ADHD Nurse

NHS North East London; Broadstairs; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Broadstairs is seeking an experienced nurse for the ADHD team in children's mental health services. This role involves measuring clinical outcomes, conducting assessments, and delivering evidence-based interventions to support the emotional wellbeing of children and young people. The successful candidate will need a registered nurse qualification and significant experience in mental health, particularly working with children. A comprehensive induction and supportive work environment is provided.

Qualifications

• Experience working in mental health, particularly with children and young people.
• Ability to conduct assessments and create care plans.
• Knowledge of clinical outcome measurement.

Responsibilities

• Measure clinical outcomes and deliver interventions for emotional health.
• Conduct assessments for early interventions in schools and communities.
• Develop care plans to meet patient needs.

Skills

Clinical experience with children and young people

Ability to deliver evidence-based interventions

Strong communication skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join our ADHD team in the Canterbury Children and Young People's Mental Health Service.

Driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to Psychological Therapies), the service provides the latest evidence based NICE compliant psychological interventions to children, young people and their families experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. You will be a highly motivated and innovative individual with clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

You Will:

• Routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence‑based clinical interventions in line with the promotion of the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through clinical interventions in the care pathway.
• Undertake initial school based and community based assessments and deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and psychological difficulties where appropriate.
• Assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions.

About NELFTs Children & Young Peoples Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)

NELFTs CYPMHS is for anybody aged between 0‑18, living in Kent and is free at the point of entry. The service is also for young people with special educational needs (SEN) up to the age of 25. The CAMHS Tier II and Tier III services no longer exist, replaced with an integrated CYPMHS.

Structure of Children & Young Peoples Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)

There is one Children’s Single Point of Access (SPA), a Neurodevelopmental & Learning Disabilities Service, six Locality Teams and a Crisis Team. These are located across North Kent (Dartford), West Kent (Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells), South Kent (Folkestone & Dover), East Kent (Thanet), Swale, Ashford and Canterbury and Coastal.

Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co‑produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Induction

NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop‑in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post is subject to a probationary period.

Purpose of CYPMHS

The aim of CYPMHS is to respond earlier to children and young peoples’ needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young peoples mental health services has a clinical focus, integrated with local authorities to deliver a long term collaborative approach to planning and delivering services.

Care Pathways

CYPMHS focuses on emotional wellbeing as well as mental health and includes access to self‑help tools and services based in schools and the community. Each locality team has care pathways. Each care pathway is clinically led, with care pathway leads operationally managing all CYPMHS practitioners working in that care pathway. With the support of the team manager, care pathway leads are responsible for assessment, treatment and systematic outcome measurement in that care pathway. CYPMHS multi‑disciplinary pathway workers and mental health workers may work across more than one care pathway in a locality team.

• Mood and anxiety
• Early help
• Complex behaviour and conduct
• Neurodevelopmental & Learning Disability

Difficulties Referred to the Service

• Mood and anxiety disorders
• Behavioural and conduct disorders
• Emerging personality and attachment disorders
• Psychotic disorders
• Deliberate self‑harm and suicidal ideation
• Substance misuse with co‑existing mental health needs (dual diagnosis)
• Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) with co‑occurring mental health needs
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with co‑occurring mental health needs
• Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Prolonged bereavement problems

All referrals to the service are assessed using a care pathways approach, developed in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance criteria (NICE) and based on a best practice model of treatment.