# CAMHS Clinical Nurse ADHD Specialist

**Company**: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Lambeth
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £58,133 to £65,261 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a motivated CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist who is a Non-medical Prescriber to support the ADHD pathway in our community CAMHS service.

The successful candidate will be able to work independently and as part of a team, delivering specialist ADHD assessment, treatment, prescribing, and care coordination for children and young people within Lambeth CAMHS.

Key responsibilities include:

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

- Independent treatment initiation & review within your scope of practice

- Liaising with medical colleagues, partner agencies, and adult mental health professionals across a range of settings

- Completing risk assessments & care plans

- Contributing to completing ADHD assessments by providing expert input to diagnostic decisions

- Deputising for the ADHD Highly Specialist Nurse Prescriber

The post is based at William Geoffrey House, 35 Black Prince Road, Kennington and St John's Angell Town Primary School, 85 Overton Road, Brixton, SW9 7HH.

The salary for this post is £58,133 to £65,261 per annum, inclusive of HCAS.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Deliver specialist ADHD assessment, treatment, prescribing, and care coordination for children and young people within Lambeth CAMHS.

- Undertake comprehensive mental and physical health assessments, manage risk and safeguarding concerns, and develop personalised care plans.

- Provide evidence-based interventions and maintain high standards of clinical documentation and communication.

- Support nursing leadership across Lambeth CAMHS.

- Work with the Lead Nurse to uphold standards of care and deputise for the Highly Specialist ADHD Nurse Prescriber when required.

- Participate in clinical, prescribing, management, and professional supervision.

- Support the development of nursing staff, supervise student nurses, and provide training, consultation, and advice to staff and partner agencies.

- Contribute to service improvement, clinical governance, recruitment, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.

- Participate in service evaluation, audit, research, and the implementation of evidence-based practice.

**Person Specification:**

- First level nursing qualification (registration RMN or RSCN or HV) with related CAMHS experience and MSc level qualification or equivalent.

- Professional registration with a statutory body, e.g., the Nursing Midwifery Council.

- Ability to work as a Non-medical prescriber with appropriate NMC registration.

- Experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment with children and young people with mental health difficulties.

- Experience of managing complex and high-risk cases.

- Experience of working with children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.

- Experience of supervision of other staff and experience of clinical leadership.

- Knowledge of CAMHS research methodology.

- Evidence of continuing professional development.

- Knowledge of psychological assessment of behaviour and emotional disorders.

- Specialist knowledge of childhood disorders, including emotional and behavioural disorders.

- Practitioner level knowledge of at least one model of psychological therapy.

**Benefits:**

- Agenda for Change pay scheme

- Band 7 salary (£58,133 to £65,261 per annum)

- Permanent, full-time contract

## Skills

### Required
- ADHD assessment
- non-medical prescribing
- care coordination
- risk assessment
- care planning

### Nice to have
- additional therapeutic qualification
- experience working as an independent non-medical prescriber

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