About Us

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2002 and authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1st December 2007. The Trust provides mental health and substance misuse services for a population of around 1.4 million people. The Trust covers the whole of the county and employs around 3,700 members of staff across more than 100 sites. The 2008 / 2009 Care Quality Commission's Annual Health Check rated Lancashire Care as ‘Excellent' for the use of resources and ‘Good' for the quality of services. These results place the Trust joint top within Lancashire and in line with other mental health Trusts within the North West.

Working for us

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services for adults and older people and substance misuse services. The Trust covers the areas of:

• Blackburn with Darwen
• Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
• Blackpool
• Fylde
• Wyre
• Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale
• Chorley and South Ribble
• Preston
• West Lancashire
• Lancaster
• Morecambe

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and within easy reach of the Lake District, Forest of Bowland, Blackpool, Southport and the Yorkshire Moors, as well as the historic cities of Lancaster, Manchester, Preston, Liverpool and the market towns of Garstang, Chorley and Bury. The M6, M60, M61, M65 and M55 motorways bring 50% of the UK's population within a 2 hour drive. Manchester and Liverpool airports are all within easy reach. Housing within Lancashire tends to be of a very high quality and affordable whether you wish to rent or buy.

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent mental health and substance misuse services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from people regardless of age, colour, disability, ethnic origin, gender, sexuality or on any other unjustifiable grounds.

We require qualified nurses, professional and technical staff and all grades of qualified and unqualified staff to help us provide a high quality, local and accessible customer focused service.

Pay Rates 2010 - The current rates of pay for staff covered under the Agenda for Change Agreement are given here.
www.nhsemployers.org/Aboutus/Publications/PayCirculars/Pages/PaycircularAfC22010.aspx

NHS Pensions - The NHS offers one of the best pension schemes in the country to all qualifying employees. More information is available here.
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions

Staff Support - Extensive support services are available through the Trusts' new occupational health provider, People Asset Management. There is also a confidential support service available via the Trust Employee Assistance Programme, operated by the Positive People Company. More information is available here.
www.people-am.com/index.cfm?sid=7458&pid=114585

Staff Benefits - Through NHS Discounts, employees are offered discounts on retail goods from well-known high street suppliers. More information is available here.
www.nhsdiscounts.co.uk/

Health & Wellbeing - Through arrangements with NHS Central Lancashire, Trust staff have access to the EPONA Health Club Scheme that gives discounted access to many local gymnasiums.

Childcare - In partnership with the Child and Family Care Team at Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, qualifying Trust employees are entitled to apply for such benefits as subsidised nursery provision, subsidised school holiday clubs, and childcare vouchers.

Policies & Procedures - the Trust has numerous policies and procedures that support staff during their work with the Trust, such as the Maternity Procedure, Flexible Working Policy and Special Leave Policy. All these policies and procedures are assessed for compliance with on-going legislation changes, such as the recent Equality Act, to ensure staff have the best support available.

Staff Side - Upon joining the Trust, staff have the option to become a member of a recognised Trade Union. The unions currently represented under the ‘Staff Side' banner are Unison, Unite the Union, the RCN, and the BMA. Staff Side are currently in the process of creating a website that will link to their respective unions.