ADHD Nurse Specialist

Overview

To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service. Our values are Include, Respect and Improve. Include means valuing the diversity and experience of our community, creating opportunities to share, collaborate, and grow. Respect means fostering a safe environment, listening to the lived experiences of others, and being open to new ideas. Improve means delivering excellent services and continuously improving through a creative workforce empowered to act in our shared purpose.

We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist for ADHD who shares our vision to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We have acute, community and continuing care services within one Trust, benefiting our Children and Young People (CYP) by understanding and integrating services across the care spectrum. We are expanding our ADHD service and you will join an established and experienced team.

We welcome someone who shares our passion and vision to support CYP with ADHD and their families and carers. This role will advocate for CYP, share knowledge, and contribute to a sustainable approach to benefit all CYP accessing services across East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust. The role may include weekend clinics and a weekend working pattern. At the heart of our work are the core values:
Include, Respect, and Improve.

The ADHD Nurse Specialist will work with the Childrens Community team, providing a specialist service for Children and Young People (CYP) within the ADHD pathway. This includes assessing, planning and implementing care and treatment programs for CYP with ADHD, based on specialist knowledge, training and experience. The role includes working as a non-medical prescriber, engaging CYP, families and carers in non-pharmacological management and medical treatment of ADHD, and offering medical and non-medical interventions for related conditions.

The post requires autonomous practice with highly developed skills in child and family centred care, collaborating with medical, educational, voluntary and other healthcare services. The post may involve clinic, educational or other settings or home visits. A key aspect is leading the continuing development of the ADHD service based on specialist knowledge, research and evidence-based best practice.

Where a vacancy is advertised as temporary, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent, the successful applicant may be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate. Internal applicants should refer to attached notes on secondments.

• Assess, plan and implement programs of care and treatment for Children and Young People (CYP) with ADHD in the community setting.
• Work as a non-medical prescriber, delivering non-pharmacological management and medical treatment options for ADHD and related conditions.
• Provide autonomous, child- and family-centred care in collaboration with medical, educational and voluntary sectors.
• Lead the ongoing development of the ADHD service using evidence-based practice and research.
• Delivery of care in clinics, educational settings or patients’ homes as required.

• Autonomous practitioner with specialist knowledge in ADHD and CYP care.
• Non-medical prescribing status (or eligible to obtain).
• Experience working in a community or paediatric setting with children and families.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment and collaborate with partners across health, education and voluntary sectors.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We strive to create a workforce that represents the communities we serve and encourage applications from everyone regardless of background. We particularly encourage applicants with disabilities and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are underrepresented in parts of our workforce.

We support flexible working where possible and welcome discussions to balance work and home life. We are a Disability…