Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive 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, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
* Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
* Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and compassionate Ward Manager to join our dedicated Learning Disabilities Pathway team in Whalley, supporting 2 of our 4 specialist houses.
Our houses provide Individual Packages of Care (IPC), delivering intensive, person-centred support tailored to the unique needs of each individual in our care. This role offers the chance to make a real difference by helping shape and transform services while leading with compassion, resilience, and innovation.
We are seeking a motivated leader who is passionate about:
* Improving Restrictive Practice approaches
* Developing a positive Culture of Care
* Growing and supporting our workforce
* Building strong relationships with service users, families, and carers
* Delivering high-quality, person-centred inpatient care
Join us and help shape a service that truly puts people at the centre of care.
Main duties of the job
This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to take joint leadership of our established Learning Disability Inpatient Service in Whalley. The service consists of four houses, each designed to provide specialist support within a safe, therapeutic environment.
You will work closely in partnership with another Ward Manager and alongside a comprehensive Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to deliver exceptional care and positive outcomes for the people we support.
We welcome applications from experienced practitioners with:
* An interest in Learning Disabilities
* Recent leadership experience ideally with an inpatient setting
* Excellent communication and team leadership skills
* A commitment to service improvement and compassionate care
We are committed to supporting your professional development, with opportunities for ongoing training and learning available within the role.
For an informal chat about the role please contact us using the details provided
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse; Mental Health or Learning Disability
* Post reg. learning and development relevant to the role
* On-going registration with the NMC
Knowledge
* 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
Experience
* Supervision and management of staff
* Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs
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 four 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.
Please note that further communication from 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.
Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.
If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Carly Jackson Job title Senior Nurse Manager Email address Carly.Jackson@lscft.nhs.uk Additional information
Alternative contact details
Natalie Molyneux - Deputy Director of Nursing
Natalie.Molyneux@lscft.nhs.uk
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