District Team Leader
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustOur Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports 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, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.
Job overview
Part Time (30 hours) and Full Time (37.50 hours) Vacancies available at:
Fulwood Park Clinic - PR2 8JB
Leyland House - PR26 6TY
This is an exciting time to join our Community District Nursing Services as Community Specialist Practitioner within the Central locality in two locations across our footprint (Chorley, South Ribble and Preston). If you are looking for a new challenge, are passionate about delivering the very best high quality, safe, effective care in a high performing NHS Foundation Trust then this maybe the opportunity you have been waiting for.
We are looking for motivated and qualified staff with the Specialist Practitioner Qualification, who will be a part of developing and driving our integrated approach to care, so that we can fully embrace and utilise theses benefits to provide the best outcomes for our patients.
As part of LSCFT you will be supported to professionally develop and encouraged to continuously learn whilst considering new ways of working. The Community Specialist Practitioner will be a key member of the senior nursing and leadership team, responsible for providing the very best care to the patients in their own homes. In addition you will be part of leading a team who are patient focused with excellence at its core, maintaining and improving professional standards and developments of the future workforce.
For further information about these roles and/or informal chat or visit please contact us using the details provided
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Applicants will need to demonstrate their competency and experience in line with the person specification and will be required to work flexibly across a seven day rota.
To provide professional leadership to a District Nursing Team and to facilitate a culture of learning and reflective practice within that team.
To assume continuous responsibility for appropriate deployment and supervision of staff for the effective management of a defined caseload.
To provide clinical leadership in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of high quality evidence based nursing care to patients in their own homes and other community settings, to ensure that the care needs of the caseload are met.
To provide direct clinical care to patients with identified specialist or complex needs.
To work to a defined shift pattern with a service responsible for the provision of care 24/7 365 days per year.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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We want to highlight the importance of integrity and authenticity in your application form, and ask you to use AI tools responsibly to ensure your application form is a true reflection of your skills, knowledge and experiences.
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Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document.
Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).
You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.