# Inpatient Perinatal Staff Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Ribblemere Mother and Baby Unit
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 23.25 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T14:10:44.178Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Chorley/Lancashire_South_Cumbria_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Perinatal_Nursing/Perinatal_Nursing-v8241451
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8241451?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are currently looking to recruit a highly motivated mental health nurse for our Specialist Perinatal Mother and Baby Unit. Ribblemere Mother and Baby Unit is an 8 bedded mother and baby unit, offering conjoint admission for mothers and their babies.

### Main duties of the job

Applicants should be passionate about delivering a high level of individualised inpatient care, have excellent leadership skills and a genuine interest in perinatal mental health.

Care is provided over a 24 hours periods and all nursing team members work rotational shift patterns including days nights and weekends.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

### Applicant requirements

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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent communication, listening, decision making and problem solving skills.
- Developed clinical nursing skills with a clear ability to understand new concepts and ideas in clinical practice.
- Can demonstrate the ability to change and have an awareness of the NHS Plan

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Can demonstrate an understanding and knowledge base of mental health conditions and their treatments.
- Can demonstrate a working knowledge of physical health conditions and the complications that this can cause to patients experiencing mental ill health

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team structure.
- Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Mental Health Nurse Qualification.(RNMH & RNLD) On-going registration with the NMC
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development that supports clinical practice.

## Documents

- [jdps (docx, 237.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10552374)
- [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256)

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