This is an exciting opportunity to join an ADHD nursing team in Nottingham, to support children with ADHD and any co-morbidities they have .
Many of our services are commissioned by the NHS and the integrated care board, to support each child with reaching there full potential in education while offering advice around managing coping mechanisms to support behaviour management and educate parents and patients about ADHD.
You will work closely with the community paediatricians to support medication management treatment plans for the patients and supporting workshops for parents and patients.
You will lead on nurse led clinics and see patients at regular intervals to provide comprehensive health checks.
You will provide accurate and timely dictations of your clinic reports and support telephone queries from both parents and additional colleagues in the multidisciplinary team.
• To assess children and young people for ADHD and as part of this assessment to ascertain if there are other co-morbidities.
• Assessment will also include consideration of impact, differential or co-occurring conditions and a risk assessment.
• Post-diagnostic advice, psychoeducation and support
• To offer regular medication reviews to children and young people prescribed medication for ADHD, with monitoring of treatment response.
• To complete physical observations of children and young people as part of their medication review (height, weight, blood pressure and pulse)
• To care coordinate assigned cases and will manage these cases within a supportive MDT environment.
• To develop relationships with child, young person and their families (where appropriate) within a designated child, young person and their family's group to establish an effective therapeutic relationship that enables the communication and sharing of complex and sensitive information.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
We would ideally like an ADHD Nurse prescriber/ None medical prescriber that has extensive knowledge and skills regarding children with ADHD.
You will be prescribing controlled medications appropriately in guidance with national guidelines and ensuring treatment plans are supported to each individual child's needs.
You will run your own Nurse led clinics conducting initial assessments to review mental health, social and economical circumstances alongside the physical health of the patients to our service.
Manage and coordinate medication management and be able to provide comprehensive health checks.
Manage shared care agreements and be able to contribute to governance and audit process.
Ensure compliance with local policies and yellow card reporting, monitoring MHRA drug safety updates. Be supportive in medication changes that need to be formulated to support medication shortages nationally.
You will support with workshops and facilitate discussions with patients and families around ADHD treatment options.
Take part in peer review sessions alongside named consultants of patients and support teenage transition clinics.
You will have a sound knowledge of safeguarding and be able to support in case reviews.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Mar 2025