ADHD Nurse Prescriber Band 8a
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We are looking to recruit two enthusiastic and highly motivated Nurse Prescribers to join our friendly team. This is an exciting opportunity for initially 12 months on Fixed Term basis or Secondment.
The role will support the creation, mobilisation and delivery of the ADHD service within CAMHS, specifically working in either West or South Hertfordshire.
The post holder will work within the ADHD pathway and will support the team by managing a delegated caseload of service users that have an established diagnosis and treatment plan for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD).
The post holder will provide on-going appointments, prescribe medication as necessary and undertake all associated physical and mental health monitoring.
The post holder will work closely with the wider CAMHS teams. Training and Support will be given and these roles will work very closely with consultants and the ADHD team in an MDT style.
Experience inside the NHS is essential and helpful if you have awareness/experience with CAMHS and/or ADHD services.
The successful candidate will be highly proficient on PARIS, although training can be provided if required.
We would also consider part time applications.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for managing a case load of service users that have anestablished diagnosis and treatment plan for ADHD formulated by theConsultant. The post holder will provide on-going appointments, prescribemedication as necessary and undertake all associated monitoring.
Initially the scope of practice for the post holder would be to manage thetreatment of ADHD. This may be extended to other diagnoses based oneducation, training, development and achievement of competence.
Undertake all relevant physical health monitoring associated with ADHDtreatment e.g. height, weight, blood pressure and pulse. This may beextended to patients not on their own caseload.
To modify the treatment plan with respect to drug therapy once trained indiagnostic tools for ADHD management.
To act as a core member of the multidisciplinary CAMHS teamworking alongside doctors, psychologists and attending medicalreviews and other clinical case review sessions across a geographicalarea.
To provide specialist education and training to consultants, otherprescribers, other health care professionals, clients, relatives and carers.
Design and delivery of psycho educational sessions for parents andcarers, GP and schools.
The post holder will support the implementation of the shared carepathway for service users with ADHD across primary and secondary care.
The post holder will ensure cost effective prescribing across CAMHSservices.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on..."
Date posted
08 February 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£48,526 to £54,619 a year per annum pro rata + 5% of basic salary, min £1,136 max £1,915
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
367-CAMHS-6823
Job locations
Watford or Borehamwood
Borehamwood Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, WD6 1WA
Peace Childrens Centre, Peace Prospect, Watford, WD17 3EW
WD6 1WA
Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Watford or Borehamwood
Borehamwood Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, WD6 1WA
Peace Childrens Centre, Peace Prospect, Watford, WD17 3EW
WD6 1WA
Employer's website
https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
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