Job summary
- Main area
- Nurse Prescriber
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 333-G-CA-1420
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ash Tree Clinic
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 per annum pro rata incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Special/Nurse Prescriber
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
This post holder will provide a specialist service within CAMHS to young people and their families. This is a community-based post, located within the Harrow CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team, Harrow, offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessment and treatment.
The post holder will support the team by managing a delegated caseload of service users that have an established diagnosis and treatment plan for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). The post holder will provide on-going appointments, prescribe medication as necessary and undertake all associated physical and mental health monitoring.
The post holder will have completed a recognised qualification in non-medical prescribing or be near completion of this course. The post holder will work with the Clinical Team Lead to ensure operational services are effective and will provide frontline leadership to the staff within the. This will include professional and practice development and ensuring high quality client-centred care is delivered. The post holder will lead by example to maintain high standards of care and practice and to empower the team to take on a greater range of clinical tasks to improve client care in the specialist CAMH service.
Main duties of the job
· Responsible for managing a case load of service users that have an established diagnosis and treatment plan for ADHD. The post holder will provide on-going appointments, prescribe medication as necessary and undertake all associated monitoring.
· Initially the scope of practice for the post holder would be to manage the treatment of ADHD. This may be extended to other diagnoses based on education, training, development and achievement of competence.
· Undertake all relevant physical health monitoring associated with ADHD treatment e.g. height, weight, blood pressure and pulse. This may be extended to patients not on their own caseload.
· To modify the treatment plan with respect to drug therapy once trained in diagnostic tools for ADHD management.
· To act as a core member of the multidisciplinary CAMHS team working alongside doctors, psychologists and attending medical reviews and other clinical case review sessions across a geographical area.
· To provide specialist education and training to consultants, other prescribers, other health care professionals, clients, relatives and carers.
· Design and delivery of psycho educational sessions for parents and carers, GP and schools.
· The post holder will support the implementation of the shared care pathway for service users with ADHD across primary and secondary care.
· The post holder will ensure cost effective prescribing across CAMHS services.
Working for our organisation
Harrow CAMHS is based at Ash Tree Clinic, Harrow. The team is well established and is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, systemic and family therapies, psychotherapy, psychoeducation and therapy groups and multi-family work. Harrow CAMHS consists of four main sub-teams: Emotional Disorders Team; Neurodevelopmental Team; Enhanced Treatment Team and Learning Disabilities (LD-CAMHS). The post holder may be required to travel to other parts of the catchment area and / or wider service and trust as necessary, including working within the community (e.g. schools). The service operates Monday to Friday 09.00 to 17:00 with some flexibility to work extended hours to meet service need.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please see full job description for further information**
1.1. To provide comprehensive specialist ADHD assessments including risk assessment of young people and their families/carers
1.2. To provide comprehensive specialist treatments to young people and their families/carers
1.3. To provide evidence-based behaviour management interventions as part of an integrated care package to children, young people and their families/carers.
1.4. As a non-medical nurse prescriber, you will be qualified to prescribe from the Nurse Prescribers Formulary (NPF) for community practitioners, medication that is appropriate for the designated patient group.
1.5. Liaising closely with other professionals to support and assist the management of complex cases.
1.6. Liaising with GPs and support to assist manage cases.
1.7. Together with other MDT staff offer teaching sessions to parents and teaching staff on mental health issues, strategies to manage challenging behaviours.
1.8. To provide consultation and where appropriate training to other professionals who come into contact with children and young people.
1.9. To write confidential reports for case conferences, and education that may have wide ranging implications for children, young people and their families.
1.10. Based on these assessments and reports to convey sensitive, complex and sometimes unwelcome information to clients and other professionals and manage this as constructively as possible.
Person specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/diploma in Nursing
- Professional registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) RMN.
- Post registration training in a treatment modality to diploma/degree standard as a minimum such as CBT
- Recent Safeguarding children training
- Non-medical prescribing qualification or working towards this qualification
Desirable criteria
- Research training
- CYP IAPT training
- MSC level training in a relevant specialist field or appropriate experience
- Relevant management training/ qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working within a CAMHS team
- Experience of ADHD assessments
- Experience of running ADHD clinics
- Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context including appraisals
- Experience of developing operational protocols and managing duty cover systems
- Experience of leading and developing multi-partnership collaboration arrangements at a senior level
- Experience of delivering mental health awareness and bespoke CAMHS training to non CAMHS professionals
- Experience of delivering training to colleagues
Desirable criteria
- Experience of developing bespoke training packages for non CAMHS professionals
Core Competencies
Essential criteria
- Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and emergency CAMHS assessment
- Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly
- Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk
- Understands individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure
- Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice
- Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication
- Able to foster strong therapeutic alliances
- Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of CYP IAT
- Understanding of and commitment to service user involvement, patient led care and choice
- Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support
- Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs.
- Experience of providing consultation and liaison support to colleagues, referral agencies and services responsible for the care, support and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers
- Able to promote self management and recovery by working with service users and their families to understand their condition and identify and reinforce strengths, resources and coping skills
- Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting duty and emergency rotas, peer support, training and skills development
- Able to build strong partnerships with external agencies and develop effective joint planning and support arrangements
- Able to confidently and safely plan for and manage change and transition
- Actively uses supervision and opportunities for development of skills
Specialist Competencies
Essential criteria
- Experience of undertaking specialist assessment at a level appropriate to the job
- Understanding of need for and ability to form effective working partnerships with internal and external partners
- Ability to develop and implement clear and robust operational policy and protocol
- Ability to lead the development and implementation of new structures and process that impact on staff at all levels
Desirable criteria
- CBT
- Nurse Prescriber
- Family Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Experience of undertaking assessment of parenting capacity as part of court required parenting assessment
- Experience of running ADHD clinics
- Experience of ADHD assessments
Attitude, Aptitude and Personal Characteristics
Essential criteria
- Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills
- Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
- Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change
- Honesty, enthusiasm and a sense of loyalty
- Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often emotionally challenging environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Enoch Aboagye
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 869 4500
- Additional information
Nicole Nicholls
Neurodevelopment Team Lead
Harrow CAMHS
0208 869 4500
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Argo House 180 Kilburn Park Road
London
NW6 5FA
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