Trainee Neurodevelopmental Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Principal Clinical Duties:

1.To carry out the first part of a holistic ADHD assessment for adults with suspected ADHD ensuring all relevant history is taken.

2.To participate in the reassessment of needs for adults previously diagnosed with ADHD. To be able to ascertain if there are other co-morbidities.

3.To partake in the monitoring of treatment response and assessing of side effects.

4.Assessment will also include consideration of impact, differential or co-occurring conditions and a risk assessment.

5.Post-diagnostic advice, recommendations, and support.

6.To complete physical observations of service users as part of medication treatment (height, weight, blood pressure, pulse).

7.To develop trusting therapeutic relationships with service users, their carers, and their families (where appropriate). To establish an effective therapeutic relationship that enables the communication and sharing of complex and sensitive information.

8.The post holder will be responsible for ensuring high quality, accurate and timely recording on Trust electronic systems, of clinical information such as assessment, formulations, progress notes, care plans, risk assessments, outcomes, and discharge.

9.The post holder will participate in making recommendations to the wider team and to referrers on additional assessment or interventions and skills required to deliver the plan of care and expected health/social outcomes which are evidenced based and lead to recovery and minimise risk.

10.The post holder will participate in devising a management plan with each individual service user.

11.Promote the involvement and engagement of clients/services users and carer relatives in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care.

12.Work within a multi-disciplinary team to support effective care plans and treatments are in place for highly complex clients/services users.

13.Ability to recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations including the assessment and management of risk, within competency of role and scope of practice.

Main Clinical Duties and Responsibilities

Care delivery

1.Support the effective delivery and quality of care standards for the service or for the delivery of specialist services across an organizational and geographical area.

2.To maintain and develop relationships with professionals external to the area of service, service users and their families (where appropriate) within area of service/specialism.

3.To support discussions around options of care with the service users and their families.

4.To make suggestions that best improve the treatment outcomes for the service users and their families as well as improve resilience and recovery and which mitigates risk to themselves or others.

5.Ensure that clinical policies and procedures are followed correctly and risks inherent in any procedures are minimised.

6.To ensure services are delivered in a manner that is appropriate, relevant and respectful to all community members, recognising the diversity of ethnicity, culture, belief, privilege and capacity of service users and carers.

7.The post holder will review and discharge under the shared care protocol as appropriate once planned outcomes have been met, under direction from the clinician.

8.To attend ADHD team meetings/MDTs, service development/quality improvement time and supervision sessions.

Record keeping, information collection and communication

1.To be able to communicate reassuringly, finding ways of enabling the information to be understood and providing empathy and reassurance to service users.

2.To maintain accurate patient records, make clear, concise reports and ensure administrative tasks are completed within the agreed time scales to meet service targets.

3.To ensure all systems (electronic and hard copy), records, data and information (stored and transferred) are of high quality across the service which will withstand inspection of their effectiveness and appropriateness to support the delivery of safe services and compliance of MHWB rules.

4.To be responsible for the accurate recording and transferring (to other services) of information relating to patients in receipt of care as determined by MHWB operational policies or when directed by the clinician.

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of working in a health care environment

Qualifications

Essential

• A degree in a relevant field (e.g. psychology, neuroscience)

Desirable

• A masters-level qualification in a relevant field

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

Mental Health and Wellbeing Services Ltd

Address

Oak House

Sitka Drive

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

SY2 6LG

Employer's website

https://www.mentalhealthandwellbeing.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)