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Highly Specialist Practitioner/Pathway Lead - ADHD
Band 8a
Main area: CAMHS
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: 9 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Flexible working
Job ref: 349-MCH-6862675
Site: Salford CAMHS
Town: Salford
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
Salford CAMHS is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced non-medical prescribing practitioner to take on the ADHD clinical leadership role in developing and delivering ADHD assessment and intervention pathways. The successful candidate will be a registered professional and have a proven ability to provide assessment of ADHD and intervention to young people and parents/carers with ADHD and mental health difficulties. They will have completed non-medical prescriber training.
They will be expected to deliver consultation and advice to the multi-disciplinary team as well as other professionals and agencies involved in the care plan.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the post:
* Lead on the development of the ADHD pathway and ADHD practitioners, working closely with the senior leadership team.
* Plan and undertake specialist CAMHS assessments which identify the needs of children and young people with ADHD and co-morbid ASD and their families.
* Carry out and monitor clinically effective treatment programmes and therapies, including the independent and supplementary prescribing of medications for ADHD as required with consent from young people and families.
* Practice in a manner that is clinically autonomous from assessment through to diagnosis and long-term management of children and young people with ADHD.
* Manage the ADHD waiting list for the service.
* Provide consultation and training to other members of staff.
* Hold a caseload to maintain registration and provide high-level assessment and intervention.
* Utilize research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
Working for our organisation
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce.
Person specification
* Registered/accredited with a professional body
* Recognised qualification in registered nursing, registered nurse in mental health/ registered nurse for sick children or equivalent experience
* Recognised qualification in independent and supplementary non-medical prescribing
* Experience of working as a specialist CAMHS practitioner or substantial equivalent experience
* Experience of independent and supplementary prescribing of ADHD medications
* Proven extensive experience of working effectively with young people with ADHD and other mental health difficulties
* Extensive experience of assessing and managing risk including safeguarding and risks relating to prescribing medication
* Experience of working autonomously as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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