Senior Nurse - Virtual Wards

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Leyland; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000

Job description

Main area Senior Staff Nurse Virtual Ward Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: Flexible working patterns available Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 351-CEN2252-CPC

Site Leyland House Town Leyland Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/04/2025 23:59

Our 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.

Job overview

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to be a part of the community transformation work as part of the Virtual Ward to care for patients within their own homes.

You will have regular supervision and professional development opportunities.

The Trust is committed to equality and diversity in employment and is committed to inclusion.

Main duties of the job

To work as a senior staff nurse and deliver nursing support and care to patients being managed on the virtual ward pathways.

To provide direct clinical care to patients on the Virtual Ward as part of the multi-disciplinary team with supervision and support from the Advanced Clinical Practitioners and medical team.

To be based predominantly in community care settings while working collaboratively across secondary care and community care to support the development and delivery of Virtual Wards across LSCFT and LTH sites.

To assume delegated responsibility for appropriate deployment and supervision of staff for the effective management of a defined caseload.

To provide direct nursing care in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of high quality evidence based nursing care to patients in their own homes and other community settings for a defined cohort of patients to ensure that the care needs are met.

To work as part of a hospital at home model within Care Connexions to support admission avoidance and support patient triage for those in a health care crisis.

To work to a defined shift pattern within a service responsible for the provision of care 8am-8pm 365 days per year taking responsibility as delegated by team leader/manager to lead a defined shift at team level.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RN- Adult- NMC registration
• Educated to degree level
• Evidence of CPD

Knowledge

• Understanding of Clinical Governance / Standards for Better Health agenda
• Good understanding of virtual ward / 2 hr UCR services
• Knowledge of Primary and Community Care Services

Experience

• Working at B5 nurse
• Working as part of a team

Skills

• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Risk Management knowledge and experience

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Please be aware, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. Failure to do so, may result in your application being withdrawn.

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.

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.

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 Amy Barrow Job title Physiotherapist Email address [e-mail] Additional information

For further details about the post please contact Amy Barrow/ Sharon Brown [e-mail]/ [e-mail]

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure and the successful applicant will be required to pay for their DBS check.

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.