Are you an enthusiastic, experienced Nurse Prescriber with a passion for providing and developing quality specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services for young people? We want you to join an expanding service recognised by the Care Quality Commission as outstanding. Do you have an ability to drive a service forward and improve quality and productivity.
In CYP MH East Lancashire (Child and Young People Mental Health East Lancashire) we have well established Consultant-led teams providing specialist mental health services across East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. This is an exciting time to join our team as a Lead for Nurse Prescribing as we build on our existing track record and develop our range of services in line with a regional transformation programme modelled on Thrive.
Key requirements
* Experience of working with children and young people
* Work as an independent Non-Medical prescriber for children and young people within specialist CYPMH services.
* To contribute to clinical effectiveness and quality across the Lancashire footprint including productivity.
* The ability to act as a clinical supervisor to Nurse Prescribers, trainees and colleagues
* The ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community
This role is open to a qualified Non-Medical nurse prescriber with an active MNC pin and an accreditation post graduate Non-Medical prescribing qualification.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
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.
Flexible working and wellbeing
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 Tuesday 28 Apr 2026
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