Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a registered mental health nurse, qualified social worker or occupational therapist? Do you have experience working with children and young people? We might just have the role for you! We are looking to recruit three senior children and young people mental health practitioners across Lancashire and South Cumbria. As part of the team you will take a leadership role in the delivery of high quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people, their families and carers. We are recruiting in the following areas: - Leyland/Morecambe - Blackpool - Barrow-in-Furness You may also be entitled to a £7000 welcome bonus when you join us! Find out more about these roles and the welcome bonus offer on our website: https://bit.ly/4bGSAJH

Are you passionate about medical education? You’ve come to the right place! We are excited to launch the recruitment of this exciting and innovative new post, which has been developed in partnership with The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. The role has two parts to it: • Consultant Psychiatrist – this would be a permanent role and we have opportunities available in a wide range of psychiatric specialties within South Cumbria. • Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer – this would be for three years (with a satisfactory annual review) and based at the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine in Carlisle. There may be the opportunity to contribute to the Consultant On Call rota, for which additional remuneration would be paid. For more information, please visit: https://bit.ly/3L61VAb

Today is #ThankyouDay, and we’re celebrating our brilliant colleagues and volunteers across Lancashire and South Cumbria and giving huge thanks for their vital work. 💙

Happy 76th Birthday to the #NHS from us all at LSCft! We want to use this opportunity to thank all our incredible and dedicated colleagues and volunteers past and present for all that you are doing in Lancashire and South Cumbria. 💙

Our brilliant nursing teams and individuals have been shortlisted for five prestigious Nursing Times Awards You can read who's been shortlisted on our website: https://bit.ly/3zExwpV Good luck to everyone! ✨

Congratulations to our apprentice colleagues Nicola Heaton, Dawn Brindle and Amy Macdonald for their success in this year’s Health and Care Apprenticeship Awards! 💙 Apprenticeships are a great way to start or develop your healthcare career – read the full story to find out more about our winners and apprenticeships on our website: https://bit.ly/4cr7yor

Our Barrow Home Treatment Team is looking for three Mental Health Practitioners to join the team. If you an enthusiastic and motivated individual with excellent communications skills then this job is for you. The £7k Welcome Bonus package applies to this role. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4eQ1c3N

Congratulations to our Healthcare Support Worker, Michael who won in the Adult Community Learner of the Year category at the first ever Student Awards hosted by Nelson and Colne College Group last week. Businesses, community leaders and other supporters were present at the ceremony, not just to honour the winners, but also to hear about the work going on at the College Group. Michael said: “I was immensely proud of myself and grateful for the support I received from my tutors and colleagues within the Trust. They gave me the confidence and self-belief to achieve my aim of becoming a healthcare support worker.” In collaboration with the Trust and Lancashire Adult Learning Michael enrolled on a unique training programme at one of our inpatient facilities at The Harbour in Blackpool which enabled him to rebuild his life. Well done Michael, fantastic achievement! 💙 You can view our latest healthcare support worker vacancies on our website: https://bit.ly/3WATrrO

Following the retirement of Dr David Fearnley after an incredible 30 years in the NHS, we would like to introduce our new Chief Medical Officer for the Trust, Dr Gareth Thomas who will officially start his role today.

We are now into series 2 of our podcast In Conversation with a CEO and for this series, we've filmed each episode. 'In conversation with a CEO' sees Chris Oliver take the mic to interview hardworking teams of nurses, clinicians and colleagues looking after our communities here in Lancashire and South Cumbria. So if you want to put a face to a name or prefer more visual media watch our playlist: bit.ly/3xAo4mU You can still listen all episodes from both series on all major podcast platforms! 🎧