Highly Specialist ADHD Nurse Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,698 - £65,095 per annum HCAS inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE11 6JJ |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6213825/334-NUR-5826380-FR-B |
Summary
Lambeth CAMHS are looking to recruit to our community CAMHS service:
• An experienced and motivated highly specialist ADHD Nurse Prescriber to lead on the ADHD pathway in our community
• Independent and team working in both a clinical and managerial role.
• Confident in your delivery of ADHD care including ADHD medication management and physical health assessments.
• Excellent skills in organisation and forward thinking, show initiative, be adaptable and able to follow direction, and be a good team player with excellent communication skills.
• Provide leadership on and contribute clinically to all aspects of the ADHD pathway including screening, assessment, psycho-education, medication management, behavioural management, care planning, risk assessment and management, and transition to adult services.
• Contribute to further ADHD pathway development.
The main team base is located at William Geoffrey house, 35 Black Prince Road, Kennington.
• Managing your own caseload of C&YP with ADHD, including more complex cases involving comorbid mental health and neuropsychiatric difficulties
• Independent treatment initiation and review within your scope of practice. This involves assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating intervention(s) for young people in your care, including independent non-medical prescribing.
• Liaising with medical colleagues, partner agencies (school; social care) and adult mental health professionals across a range of settings
• Completing risk assessments and care plans
• Contribute to completing ADHD assessments of team members by providing expert input to diagnostic decisions (‘ADHD diagnostic consultations’)
• To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines and Trust guidelines
• Managerial and leadership responsibilities
The London Borough of Lambeth has a population of 317,800 (GLA 2020). Lambeth’s population is highly diverse, a characteristic visible in the breadth of ethnic and cultural traditions seen throughout the borough. It is estimated that 63% of the population describe their ethnicity as other than White British; 23% describe their ethnicity as Black (11% Black African, 7% Black Caribbean and 5% Other Black), 22% White Other and 6% as Asian.
The Annual population survey, estimates that a third of Lambeth’s residents are non-UK born. Of these non-UK born, 40% are of wider European origin, 20% are of African origin; and 20% of Central or South American origin. Nearly 150 languages are spoken as the first language in the homes of Lambeth school children. Portuguese, Spanish and Somali, are the most commonly spoken other languages in Lambeth.
Lambeth has a child and youth population aged 0-20 of almost 70,000. Over 50% of this number are 0 to 9 years old
1. Clinical
1.1 To lead the provision and delivery of the nurse led ADHD clinic provided by Lambeth CAMHS, and be a highly specialist practitioner within the assessment, treatment and pharmacological management of CYP with ADHD and co-morbid mental health and/or neuropsychiatric difficulties, assuming responsibility for own caseload.
1.2 To work as an independent and autonomous professional within professional guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work.
1.3 To provide CAMHS assessments, using self-report measures, as appropriate, structured observations, clinical interviews, and to interpret and integrate this highly complex data to identify and diagnose the cause of emotional and behavioural problems in C&YP.
1.4 To formulate mental healthcare and crisis treatment plans that are specific to each C&YP and family, based upon an analysis of complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes contributing to the presentation. To assess safeguarding issues for each case, consulting with other professionals and referring concerns to the appropriate safeguarding team as required.
1.5 To deliver evidence based treatments, monitoring outcome and modifying and adapting interventions drawing on a range of theoretical options.
1.6 To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans in conjunction with the C&YP, parents/carers and other services as appropriate.
1.7 To communicate skilfully, tactfully and sensitively highly complex, sensitive and potentially distressing information with CYP, parents, carers and colleagues taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication.
1.8 To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry and recording.
1.9 To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the catchment area of the service.
1.10 To act as care co-ordinator for a range of cases including high risk and extremely complex, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the client needs, coordinating the work of others involved, and to monitor progress in the course of multidisciplinary interventions.
1. Professional leadership
2.1 To provide strategic nursing input at senior level across Lambeth CAMHS, ensuring effective advice to the Lead Nurse, Borough manager, Lead Clinician, and other management team.
2.2 To liaise with Lead Nurse to ensuring standards of nursing are consistent.
1. Teaching, Training, and Supervision
3.1 To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinician according to Trust guidelines. This will include fortnightly moving to monthly ADHD prescribing supervision with consultant psychiatrist, fortnightly moving to monthly clinical supervision with Lambeth CAMHS Lead Nurse, and monthly line management supervision.
3.2 To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the nursing staff and Lambeth CAMHS.
3.3 To provide professional clinical and research supervision as well as managerial supervision to qualified nursing staff and students for all aspects of their work where appropriate.
3.4 To provide placements to student nurses as required and where appropriate.
3.5 To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision to staff and parents/carers within CAMHS network across a range of settings including primary care, social services, education, residential units and family homes.
1. Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development
4.1 To identify any aspects of the service which need to be improved and to advise service and professional managers on appropriate changes.
4.2 To assist in the short-listing and interviewing of multidisciplinary staff as required.
4.3 To participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the Trust and clinical governance committee and to act as clinical governance link worker as agreed.
4.4 To deputise for the Borough manager when required and to represent the team at borough and SLAM level when needed.
4.5 To undertake Serious Incident investigations as required by the Directorate.
1. Research and service evaluation
5.1 To contribute to the development of services for Lambeth CAMHS through initiating and undertaking service evaluation and audit.
5.2 To undertake computer-based literature reviews and carry out research relevant to the service in general and provide advice and supervision to other staff undertaking these.
5.3 To contribute to the development of outcome measurement and participate in the implementation of the use of same.
5.4 To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through service feedback, presentations and published articles.
5.5 To participate in agreed audit projects and to participate in service improvement based on the findings.
1. General
6.1 To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice with children and families, and of relevant legislation and policies.
6.2 To examine independently and critically all aspects of work to ensure they comply with recognised professional standards and Trust policies and procedures.
6.3 To maintain record keeping as required by professional codes of practice as well as Directorate policies and procedures.
6.4 To participate fully and implement standards devised from Trust's clinical and research governance activity.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024