Clinical Lead | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £39,959 - £48,117 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 June 2026 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY4 4FE |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8017806/351-FYL729-JD |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen on Churchill ward at the Harbour for highly motivated and professional band 6 Clinical Lead to join the team. In coming into this role, the successful candidate will join an established nursing team, and will have opportunity to further develop their skills in a supportive environment.
The successful candidate will bring excellent role modelling skills, a passion for supporting and developing junior colleagues, including student nurses and they should have a keen interest in quality improvement projects that can lead to improvements in patient care and staff wellbeing.
You should bring with you experience of nursing people with acute mental health needs, have experience of supporting colleagues and students with development, and a “can-do” attitude.
The successful candidate will be expected to work across a shift pattern, being part of a team that provides 24/7 care and treatment to male and female service users with acute mental health needs. There will be occasions when you may need to support other wards, including our 136 suite, PICUs and older adult wards.
Responsibilities will include providing meaningful clinical and managerial supervision to staff within the team; supporting and developing learners in practice; shift leading, administering medication, shift work, engaging with patients to support recovery, including leading on dialog+ assessments; ensuring that the clinical environments meet high infection control and cleaning standards; representing the ward at meetings which may involve preparing and presenting reports; administering medication and monitoring for side effects; completing physical health checks on patients and escalating concerns as and where required.
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
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Jun 2026