Job summary
Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week
Based at Kingsway Children's Centre.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our Community Paediatric Team. We are looking for a Behavioural Specialist Nurses to be part of our developing service. We are looking to expand our Specialist Nursing Team in Community Paediatrics. The team and service are currently growing to meet local demand and in line with our service development plan. The wider team includes Community Paediatricians, Speech and Language therapies and Assistant Psychologists who all work autonomously and as part of the MDT.
Behavioural Specialist Nurses have opportunities to be autonomous practitioners whilst developing skills and support the Nurses element of the Community Paediatric Team.
The expectation of the role would be to assess, diagnose and prescribe relevant treatment for children and young people with ADHD. We would offer training to facilitate the candidate to be able to complete the full aspects of this role. This would be the non-medical prescribing and the Clinical examination skills course. Supervision would be given by the existing team until competent to complete the role independently.
Main duties of the job
Candidate would work alongside the MDT in completing joint assessments for ASD, take part in delivering ADHD parent education sessions and supporting multi agency colleagues, for example education regarding increasing their knowledge of ADHD and autism within the school setting.
If you feel that you could fulfil this role and are interested in applying, please contact us to discuss and we would welcome you to come to meet the team.
Criminal Records Bureau clearance is essential for this post.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN/RN Child/ RMN/RNLD
- 1st level degree or equivalent experience/qualification
- Recognised Post Registration Qualification in Relevant Speciality equivalent to Masters Level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- V300 Non-medical Prescribing or working towards
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Competent in assessment and management of children and young people with ADHD and ASD
- Competent with screening assessment criteria for ADHD and ASD
- Recent evidence of study or knowledge in speciality or related field
Desirable
- ADOS Trained
- Knowledge in QB test interpretation and interpretation of Conner's questionnaires
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN/RN Child/ RMN/RNLD
- 1st level degree or equivalent experience/qualification
- Recognised Post Registration Qualification in Relevant Speciality equivalent to Masters Level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- V300 Non-medical Prescribing or working towards
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Competent in assessment and management of children and young people with ADHD and ASD
- Competent with screening assessment criteria for ADHD and ASD
- Recent evidence of study or knowledge in speciality or related field
Desirable
- ADOS Trained
- Knowledge in QB test interpretation and interpretation of Conner's questionnaires
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
