Job overview
A unique opportunity for a CAMHS ADHD Nurse Practitioner, Band 6, to join the CAMHS team.
There is a strong multi-disciplinary culture in the team and you will contribute to change management in the service. You will hold experience working in CAMHS services and have a sound understanding of mental health challenges facing children and young people. You will have significant knowledge and skills of working with moderate to severe mental health presentations and be ready to join a highly dynamic and experienced team of clinicians.
The Post Holder will provide a core element of the service for children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and play an active role in assessments, prescribing and monitoring of medication and multi-disciplinary discussions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide mental health support and treatment for the adolescents referred to the service within our Neurodevelopmental Team with a focus on our ADHD provision.
They will be expected to join the team in delivering a high quality innovative service for adolescents using research and good practice guidelines.
They will take a key role in developing a seamless service between community services, in-patient services, and adult mental health services.
The post holder will coordinate referrals to other agencies and work with other agencies to prevent the need for hospitalisation and to ensure that those young people who have in-patient treatment are in hospital for the shortest possible time.
The post holder will work jointly with the consultant in all other aspects of service delivery.
Working for our organisation
We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the team
2. Undertake ADHD assessments and support the ADHD clinic.
3. Formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person’s problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings
4. Be responsible for implementing a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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