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:
1. 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.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. 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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Adult Nurse who is a highly skilled, enthusiastic and motivated, with previous experience in a leadership role, to join our medicines management team in LSCFT. This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior nurse to work alongside a team of Pharmacy and Nursing colleagues to prioritise patient safety. We are looking for an exceptional candidate who will be able to support medicines optimisation across our Trust, through staff training, policy development and incident management. The post holder will work closely with teams and wards to ensure staff feel confident and competent in their ability to manage medicines. Together we are committed to providing high quality services and deliver safe outcomes for patient care, ensuring medicines are managed safely and effectively across our Organisation.
Main duties of the job
Healthcare organisations must have clearly defined processes for obtaining and prescribing medications, ensuring all staff including prescribers are confident and competent when handling medicines. This is outlined in Outcome 9 of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) outcomes. The organisation must meet the standards required by NHSLA at level one, two and three in Medicines Management. The post holder will be a senior clinical nurse who will be responsible for ensuring that the systems and processes in place provide an appropriate framework for safe administration of medicines by the appropriate professional groups and that assurance can be provided regarding the competency of such staff. They will have delegated authority from the Medicines Safety Officer and Chief Pharmacist to manage the medicines management agenda as it relates to the practice of all professional groups involved in the medication process. The overall objectives of the post will be to optimise medicines management systems within the Trust to ensure safe outcomes for patient care, i.e. medicines are prescribed and administered safely, effectively and appropriately.
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.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Adult Nurse (RGN) with current professional registration
* Master’s degree in relevant subject or equivalent knowledge & experience
Knowledge
* Evidence of post registration development
* Knowledge of current national policies and legislation relevant to medicines management.
* Knowledge of risk assessment and management
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.
For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).
You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
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.
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 Victoria Ratcliffe Job title Medication Safety Officer Email address victoria.ratcliffe@lscft.nhs.uk Additional information
If you would like to discuss this post further please contact our Medication Safety Officer Victoria Ratcliffe at victoria.ratcliffe@lscft.nhs.uk or alternatively one of our Medicines Management Nurses: Jade.campbell@lscft.nhs.uk Lyndsay.cameron@lscft.nhs.uk Melaniekay@lscft.nhs.uk Debbie.wright@lscft.nhs.uk
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