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Senior Nursing Fellow; Mental Health and Learning DisabilitiesNHS AfC: Band 8c

Main area

Senior Nursing Fellow; Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8c

Contract

2 years (2 years fixed term)

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref

373-CSS1321

Site

Sycamore House

Town

Ellesmere Port

Salary

£79,504 - £91,609 per annum pro rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

11/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you a forward-thinking mental health or learning disability nurse, with developed professional leadership skills and a collaborative approach? Experienced at supporting nurses, their development and contributing to service improvement. Keen to further progress the contribution of nursing across CWP? Are you kind, compassionate, solution focussed and a strong team player? If so you might be a good fit for this role.

The Senior Nursing Fellow post in mental health and learning disabilities will work with the Associate Director of Nursing and Therapies; Mental Health and Learning Disabilities providing professional leadership for workforce development across the Trust; utilising collective leadership skills to co-create a clear vision for the contribution to the overarching Trust Strategy. You will already be working competently and confidently to the four key pillars of practice, incorporating, education, research, and leadership in your current role. In this role you will be expected to spend some time working in specialist nursing practice, whilst also leading several defined nursing objectives aligned to clinical practice and standards.

Main duties of the job

Are you solution focused and a strong team player? If so you might be a good fit for this new role.

An exciting 2 year nurse professional leadership internship has been developed for mental health and learning disability nursing across Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. You will work with the Associate Director of Nursing and Therapies; Mental Health and Learning Disabilities to provide a professional workforce development leadership for nursing across the Trust and utilise collective leadership skills to co-create a clear vision for the contribution to the overarching Trust Strategy. You will already be working competently and confidently to the four key pillars of practice, incorporating, education, research, and leadership in your current role. In this new role you will be expected to spend some time working in specialist nursing practice, whilst also leading several defined nursing objectives aligned to clinical practice and standards. This internship is intended to invest in the development of our nurse leaders, and you will therefore be fully supported to

develop your own professional leadership development plan for this role and beyond, with the Associate Director of Nursing and Therapies; Mental Health and Learning Disabilities.

Working for our organisation

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see 'documents to download' section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: or by calling .

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the 'essential' criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer 'YES' to the question: 'Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?'

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we...