This is an exciting opportunity to join the Integrated Community Paediatric Services (ICPS) in the East of the county.
To contribute to a comprehensive, co-ordinated, high quality multidisciplinary team for children in Suffolk with neurodevelopmental disorders with a particular focus on school age children.
The post holder will contribute to service development and be involved in the assessment and diagnostic processes, including monitoring and if qualified to prescribe medications.
The focus will be to provide specialist nursing expertise alongside the Community paediatricians, supporting children through the NDD pathway and running nurse led clinics, providing high quality evidence-based practice to children and their families.
Key Tasks
The post holder will:
1. Provide advice and support and manage a caseload of children with neurodiversity, developmental delay and specific syndromes.
2. Actively contribute to service development for ASD and pathway reviews.
3. Steer the pathway strategically and work with the ADHD service.
4. Support in planning assessments for referrals into ICPS.
5. Carry out joint diagnostic assessments with the MDT for ASD, and feedback to families.
6. Monitor and if qualified, prescribe ADHD and sleep medications.
7. Liaise with other relevant services including GP’s, the ADHD service, Health Visitors, School Nurses, Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychology, Health, Education and Social Care.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jane Betteridge Job title: Paediatric Nursing Lead Email address: Jane.Betteridge@wsh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07908853512
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