Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Child and Adolescent
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 325-6372456-CYPS-A
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leatherhead HQ
- Town
- Leatherhead
- Salary
- £60,983 - £70,536 Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Nurse Lead for Neuro Developmental Pathway (NMP Essential)
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a NMP who is keen to provide leadership and support to the ADHD branch of the neurodevelopmental team within the children and young person's service.
The Neurodevelopmental Service opened its doors in 2022 and as a service we are keen to use the latest research and guidance to provide a high quality needs led approach to assessment and produce clear reports from the assessments we complete.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ensure that there is assurance across the ADHD pathway and work closely with the ASD Clinical Lead and General Manager.
The role involves leading on the development of the ADHD branch of the service which will include coordinating a multi professional team and the development of the pathway using quality improvement processes. This will include assurance around ADHD nurse medication prescribing and diagnostic assessments.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification as an RMN/RGN/RSCN/RNLD
- Mentorship qualification
- Qualification as a Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP)
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate training/qualification relevant to area of work
- Additional leadership/management study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of leading clinical practice/ service development / project work
- Experience of managing and/or supervising teams
- Experience working with Children and young people
- Experience of prescribing ADHD medication and facilitating ADHD diagnostic assessments
Desirable criteria
- Experience working within a Neurodevelopmental Service
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of prescribing medication
Desirable criteria
- Further specific training/knowledge/understanding of additional clinical interventions such as DBT, CBT, ASD Adapted CBT, DDP, CAT, attachment and trauma training, ADOS assessments etc.
- Knowledge of the Thrive Model
- Ability to work with schools, social care teams and voluntary/3rd Sector organisations
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
- Sarah Camp
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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