Non-Medical Prescriber

NHS; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000

Job description

To perform comprehensive assessments of and develop treatment plans for adults with diagnosed or suspected ADHD under clinical supervision of a consultant psychiatrist and/or associate specialist.

To initiate and monitor the pharmacological treatment with ADHD medication (as non-medical independent prescriber).

To provide information, education and support for service users and their carers re coping with diagnosis and treatments.

To provide clinical leadership to the Adult ADHD team in the care, treatment, and therapy of the client group, with a clear focus on clinical risk and its management.

To perform regular caseload and waiting list reviews on RiO and provide operational management for the admin team.

To interpret national guidelines and relevant research to inform local practice and procedures to achieve best practice. To maintain own expert status by developing training and improvement projects underpinned by research and legislation. To take part in and facilitate audits relevant to patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Triaging of referrals
• Perform comprehensive assessments of adults with previously diagnosed and suspected ADHD
• Identify and manage risk, comorbid conditions and to signpost appropriately
• Initiate titrate and monitor effects of ADHD medication including physical effects.
• Provide psycho-education about ADHD in adults and co-morbid conditions
• Liaise with GPs, NHS and non-NHS services.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington.

Job responsibilities

To undertake comprehensive new assessments of adults with suspected ADHD or review of adults with previously diagnosed ADHD.

To initiate and monitor the pharmacological treatment with ADHD medication (as non-medical independent prescriber).

To provide Clinical leadership to the Adult ADHD team in the care, treatment and therapy of the client group, with a clear focus on clinical risk and its management.

To provide information, education and support for service users and their carers re coping with diagnosis and treatments.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Registrations

• NMC registration, Registration with a Professional Body
• Qualification in Non-Medical Independent Prescriber
• Qualification as Nurse or Mental Health Nurse, Pharmacists, Allied Health Profession
• Degree in biomedical research

Skills/ Abilities

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• Ability to work within multidisciplinary team autonomously
• High quality record keeping

Experience/ Knowledge

• Experience as non-medical prescriber (General Adult, substance use, CAMH)
• Experience as mental health nurse (General Adult, Substance use, CAMH, LD, Forensic)
• Experience and knowledge about ADHD in adults
• Supervision and appraisal of nurses and students
• Experience in biomedical research
• Experience of working in an adult ADHD service
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision

Personal Qualities

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to self-manage time and meet agreed deadlines.

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel to all Trust locations if required.
• Commitment to equal opportunities
• Commitment to service user and carer involvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.