Senior Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, suitably qualified, experienced and forward thinking individual to join the teams at Woodview as a full-time Senior Staff Nurse. The role involves providing nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective assessment, planning, and monitoring of care for inpatient service users. The post holder will support staff in care provision and exercise professional accountability, utilizing research to improve care. You must have proven clinical skills, excellent communication, and a strong understanding of adult mental health and care approaches.
Key responsibilities
- Provide nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure effective assessment, formulation, planning, and monitoring of care for inpatient service users.
- Oversee and ensure all contacts with service users are recorded promptly, accurately, and to a high standard.
- Provide information and participate as requested to assist service development and Clinical Governance requirements (e.g., surveys, audits).
- Ensure inpatient service users receive high-quality care, in the right place at the right time, every time.
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 the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice
- Supervision and management of staff
- Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs
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 30 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a full time Senior Staff Nurse to work within Woodview Inpatients. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, suitably qualified, experienced and forward thinking individual to join the teams at Woodview.
Inpatient wards / units are designed to meet the acute holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a recovery focussed environment.
This working environment is conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder will support staff members in the assessment, planning and provision of care in line with national and local nursing and health and safety policy.
The post holder will exercise professional accountability and responsibility demonstrating use of professional skills, knowledge and expertise in the provision of high quality care.
There is an expectation that the post holder will utilise research audit and enquiry to lead improvements in care.
You must have proven clinical skills along with excellent communication skills, good knowledge and understanding of adult mental health and the needs of individuals. You will also need to have a working knowledge of the care programme approach, NICE guidance and enhanced risk assessment and the ability to explore issues relating to the impact of he
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