Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
Are you an experienced clinician who is interested in the opportunity to join our existing specialist Adult ADHD service? We have two vacancies in the team: 1 x FIXED TERM 12 MONTHS full time maternity cover and 1 x part time substantive opportunity.
There's something quite unique and special about working with people with ADHD. It is rewarding, challenging and fun, and you will have the opportunity to work with our advanced clinical practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, non-medical prescriber, OT, and social worker colleagues to develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of ADHD.
This role is to work within the Norfolk and Waveney Adult ADHD Team. We are a diagnostic and treatment service for adult patients with or without an existing ADHD diagnosis. We would welcome practitioners from varying backgrounds, including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, General and Children's nursing, Social Workers, and Occupational Therapists.
Main duties of the job
We are a specialist service for adults aged 18 plus, offering diagnosis following specialised assessment, and providing interventions in line with NICE guidelines, specifically medication titration and review. We work to a shared-care guideline with our GP’s. Since we opened, the Adult ADHD Service in Norfolk and Waveney has met with huge demand, and this is an exciting time to join an established team.
We are looking for practitioners who can work both independently and as part of a team; who are forward thinking, innovative and highly motivated and keen to work with our client group. We value the contribution of others and recognise the benefit of a variety of clinical experience.
An ability to undertake medicines management and the writing of comprehensive diagnostic reports and letters to patients and GP's is essential to this role.
If you are confident in delivering high quality services that are timely and effective, are able to use professional autonomy to thrive and grow in the role alongside your colleagues, work in an evidence-based manner, and place our service users, and their families at the heart of everything you do then we would like to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
We work collaboratively and in a supportive manner with increased use of virtual mediums to conduct patient care, and therefore this will provide opportunity to discuss flexible ways of working.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an energetic, friendly and progressive service.
Benefits included with this role are:
* NHS pension
* a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* staff physio service
* NHS discounts and many more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification for more details on responsibilities. If you feel you have the skills needed then click APPLY!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Nursing degree or equivalent
* Higher degree or post-graduate certificate in areas of clinical/therapeutic practice
Experience
Essential criteria
* Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
* Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
Desirable criteria
* Experience in delivering group-based interventions
Skills
Essential criteria
* Effective analytical and decision-making skills
* Able to effectively prioritise own workload
Desirable criteria
* Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
* Medicines management experience
Other
Essential criteria
* Ability to travel independently
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
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Applicant requirements
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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