Clinical Nurse Specialist

The Adult ADHD service is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic full time Band 7 Clinical Specialist Nurse to work within our Adult ADHD service to plan and deliver nurse led Adult ADHD clinics and interventions to clients of the Adult ADHD Service within a multi-disciplinary and interagency framework. Responsibilities will also include prescribing and monitoring of medication for the management of ADHD under the guidance and supervision of medical staff. The role includes assessment for and diagnosis of ADHD in adults.

Support service development by responding to local needs and establish effective care pathways. Facilitate training for GP’s and other Primary Care staff and offer self as a resource to secondary services. You will be required to establish performance monitoring systems for reporting purposes and be accountable for own practice. The Adult ADHD service is a Trust-wide service which covers Liverpool, the Wirral, Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East localities. The core team is based at the Stein Centre, St Catherine’s Hospital, Birkenhead however, contractual base is negotiable. Clinics will mainly be delivered across Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East.

Main duties of the job:

• To autonomously operate nurse led clinics that will assess and appropriately treat patients, referring when necessary to other healthcare professionals or services.
• Routinely undertake independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing.
• To manage the healthcare of complex/vulnerable individuals within Adult ADHD Service.
• Screen patients who present for risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Overall responsibility for assessment planning, development, implementation and evaluation of individual programs of client care within Adult ADHD Service.
• Assist in developing assessment tools, training packs and pathways in accordance with NICE guidance.
• Comply with HSC 2000/026, Patient Group Directions and NMC Code of Conduct to undertake responsibility for prescribing locally agreed treatments with established protocols.
• Offer supervision/reflective practice within multi-disciplinary team.
• Set, monitor and evaluate standards of practice to ensure quality and effective governance.
• Utilise expertise in research based nursing practice, ability to use critical appraisal skills to expand and inform clinical practice and underpin concept for clinical governance and best practice.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities can be found in the documents to download section below. At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Person specification:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) Qualification
• Nurse Prescribing Qualification (or completed within 12 months of appointment)
• Evidence of ongoing training and development
• Post-graduate training in Mental Health
• Management certificate/qualification
• Knowledge and understanding of the framework in which NHS and Social Services operate
• Experience of clinical work within Mental Health
• Substantial experience at Band 6 or above
• Working on own initiative and as part of a team
• Some experience of working as a nurse prescriber
• Experience of clinical work within ADHD services (Child or Adult)

If you consider yourself to be Neurodivergent and require assistance to complete your application, please contact the Recruitment Team.