Senior Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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Role summary
Stevenson Ward is seeking a highly motivated and professional Registered Mental Health Nurse to join as a Band 6 Clinical Lead. The role involves developing leadership skills within an established team, supporting junior colleagues, and contributing to quality improvement projects. The successful candidate will provide 24/7 care for female service users with acute mental health needs, working across a shift pattern.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification
- On-going registration with the NMC
- Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development
- Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures
- Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983
- Knowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Previous post graduate experience
- Supervision and management of staff
- Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification
- On-going registration with the NMC
- Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development
- Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures
- Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983
- Knowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Previous post graduate experience
- Supervision and management of staff
- Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Staff Nurse
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
Stevenson Ward are looking to recruit a highly motivated and professional RMN to join the ward as band 6 Clinical Lead. In coming into this role, the successful candidate will join an already established leadership team, and will have opportunity to develop their leadership 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 preceptors, 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, as well as some experience of providing high quality supervision, an awareness of not just how to complete an audit but what to do with the data an audit provides us with, and be keen to develop your own skills once in post.
The successful candidate will be expected to work across a shift pattern, being part of a team that provides 24/7 care and treatment 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
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