Job summary
This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with children and young people, across South West Hertfordshire, as an ADHD Independent Nurse Prescriber.
As a key member of a dedicated multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital part in delivering a safe, effective, and responsive service focused on optimising ADHD medication for children and young people aged 7-18.
This position provides the chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of families while contributing to the continued development of a high-quality, patient-centred ADHD pathway.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will support the team by managing a delegated caseload of service users that have an established diagnosis ofAttention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). The post holder willcollaborate with Children and young people and their parents to develop and implement a treatment plan.
They willprovideon-going appointments, prescribe medication asappropriate and undertake all associated physical and mental health monitoring, until the young person has been stabilised on an optimised medication regime and care can be passed to primary care for ongoing treatment and monitoring.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for managing a case load of service users that have an established diagnosis of 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 CYP ADHD team working alongside doctors, nurses and multidisciplinary ADHD Assessors.
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.
The post holder will support the implementation and monitoring of the trust Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Strategy with respect to CYP services.
Investigate medication related incidents within CAMHS services and produce remedial action plans and undertake risk assessments if required.
Undertake and support the Consultant GPs with research and innovation projects should the opportunity arise
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for managing a case load of service users that have an established diagnosis of 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 CYP ADHD team working alongside doctors, nurses and multidisciplinary ADHD Assessors.
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.
The post holder will support the implementation and monitoring of the trust Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Strategy with respect to CYP services.
Investigate medication related incidents within CAMHS services and produce remedial action plans and undertake risk assessments if required.
Undertake and support the Consultant GPs with research and innovation projects should the opportunity arise
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration. Mental Health or paediatric qualification.
- Extensive post qualification experience
- Independent Nurse Prescriber Qualification with relevant experience
- Experience of prescribing ADHD medication to adults or children
- Additional areas of training e.g. leadership qualification or formal teaching qualification
- Up to date knowledge of drugs available for prescription in mental health
Desirable
- MSC in relevant field
- Theoretical and practical knowledge and experience working with young people with neurodiversity
- Experience of working with children and young people
Experience
Essential
- Experience of service development in an NHS organisation
- Understand the issues facing the NHS
- Understanding of primary and secondary care working and interface between them
- Staff development and change management
- Managing quality and cost effectiveness initiatives
- Good planning and organisational skills able to plan and lead the development of new areas of medicines management e.g. prescribing and administration of medicines under patient group directions
- Able to demonstrate record of achieving results against set targets
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration. Mental Health or paediatric qualification.
- Extensive post qualification experience
- Independent Nurse Prescriber Qualification with relevant experience
- Experience of prescribing ADHD medication to adults or children
- Additional areas of training e.g. leadership qualification or formal teaching qualification
- Up to date knowledge of drugs available for prescription in mental health
Desirable
- MSC in relevant field
- Theoretical and practical knowledge and experience working with young people with neurodiversity
- Experience of working with children and young people
Experience
Essential
- Experience of service development in an NHS organisation
- Understand the issues facing the NHS
- Understanding of primary and secondary care working and interface between them
- Staff development and change management
- Managing quality and cost effectiveness initiatives
- Good planning and organisational skills able to plan and lead the development of new areas of medicines management e.g. prescribing and administration of medicines under patient group directions
- Able to demonstrate record of achieving results against set targets
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
