ADHD Assistant Practitioner | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	26 September 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£27,485 - £30,162 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	26 October 2025
Location:	Preston, PR1 7RH
Company:	Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7510314/351-SPS1475-MF

Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the ADHD Team, based at Ellen House Preston.

The team sits within the CYPMH service and will involve:

• Working alongside Specialist Nurses, Non Medical Prescribers and Psychiatrists within the team.
• Contributing towards assessment, formulation and diagnosis of ADHD for children and young people under 18.
• Monitoring of physical health and post diagnosis support in line with safe prescribing of ADHD Medication.
• Contributing towards EHCP assessments, school liaison, school observations and meeting attendance.
• Wider involvement into the CYPMH MDT meetings.
• To work within a systemic and holistic framework undertaking needs led and evidence based assessments within the ADHD Nurse Led Service.
• To work with children, young people, parents, carers and schools in a variety of ways to help support management of child or young person’s diagnosis.
• Develop good working relationships with children/families/partner agencies/schools.
• Be aware of the needs of relatives and carers, giving them advice and support when necessary.
• To liaise with other professionals in order that the child and family/carers receive an integrated multi-agency approach.
• To participate in the monitoring, research and evaluation of the ADHD Nurse Led Service.
• To actively contribute to the implementation of the safeguarding agenda within the service, in partnership with the Lancashire Care Safeguarding Team.

For further information please contact Kirstie Luxton, CYPMH Team Leader (01772777344) or Martin Bennett, CYPMH Clinical Lead/ADHD Specialist Nurse (01772777344)

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.


This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025