HCRG Care Group

ADHD Clinical Lead Nurse - Band 7

The closing date is 06 April 2026

Job summary

Lead Meaningful Change for Adults with Neurodevelopmental Needs Across BSW

Join our Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity division and play a central role in shaping a highquality, needsled service for adults with Learning Disabilities, Autism and ADHD across Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW).This is your opportunity to make a real, lasting difference to service users at every stage of their neurodevelopmental journeyboth pre and postdiagnosis.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist and NonMedical Prescriber within the BSW Neurodevelopmental Pathway team, youll be at the forefront of delivering specialist assessment, prescribing, and therapeuticsupportto adults with ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions, as well as their families.Youll take a leadership role within the ADHD assessment and postdiagnostic pathway, including medicines management, ensuring safe, personcentred and evidencebased care.

Youll also contribute to the development of a single, needsled neurodevelopmental pathway across the BSW regionworking collaboratively with HCRG Care Group and BSW ICB LDAN partners to redesign and improve services for the future.

This is a unique opportunity for a skilled clinician to take theleadin transforming neurodevelopmental care across the regiondriving innovation, quality and better outcomes for adults with complex needs.

Main duties of the job

  • Working closely with the neurodevelopmental pathway team to develop, deliver and monitor needsled assessment and care for adults and their families.
  • Acting as a key member of the ADHD multidisciplinary team, collaborating with clinicians across a range of disciplines.
  • Leading preliminary assessments for new referrals across the BSW locality, usingagreedtools and gathering information through observation, interviews and structured assessments.
  • Prescribing ADHDrelated medication as an Advanced Nurse Prescriber, following NMC, NICE and national guidelines.
  • Using a Think Family and traumainformed approach throughout all clinical work.
  • Completing comprehensive assessments based on multiple information sources, including psychological measures, rating scales, direct/indirect observations and patient/family interviews.
  • Working in line with the NMC Code of Conduct, professional standards andTrustpolicies.
  • Prescribing safely under a Clinical Management Plan, while maintaining uptodate pharmaceutical knowledge and auditing your prescribing practice.
  • Developing and delivering evidencebased treatment plans, including medication and nonpharmacological interventions.
  • Making autonomous clinical decisions for the longterm management of adults with ADHD andsupportingtheir families.
  • Providing clear communication,supportand signposting through facetoface appointments, virtual clinics and betweenappointment advice.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Details

Date posted

24 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/158870/18840

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Swindon

Wiltshire

SN25 4AN


Job description

Job responsibilities

As an ADHD Clinical Lead Nurse,you will be part of our valued team in our Learning Disabilities Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • £46,148 - £52,809 FTE (Band 7 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post traumasupport, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
  • The pride of working for an organisationcommittedto the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job description

Job responsibilities

As an ADHD Clinical Lead Nurse,you will be part of our valued team in our Learning Disabilities Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • £46,148 - £52,809 FTE (Band 7 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post traumasupport, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
  • The pride of working for an organisationcommittedto the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Person Specification

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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.

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Swindon

Wiltshire

SN25 4AN


Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Swindon

Wiltshire

SN25 4AN


Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruiter

Recruitment Team

Ask.hr@hcrgcaregroup.com

03002471122

Details

Date posted

24 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/158870/18840

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Swindon

Wiltshire

SN25 4AN


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