South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS ADHD Nurse Advanced Practitioner

The closing date is 26 October 2025

Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a CAMHS Non-Medical Nurse Prescriber with excellent clinical skills and a strong interest in working with neurodivergent children and their families.

This is a 12-month fixed term post within the Croydon CAMHS ADHD Service.

The post holder will support in leading a highly specialist service for children and young people with ADHD, with co-occurring neurodivergence and/or mental health difficulties. They will also be expected to contribute to specialist assessments and treatment plans. This involves co-ordinating medication review clinics and includes undertaking non-medical prescribing.

Alongside this, they will be expected to use their expertise to offer advice and consultation to other members of the team as well as offering training in assessments and interventions to the wider Croydon CAMHS service, and other professional networks.

Please note vacancy will be closed early once vacancy has reached capacity.

Main duties of the job

To provide leadership and management support to the ADHD medication review team to ensure access and flow are prioritised while maintaining own caseload.

To manage a caseload, providing the analysis of complex information to determine the planning and management of assessment and treatment to C&YP with ADHD and co-occurring neurodiverse/mental health difficulties.

To undertake assessments, including ADHD assessments

To provide psychoeducation information sessions/groups.

To provide expertise in this highly specialist clinical area and to offer advice and consultation on clients care to other members of the service. To offer training in assessment and interventions for CYP with ADHD to CAMHS and other professional networks.

To liaise with medical colleagues, partner agencies and adult mental health professionals across a range of settings.

To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines and Trust guidelines.

To contribute to policy and service development, undertake research, service evaluation and audit for own team/service and to contribute to the training of the clinical team and others.

To work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

About us

Croydon Child and Adolescent Service (CAMHS) provides amultidisciplinary assessment, diagnostic, treatment, advisory and consultative service for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural difficulties, in particular those with moderate to severe mental health presentations.

The Croydon CAMHS ADHD Service is a small but efficient team providing ADHD medication reviews to children and young people up to the age of 18, and supporting other teams with ADHD medication titration and providing psychoeducation groups.

Date posted

09 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,631 to £68,623 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-NUR-7339048-MU

Job locations

Christopher Wren House

113 High Street

Croydon

CR0 1QG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further details but main responsibilities will fall under the below headings:

Clinical

Professional Leadership

Supervision, Teaching and Training

Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development

Postholder will also support with Students as Practice Assessor / Mentor

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further details but main responsibilities will fall under the below headings:

Clinical

Professional Leadership

Supervision, Teaching and Training

Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development

Postholder will also support with Students as Practice Assessor / Mentor

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oFirst level nursing qualification (registration RMN or RSCN or HV) / with related CAMHS experience
oNon-medical prescriber with appropriate NMC registration
oExperience working as an independent non-medical prescriber with a CAMHS service and ability to demonstrate continuing professional development in this area.
oAll applications will require professional registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council

Desirable

oAdditional, recognised therapeutic qualification.
oMSc level qualification or equivalent with evidence of a comprehensive portfolio of post-registration professional development in child and adolescent mental health

Experience

Essential

oExperience of CAMHS assessment and ADHD assessments
oExperience of managing complex and high-risk cases
oExperience of consultation to, and clinical supervision of, other staff.

Desirable

oSignificant experience working as an independent non-medical prescriber with a CAMHS service and ability to demonstrate continuing professional development in this area.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

oHighly specialist knowledge of childhood disorders including emotional and behavioural disorders, relationship difficulties and attachment disorders and theories of child development.
oAbility to work independently as an autonomous practitioner with appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision.
oAwareness of racial and diversity issues and their impact on service access, through attendance of relevant training.

Desirable

oPost graduate level knowledge of CAMHS research methodology and complex statistical analysis.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oFirst level nursing qualification (registration RMN or RSCN or HV) / with related CAMHS experience
oNon-medical prescriber with appropriate NMC registration
oExperience working as an independent non-medical prescriber with a CAMHS service and ability to demonstrate continuing professional development in this area.
oAll applications will require professional registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council

Desirable

oAdditional, recognised therapeutic qualification.
oMSc level qualification or equivalent with evidence of a comprehensive portfolio of post-registration professional development in child and adolescent mental health

Experience

Essential

oExperience of CAMHS assessment and ADHD assessments
oExperience of managing complex and high-risk cases
oExperience of consultation to, and clinical supervision of, other staff.

Desirable

oSignificant experience working as an independent non-medical prescriber with a CAMHS service and ability to demonstrate continuing professional development in this area.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

oHighly specialist knowledge of childhood disorders including emotional and behavioural disorders, relationship difficulties and attachment disorders and theories of child development.
oAbility to work independently as an autonomous practitioner with appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision.
oAwareness of racial and diversity issues and their impact on service access, through attendance of relevant training.

Desirable

oPost graduate level knowledge of CAMHS research methodology and complex statistical analysis.

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Christopher Wren House

113 High Street

Croydon

CR0 1QG

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Christopher Wren House

113 High Street

Croydon

CR0 1QG

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)