Job Description

Southwark CAMHS are looking to recruit to our community CAMHS service:



An experienced and motivated highly specialist ADHD Nurse Prescriber to lead on the ADHD pathway in our community



Independent and team working in both a clinical and managerial role.



Confident in your delivery of ADHD care including ADHD medication management and physical health assessments.



Excellent skills in organisation and forward thinking, show initiative, be adaptable and able to follow direction, and be a good team player with excellent communication skills.



Provide leadership on and contribute clinically to all aspects of the ADHD pathway including screening, assessment, psycho-education, medication management, behavioural management, care planning, risk assessment and management, and transition to adult services



Managing your own caseload of C&YP with ADHD, including more complex cases involving comorbid mental health and neuropsychiatric difficulties



Independent treatment initiation and review within your scope of practice. This involves assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating intervention(s) for young people in your care, including independent non-medical prescribing.



Liaising with medical colleagues, partner agencies (school; social care) and adult mental health professionals across a range of settings



Completing risk assessments and care plans



To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines and Trust guidelines



Managerial and leadership responsibilities



South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training. SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more



than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.



We have the most comprehensive range of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in the United Kingdom with a budget of approximately 47 million. Our services are renowned nationally and internationally, with clinical practice that thrives on our close links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London and the Medical Research Council Child Psychiatry Unit.

Job Purpose:

Clinically, the post holder will lead a highly specialist service for children and young people with ADHD and co-morbid mental health difficulties, contributing to specialist assessment & management and leading on co- ordinating the Nurse-led medication review clinics within the service, including independent non-medical prescribing. To manage a caseload, providing the analysis of complex information to determine the planning and management of assessment and treatment to C&YP with ADHD and comorbid mental health and neuropsychiatric difficulties. To provide expertise in this highly specialist clinical area and to offer advice and consultation on clients care to other members of the team, in relation to the area of expertise. To offer training in assessment and interventions for CYP with ADHD to CAMHS and other professional networks. To liaise with medical colleague, partner agencies and adult mental health professionals across a range of settings. To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines and Trust guidelines. -To contribute to policy and service development, undertake research, service evaluation and audit for own team/service and to contribute to the training of the clinical team and others. To work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. Communications and Working Relationships:

Team manager, Consultant staff, Team members administrators, professionals and other agencies working with children and their families in health, education, social services and the voluntary sector, members of relevant profession networks;



Medical staff at CUH IoP team Borough manager Other SLaM Staff and professionals working with the child including the GP Trust named nurse for Safeguarding Researchers/



Educators, Trainers



As necessary Lead Clinician and Head of Nursing