BANK Nurse (RMN / LD)

Please note: you will need to be able to attend and pass training in Positive and Safe physical restraint, enhanced life support and moving & handling.
This post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance.
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As a Bank Band 5 Registered Nurse (Mental Health or Learning Disabilities), you will have at least six months previous experience working in an inpatient mental health setting as part of the multidisciplinary team. You will have experience of carrying out a diverse range of duties including the assessment, formulation, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of nursing care that is evidence-based, person centred and recovery focused.

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.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT., LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you'd like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.

Working for our organisation
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (especially people who have experience of accessing mental health services, or caring for someone who has accessed mental health services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or on any other unjustifiable grounds.
What you will get:
· Hourly rate of £16.53 plus 12.07% uplift for holiday pay
· Free parking at the majority of sites
· Paid face-to-face induction and mandatory training
· Further online mandatory training
· Wellbeing support
· Flexible working
· Pension
· Transfer to permanent in the future (optional)