Senior Nurse Practitioner - ADHD - CAMHS

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Maintain high standards of nursing care and promote an environment suitable for the care of children, ensuring that all planned carefully reflects latest research developments.

2. Be a member of the ADHD multidisciplinary team, progressing to a Neurodevelopmental multidisciplinary team. Working collaboratively with Consultant Psychiatrists, non-medical prescribers and other health professionals.

3. Maintain up-to-date and comprehensive pharmaceutical knowledge, with a particular focus on ADHD medications, including their mechanisms of action, side effects, interactions, and titration protocols. Critically appraise current clinical guidelines, emerging research, and prescribing practices, and apply this information effectively to ensure safe, evidence-based, and person-centred care.

4. Provide direct nursing care and support, using developing clinical knowledge and skills to contribute to the assessment, treatment, and ongoing management of children and young people with ADHD, in line with best practice and under the guidance of senior clinicians.

5. To coordinate the assessment of patients/service users with complex needs including individuals with unconfirmed diagnosis.

6. Support the development, implementation, and evaluation of care plans for children and young people with ADHD, using evidence-based guidance and contributing to best practice under the supervision of senior clinicians.

7. To ensure patient/service user involvement in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care, respecting their beliefs and dignity.

8. To utilise data and information from a range of sources to identify patients/service users conditions to guide decision making.

9. To undertake the role of health promoter and educator for patients/service users and their support networks.

10. To ensure that professional standards are upheld by the staff members working within the postholders sphere of responsibility.

11. Maintain high professional standards in own practice and contribute to a positive team culture by supporting colleagues and adhering to local policies and procedures.

12. To be accountable for ensuring that safeguards are in place for patients/service users and escalate any safety, safeguarding or risk concerns following the appropriate processes.

13. Participation in a Single Point of Access (SPOA) for integrated neurodevelopmental disorder referrals and triage of such.

14. Involvement in joint neurodevelopmental (typically ADHD+ASD) assessment.

15. Work across HSC sites, as needed and in accordance with planned service developments.

16. Undertake any other duties as appropriate to the grade as delegated by the ADHD team lead and the operational manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse in Mental Health with a Professional Registration with the NMC
• Experience of working in a CAMHS, crisis or community setting
• Experience working within and awareness of issues relating to the
• management of ADHD,including assessment of highly complex and co-morbid presentations of children, young people, their families and carers within this client group

Experience

Essential

• The ability to evidence application of HSCs CARE Values in practice
• An understanding of quality improvement methodology
• Evidence of managing your own workload with excellent time management skills
• Evidence of the ability to effectively manage resources is essential
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• A high standard of communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to deal with complex and challenging situations in a calm and diplomatic manner
• A flexible approach with the ability to work within a challenging environment meeting the needs of the service
• The ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Commitment to self-development and the development of others
• Adaptable and responsive to changing service needs
• Ability to deal with stress in self and others, recognizing when support for self is required and willing and able to support others with stress
• To receive regular clinical supervision from a senior colleague
• Any other duties as instructed by the Operational manager or as dictated by the evolving needs of the service within usual legal, moral, professional and ethical frameworks when safe to do so
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of childrens development
• Additional working knowledge of other treatment modalities such as DBT, CBT and Systemic therapy
• Current driving licence
• Supervision skills
• Willingness to undertake training and qualify as a non-medical prescriber (V300)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

States of Guernsey

Address

Princess Elizabeth Hospital

Le Vauquiedor

St. Martin

Guernsey

GY4 6UU

Employer's website

https://www.gov.gg/ (Opens in a new tab)