ADHD Nurse Prescribing Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

• You will practice as a medical or non-medical prescriber (independent/supplementary prescribing) to develop and implement treatment and titration plans, ensuring physical observations are obtained and reviewed (height, weight, blood pressure, and pulse) ensuring treatment decisions are safe and in accordance with NICE guidelines and organisational policies.
• You will support the patient throughout their treatment journey, conducting regular follow ups for adults and/or children under your care until they have reached stability and optimisation.
• Perform patient risk assessments and review safeguarding needs in conjunction with treatment strategies during the patient journey. ADHD 360 have patients across the life-span and we must always be aware of our responsibilities regarding the safeguarding of adults and children in our care
• Maintain accurate and timely client records on Chrysalis and associated clinical templates, adhering to professional requirements for accurate record keeping.
• Responsibility for ensuring that the prescription is written as per legal requirements for controlled and non-controlled drugs. You will ensure that the prescription is recorded in the Chrysalis Log and the Quality Assurance Process is followed line with ADHD360 policy and procedures.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding and adherence to security in relation to prescription security and management.
• Participate in regular line management supervision, supervised assessments, appraisals and team meetings/case discussions.
• You will be responsible for recognising and reporting clinical Incidents and near misses to your team lead, to support the culture of continuous learning and improvement. You will be responsive to requests from Clinical Assurance and Patient Experience team to participate in investigations where required.
• Be accountable for ensuring that mandatory training and clinical supervision is completed and sustains independent prescribing status. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is expected, and the post holder should expect to have responsibility for their learning whilst also engaging in CPD events provided by ADHD 360

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• To work unsupervised and independently within the NMC or GPHC Code of Professional Conduct (Essential)
• Qualified Nurse / Pharmacist, current UK registration and PIN with the NMC or GPHC (Essential)
• Qualified Non-medical Prescriber (NMP) with current registration (Essential)

Desirable

• Expert level of understanding of the pharmaceutical treatment options for ADHD (Desirable)

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Nurse / Pharmacist, current UK registration and PIN with the NMC or GPHC (Essential)
• Qualified Non-medical Prescriber (NMP) with current registration (Essential)

Desirable

• Specialist ADHD Nurse / Pharmacist with experience (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).

Employer details

Employer name

ADHD360 LTD

Address

ADHD 360 First Floor- Unit 5 Deepdale Enterprise Park

Deepdale Lane

Nettleham

Lincolnshire

LN2 2LL

Employer's website

https://www.adhd-360.com/ (Opens in a new tab)