Job summary
- Main area
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-CAMHS-7261600-FZ
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Woodroffe Housel & Livingston House
- Town
- Teddington & Tolworth
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
ADHD Specialist Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
ADHD Specialist Nurse - Kingston and Richmond CYP ADHD Clinic
Band 6/7 Development / Permanent / 37.5 hours per week
Kingston and Richmond CAMHS are multidisciplinary teams specialising in the provision of high-quality assessments and evidence-based treatments for children, young people and their families presenting to the service with moderate to severe mental health problems and/or Neuropsychiatric difficulties.
We are looking for a committed Nurse who is passionate about working with children and young people with ADHD, who is interested in wider service development initiatives and eligible to undertake the Nurse prescriber training.
The role will be to provide a flexible, timely response to young people and their families who are accessing services for ADHD medication titration, GP Shared Care routine medication reviews, and psycho-social support for YP with ADHD and their families.
The role facilitates joint working with team consultants, non-medical prescribers and therapists within the teams, local GP’s, and partnership agencies. While working alongside the team medics and NMPs the post holder will undertake Nurse prescriber training.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be appointed to a band 6 development role and will be supported through a preceptorship model that includes a professional and clinical development plan for continuing professional development training. A Preceptorship NMP will be supported to acquire the knowledge, skills and experience that meet the person specifications for the post at band 7, after successfully completing the Non-Medical prescribing qualification.
This role is open to qualified Nurses with the following:
- Qualification as Registered Nurse with the NMC.
- Have a minimum of a first level degree.
- Minimum experience of 2 years working at a B5/6 level
- Eligible to undertake the NMP course (be a registered level 1 nurse (RN) or midwife with the NMC, have a minimum of 12 months registration as a registered level 1 nurse (RN) or midwife with the NMC, have practiced as a registered level 1 nurse (RN) or midwife full-time (or the equivalent part-time) for a year immediately preceding application to the module in the clinical field in which the applicant intends to prescribe)
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of work within a multi-disciplinary team
- The ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community.
- Knowledge and skills in risk management and safeguarding.
Working for our organisation
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
Locations
Kingston CAMHS is based in:
· Woodroffe House, Tolworth Hospital
To create the very best environment to care for our patients, this site’s layout will be transformed in 2026 to add a number of wards to the existing three. Tolworth has a canteen and is near shops, the A3, Tolworth station, and is a bus ride from Surbiton station, with fast connections to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo.
Richmond CAMHS is based in:
· Livingston House, Teddington
Our community hub is near shops, restaurants and stations in Teddington with trains to Richmond, Kingston, Clapham Junction, or Waterloo. This service will permanently re-locate to a new bespoke CAMHS building at Richmond Royal Hospital Spring/Summer 2025. Richmond Royal Hospital is in Richmond Town Centre. It is a 5-minute walk from Overground and South West Train routes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical/Professional
- To work as an integral member of the CAMHS Community Team/ADHD clinic supporting the psychiatrists and non-medical prescribers to support young people who are prescribed medication for ADHD.
- To function as care coordinator to caseload of young people with a diagnosis of ADHD and other co-occurring conditions assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating their care needs.
- To develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with young people and their families/carers.
- To be the first port of call for children with a diagnosis of moderate to severe ADHD, who have responded positively to medication and are attending routine annual monitoring appointments.
- To provide routine ADHD medication reviews in clinic under the supervision of the ADHD prescribers
- To provide physical health checks including height, weight, blood pressure and pulse for children taking medication for ADHD.
- To consult with the young person’s professional network, keeping them informed of developments and promoting multi agency collaboration. Liaison with Children’s Specialist Services, Educational services, independent sector mental health providers, counsellors and any other professional related to the childcare.
- To involve the young person, and where appropriate, their families/carers in delivering programmes of care.
- To play an active role in promoting mental health and well-being in young people and their families/carers.
- To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and adolescents seen for ADHD medication reviews and refer or signpost to appropriate services.
- Offer psychoeducation about ADHD, diet, sleep hygiene and resources in the community during ADHD reviews and refer to other services as appropriate.
- To attend and actively participate in clinical meetings as part of the multidisciplinary team such as referrals meetings, case conferences, care reviews, network meetings.
- To receive supervision of clinical work individually with a named supervisor.
- To maintain clinical records in accordance with the NMC standards for record keeping and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
- To be aware of the statutory requirements of both the Children Act and Mental Health Act and use these to inform good nursing practice.
- To undertake routine outcome measures to monitor the quality of care provided, in keeping with the national CYPIAPT framework.
- To record information on IAPTUS, ensuring effective documentation of patient care is consistent with Trust standards.
- To implement and contribute to policy and service development as appropriate.
- To ensure that work is in keeping with both the Service and Trust policies and protocols.
- To collect and process relevant statistical data as required by the service.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- A minimum of 2 years working at a Band 5/6 level in a child and young people setting.
- Currently working as a Band 5 or 6 Nurse
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising other staff
- Experience of working with children and young people in a community setting
- Experience of working with children and young people with ADHD
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN (current NMC registration)/ or Paediatric nursing
- ENB 998 or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Eligible to undertake the NMP course (be a registered level 1 nurse (RN) or midwife with the NMC, have a minimum of 12 months registration as a registered level 1 nurse (RN) or midwife with the NMC, have practiced as a registered level 1 nurse (RN) or midwife full-time (or the equivalent part-time) for a year immediately preceding application to the module in the clinical field in which the applicant intends to prescribe, have a minimum of a first level degree)
Desirable criteria
- Additional specialist training specific to adolescent mental health
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Siobhan Gleeson
- Job title
- Richmond CAMHS Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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