Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist for ADHD who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are in the unique and privileged position of having our acute, community and continuing care services together in one Trust and this brings with it so many benefits for our children and young people (CYP) in terms of the way we understand each other’s services and work seamlessly across acute and community services really getting to know our CYP and their families.
We are expanding our ADHD service, and you will get the opportunity to work with an established and experienced team. We are really looking forward to welcoming someone who shares our passion and our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our CYP with ADHD and support to their families and carers.
This role will demonstrate drive and commitment to advocate for CYP; sharing knowledge and experience as a sustainable approach to benefit all Children and Young People accessing services across East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust.
Please note that this role includes consideration for weekend clinics and a weekend working pattern
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The ADHD Nurse Specialist will work alongside colleagues in the Children’s Community team, offering a specialist service for children and young people (CYP) within the ADHD pathway. This will involve assessing, planning and implementing programs of care and treatment for CYP with ADHD, based on specialist knowledge, training and experience.
The ADHD Nurse Specialist will work as a non-medical prescriber, engaging children, young people, families and carers in the non-pharmacological management and medical treatment of ADHD and offering medical and non-medical interventions on a wide range of associated conditions.
The ADHD Nurse Specialist will be an autonomous practitioner, employing highly developed skills in child and family centred care and working in partnership with medical, educational, voluntary and other healthcare services.
As an integral part of a community healthcare provider, the post holder may deliver care and assessment in a clinic, educational or other healthcare setting or in a patient’s home.
The ADHD Nurse Specialist will have a vital role in leading the continuing development of the ADHD service, based on specialist knowledge, research and evidence based best practice.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered Children’s Nurse / Registered Mental Health Nurse / Learning Disability Nurse
* Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
* Non-Medical Prescribing (willing to undertake within first 6 months)
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of working in an appropriate field
* Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of the NMC Code and scope of professional practice.
* Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge of standard setting and audit processes’
Desirable criteria
* Undertaken CAMHS training
Skills
Essential criteria
* Ability to demonstrate written skills that are relevant, accurate, concise and legible
* Awareness of the needs of ethnic minority clients/carers
* Ability to demonstrate an awareness of Child Protection procedures and issues
* Ability to participate in and deliver effective health education programs
* Demonstrate an ability to be flexible and able to participate in change within the NHS
* Demonstrate leadership in change management