Clinical Lead Nurse - CMHT | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,387 - £56,515 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 July 2026 |
| Location: | Kendal, LA9 7RG |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8065230/351-BAY1012-SRP |
Summary
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you
are advised to apply promptly.
An opportunity has arisen for a key position of Clinical Lead Nurse for the Community Mental Health Team in the Kendal and South Lakes area.
As a Nurse Clinical Lead within the Community Mental Health Team, you will be an experienced and motivated registered Mental Health Nurse.
The role of the Community Mental Health Team is to provide assessment and community- based interventions, which is undertaken in partnership with referred individuals and focusses on individual needs, self-determination and recovery.
As a Nurse Clinical Lead you will support the team with professional and clinical leadership, promoting a culture of learning and person centred care, whilst promoting the Trust values.
• Undertaking expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Supervising and teaching professionals from the multi-disciplinary teams, qualified and unqualified staff.
• Working in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
• Providing clinical leadership and support to the Team Leader in ensuring a high quality cycle of care.
• Providing clinical assurances to effective caseload management within community teams.
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
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Jun 2026