# Senior Nurse - Out of Hours > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-nurse-out-of-hours/eee53bd4-d41b-43a5-89b9-11652cde4c09 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-nurse-out-of-hours/eee53bd4-d41b-43a5-89b9-11652cde4c09.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Guild Lodge - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T13:40:35.414Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8374359 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8374359?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader who is seeking an Inpatient Senior Nurse role here within the Forensic Inpatient Service based at Guild Lodge. Are you compassionate, inclusive, with a can-do approach to changing the way in which we work to have positive outcomes for those we care for. Are you a leader who engages others well to get the best out of them and looking to work within a supportive Leadership Team. If yes, then we could have the position you, in return for your skills, experience and drive for high quality care you will receive continued support and development. ### Main duties of the job The inpatient units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the inpatient hospital model providing leadership to professional and direct care staff. The post holder will be expected to cover night shifts predominantly but there will be an expectation to rotate onto days when required. This shift pattern will support and compliment the team to ensure 24 hours clinical leadership and expertise cover is provided. As a senior nurse you will support our Forensic inpatient service. The senior nurse will provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence on wards, to whom patients and staff can turn for assistance, advice and support. The Senior nurse must be clinically up to date and creditable/have clinical skills expecting others to perform and passionate about driving up clinical and professional standards An enhanced DBS disclosure must be undertaken for this role. For further details / informal visits contact: Jason Drake on 01772 406643 or Sam Ferguson on 01772 520147 ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Up to date knowledge of contemporary mental health nursing - Detailed understanding of Clinical Risk Assessment and Management/Harm Minimisation and its application in practice. - Detailed understanding of safeguarding ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in a senior nursing post - Understanding of professional nursing issues - Participation in practice development initiatives ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Mental Health Nurse with evidence of NMC - Postgraduate Diploma qualification - Evidence of CPD ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702409) - [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.