Non-Medical Prescriber
Job Description
Job summary
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
- Formulate treatment plans.
- 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 fall 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.
See attached Job Description
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- oNMC registration, Registration with a Professional Body
- oQualification in Non-Medical Independent Prescriber
- oQualification as Nurse or Mental Health Nurse, Pharmacists, Allied Health Profession
Desirable
- oDegree in biomedical research
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- oWell-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
- oAbility to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
- oAbility to work within multidisciplinary team autonomously
- oRisk assessment and risk management skills
- oHigh quality record keeping
- oIT skills (Microsoft Office, RiO, HR software etc.)
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- oExperience as non-medical prescriber (General Adult, substance use, CAMH)
- oExperience as mental health nurse (General Adult, Substance use, CAMH, LD, Forensic)
- oExperience and knowledge about ADHD in adults
- oSupervision and appraisal of nurses and students
Desirable
- oExperience in biomedical research
- oExperience of working in an adult ADHD service
- oExperience of teaching, training and/or supervision
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- oAbility 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.
- oAbility to self-manage time and meet agreed deadlines.
Other Requirements
Essential
- 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
306 North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Barnet Hospital , Springwell Centre
Wellhouse Lane
Barnet, London
EN5 3DJ
Employer's website
https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
