Neurodiversity Clinician (Adult Neurodiversity Services)

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

Extensive experience of working in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies.

Extensive experience in carrying out complex interventions, will demonstrate that these skills are maintained and shares those skills with other team members.

To respond to unpredictable situations of risk and manage these in a safe, professional and holistic manner using risk assessment and management plans

Will be highly skilled in all aspects of clinical communication including the maintenance of accurate records

Will be able to demonstrate excellent prioritisation and delegation skills.

To demonstrate and apply a highly skilled level of clinical and professional supervision. (Utilising a variety of techniques underpinned by a variety of models and experience).

Will have evidence of continuous personal and professional development and be actively involved in case load management supervision, clinical supervision and clinical audit within the team.

Complete developmental history and interpret with the aid of assessment tools for those referred for neurodiversity, following a needs-lead approach but still in line with the National Standards and NICE guidelines.

Manage and co-ordinate independently community-led clinics and share with the Consultant Psychiatrist(s) the management of any medication interventions, to prescribe and adjust treatment appropriately working within agreed protocols and guidelines.

Participate in administration and interpretation of specific assessment tools with assessments and communicate the results to the Multidisciplinary Team.

Act as a specialist expert resource within the service in respect of this service user group working autonomously to support families and other health care professionals. To attend various multiagency meetings to advice, write specialist reports and plan care, acting as a patients advocate when appropriate.

Participate and lead complex MDT Clinics to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for people with neurodiverse conditions.

Explores and analyses evidence, cases and situations in clinical practice, enabling a high level of judgement and decision making

Delivers advanced practice which is evidence based within service

Demonstrates self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems and acts autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional level

Assesses and manages risk

Demonstrates ethical decision making

Carries out non-medical prescribing in line with legislation, where competent to do so (if Non-medical prescribing qualification is obtained)

Creatively develops therapeutic interventions to improve service user outcomes

Utilizes a high level of communication skill

Involves service user/carer/stakeholder/organisational and public involvement in development of service and role where appropriate

Actively involves service users and carers in providing feedback of their experience

Has a high level of awareness of own values and beliefs and how this impacts on practice objectivity

Promotes and influences others to incorporate person centred/values based care into practice

Negotiates care with service users and carers as an equal partner. Works in a positive and constructive way with difference and diversity, incorporating the values, views and understanding of individual service users and carers at the centre of everything we do to deliver care that we would be happy for our family and friends to receive in line with Navigo operational philosophy

Assure and maintain oversight of pre-diagnostic assessment schedules to enable the delivery of diagnosis for most people on most occasions within a multidisciplinary formulation process/meeting

Identify when to refer to relevant team for non-neurodiverse primary problems identified in a timely manner

Interpret the results of multiple assessments and investigations within sphere of competence, to include, but not restricted to, blood results, ECGs, X-ray and CT results, in order to formulate a diagnosis and plan and deliver care in concordance with appropriate NICE Guidelines

Monitor physical health of service users on long term antipsychotic medications in line with NICE Guidelines and practice in line with the appropriate shared care pathways

If appropriate, support the development of the Non-Medical Advanced Practitioner pathway and supervise junior staff as required.

Knowledge

Essential

• An excellent understanding of mental health conditions and services, including relevant legislation.
• Knowledge and understanding of the assessment and management of service users in determining whether presentations may be because of neurodiverse conditions or other differential diagnosis.
• Good knowledge of typical and disordered child development and the potential impact of neurodiversity on the emotional, intellectual and social development and ability to recognise co-morbidities and secondary behaviours.
• Knowledge of equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights and its importance.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered healthcare professional (e.g. NMC or HCPC)
• Leadership qualification - or be able to demonstrate advanced leadership and management skills; motivation, team building, developing positive interpersonal relationships, negotiation, conflict resolution, problem solving, managing change

Desirable

• Specific Training in Neurodiversity
• Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification
• Masters Level or Post Graduate advanced clinical/professional qualification or be able to fully demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with Adults with a wide range of mental health or neurodiverse conditions.
• Demonstrable experience of complete decision making and of leading complex case multi disciplinary meetings
• Previous demonstrable experience in managing highly complex cases
• Previous mentor or supervisory role and ability to demonstrate principles and values of clinical supervision
• Significant experience where a degree of autonomous working has been required

Desirable

• Demonstrable and extensive understanding and knowledge of Neurodiverse, mental and physical health conditions across the age range
• Previous leadership roles or qualifications and responsibility for managerial supervision
• Have lead in complex situations and cases where adult / children safeguarding / use of the mental health act / use of the mental capacity act has been a feature.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Effective communicator with service users, relatives and all members of the multi-disciplinary health care team involved in primary and secondary care
• Ability to work in a calm and efficient manner in situations of significant workload with the ability to manage own caseload and effectively assess risk
• Ability to investigate clinical presentations using evidence-based tools and clinical judgement as part of An MDT
• Knowledge and understanding of cultural and equal opportunities issues.
• Comprehensive understanding of Crisis/ Contingency and risk management planning

Desirable

• Leadership and change management skills
• Demonstrable motivational skills within depth knowledge of change management and individual learning style

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).