Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Nurse

The closing date is 07 April 2026

Job summary

Consultant Nurse & Approved Clinician (The Bay and Fylde & Wyre) - Band 8b, Full-time 37.50 hours per week - Permanent

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to join our CYPMH Team in this newly revised role, together with our partners across Lancashire & South Cumbria as we move towards mobilising high-level clinical leadership in response to transforming Children & Young People's Mental Health Services.

The Consultant Nurse role is integral to the Lancashire and South Cumbria (L&SC) wide programme, fulfilling a vision of person-centred, evidence-based practice developed through our ongoing service redesign and co-production work.

The post holder will be part of the Lancashire & South Cumbria innovative and exciting approach to clinical excellence across the integrated care system footprint, yet with a very strong local focus on working across a range of partner organisations including local CYPMHS teams, the Integrated Care Board, NHS England, and national networks.The aim is to establish a coordinated, effective, efficient, high quality and consistent approach to Nursing and Professional Practice across Lancashire and South Cumbria. Please note, it is expected that successful applicants would be working on-site through the working week across these locations to provide a highly visible leadership presence and sustain key clinical relationships.

Main duties of the job

Whilst the post holder will be based within local CYPMHS teams, our vision is that the Consultant Nurse will lead and develop educational and research programmes to support clinical practice across the Trust, helping to embed a culture of continuous development in which young people, parents, carers and professionals feel supported. The post holder must be comfortable with complexity and risk, be reflexive, resilient and have experience of exercising highly advanced clinical expertise and judgement in times of considerable uncertainty. As a fully autonomous practitioner, the post holder will also be a key figure in the clinical governance forums across Lancashire & South Cumbria and should feel confident in modelling advanced practice across the workforce, as well as delivering training and clinical consultancy within their footprint. There will also be an expectation to work flexibly across the Fylde & Wyre and The Bay localities to meet service demands, and the post holder will hold a clinical caseload of high complexity.If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity please feel free to contact:

Deborah Parry - Head of Clinical Service (The Bay) Deborah.Parry@lscft.nhs.uk Mobile: 07484091751

Scott Smith - Head of Clinical Service (Fylde & Wyre) scott.smith@lscft.nhs.uk Mobile: 07866883953

About us

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

Details

Date posted

24 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY959-MF

Job locations

Whitegate Drive, Blackpool / Harvey House, Lancaster

Blackpool

FY3 9ES


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse in relevant field to role.
  • Masters degree in a clinically related subject
  • V300 Independent and Supplementary Nurse prescriber (or working towards)
  • Teaching and assessing qualification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Teaching and assessing qualification
  • Contemporary, evidence-based practice and best practice in field of practice.
  • Ability to undertake critical analysis of highly complex policy information and synthesise into an interpretable format Thorough understanding of the policy/standards agenda in relation to field of practice, and an understanding of the broader policy drivers pertinent to healthcare delivery

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 5 years post professional qualifying clinical experience in field of practice providing highly advanced clinical skills within a senior position
  • Clinical leadership and change management
  • Effective working across organisational boundaries in the development and provision of services
  • Evidence of significant contribution to clinical developments
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse in relevant field to role.
  • Masters degree in a clinically related subject
  • V300 Independent and Supplementary Nurse prescriber (or working towards)
  • Teaching and assessing qualification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Teaching and assessing qualification
  • Contemporary, evidence-based practice and best practice in field of practice.
  • Ability to undertake critical analysis of highly complex policy information and synthesise into an interpretable format Thorough understanding of the policy/standards agenda in relation to field of practice, and an understanding of the broader policy drivers pertinent to healthcare delivery

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 5 years post professional qualifying clinical experience in field of practice providing highly advanced clinical skills within a senior position
  • Clinical leadership and change management
  • Effective working across organisational boundaries in the development and provision of services
  • Evidence of significant contribution to clinical developments

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Whitegate Drive, Blackpool / Harvey House, Lancaster

Blackpool

FY3 9ES


Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Whitegate Drive, Blackpool / Harvey House, Lancaster

Blackpool

FY3 9ES


Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Clinical Service

Scott Smith

scott.smith@lscft.nhs.uk

07866883953

Details

Date posted

24 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY959-MF

Job locations

Whitegate Drive, Blackpool / Harvey House, Lancaster

Blackpool

FY3 9ES


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