Senior CAMHS Non-Medical Prescriber

Job summary

Are you a Senior Nurse and Non-Medical Prescriber looking to work as part of a dynamic and supportive prescribing team? We would like you to join our CAMHS Long Term Follow Up Team supporting the non-medical prescribing needs for children with ADHD and mental health needs in Portsmouth.

This role requires a qualified Nurse Prescriber (V300) who has experience working with children and families and holds a current professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

You will be working as part of the wider CAMHS team in Portsmouth. The successful candidate will work alongside other Nurse Prescribers, within a multidisciplinary team, completing specialist assessments and delivering interventions to children, young people, and their parents/carers, including pharmacological interventions as a Non-Medical Prescriber.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for your own independent prescribing caseload and for supporting duty prescribing functions. You will be responsible for assessing and managing risks within the non-medical prescribing caseload working in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary CAMHS team to meet the needs of children and young people with ADHD and mental health needs.

We can offer you a supportive working environment and being part of an extensive CAMHS, ND and LD workforce across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. You will be working closely with system partners and especially with multidisciplinary ND MDT in Portsmouth City Council in using and developing the use of the innovative ND Profiling Tool.

We are looking for someone with a passion for supporting children and young people in least restrictive within their family homes and communities.

If this sounds like the role for you, then get in touch today!

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Alex Best (Team Manager) alex.best2@nhs.net or Laura Nisbett (lead nurse) laura.nisbet3@nhs.net

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Falcon House

St James' Hospital, 22 Edenbridge Rd

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO4 8PF

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Falcon House

St James' Hospital, 22 Edenbridge Rd

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO4 8PF

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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