentor/assessor of student staff
Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs

Skills

Essential

Clear ability to understand new concepts and ideas and excellent clinical practice
Demonstrates an ability to motivate self and others
Ability to maintain own performance and participation in group skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse - Mental Health

Knowledge

Essential

An understanding and awareness of the NHS Plan, NSF and other relevant documentation
Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice

Experience

Essential

Experienced in acting as a mentor/assessor of student staff
Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs

Skills

Essential

Clear ability to understand new concepts and ideas and excellent clinical practice
Demonstrates an ability to motivate self and others
Ability to maintain own performance and participation in group skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.