# Perinatal Senior Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/perinatal-senior-staff-nurse/70cc52e1-73d9-4faa-aa17-8dd08f230dcf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/perinatal-senior-staff-nurse/70cc52e1-73d9-4faa-aa17-8dd08f230dcf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** 10 months (10 Months Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Part time - 34.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-15T14:30:51.862Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8158527 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8158527?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity for a senior staff nurse who wants to specialise in perinatal mental health and be part of our dedicated specialist team. Your role will be providing that experience, knowledge and support to the nursing team, focusing on the quality of clinical care provided. As part of the wider MDT this includes triaging referrals and supporting junior staff to do the same. Improving the quality of care through supervision and audit will be important aspects of the role. The successful candidates will receive appropriate specialist perinatal training. The shift pattern on the Mother and Baby Unit is three long days three weeks a month which includes weekends and bank holidays. All staff are expected to rotate onto night shifts. ### Main duties of the job 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Skill in motivating and managing chance in self and others - Can demonstrate communication skills through practice and experience - Clear ability to understand new concepts and ideas and excellent clinical practice ### Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice - Knowledge of common mental health problems and medication used in relation to these - Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983 ### Experience **Essential** - 2 years post-graduation experience in mental health nursing - Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs - Supervision and management of staff ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification - Post graduate qualification or experience - On-going registration with the NMC. ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 520.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10459028) - [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.