Registered Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust encourages flexible working. We believe that a positive work/life balance benefits our NHS people through improved health and wellbeing, and as such we would consider working patterns such as: term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working and flexi-time where service needs allow. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms any flexible working requests and to discuss these at interview. Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust also offers a relocation and welcome bonus scheme subject to terms and conditions.

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 Trust work to improve lives with a culture based on four core values:

We are kind

We are a team

We are respectful

We are always learning

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

Essential: - Registered Mental Health Nurse Qualification. (RNMH & RNLD) or a student nurse nearing qualification; - On-going registration with the NMC; - Evidence of Continued Professional Development that supports clinical practice

Essential: - Can demonstrate an understanding and knowledge base of mental health conditions and their treatments; - Can demonstrate a working knowledge of physical health conditions and the complications that this can cause to patients experiencing mental ill health

Essential: - Post Graduate experience or be a student nurse nearing qualification; - Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team structure.; - Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs.