ADHD Specialist Nurse – Flexible Mental Health Care

Pennine Care NHS FT

Dukinfield

On-site

GBP 32,000 - 42,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Continued Professional Development

Staff wellbeing service

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Tameside seeks a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join the Adult ADHD team. The post holder will conduct ADHD assessments and deliver psychotherapeutic interventions for adolescents, adults and families with neurodevelopmental and other mental health needs.

The role encompasses caseload management, group work with adults and carers, and liaison with a wide range of agencies, with emphasis on evidence-based practice and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

To ensure high quality assessment of adults referred to the service.
To signpost adults to a range of psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with individual assessed need.
To deliver group work with adults and their carers.
To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake case management responsibilities within the caseload.
To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies
To undertake liaison and joint work with other professionals outside of the MDT
To provide consultation and training on a wide range of adult’s emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GP’s, Primacy Care Services, Adult Mental Health Services and Probation Services

Responsibilities

To attend team, clinical, business and other meetings as required.
To manage own workload and time effectively.
To undertake accurate record keeping.
To provide and enter data for local information management systems.
To contribute to peer supervision within the ADHD Team.
To be responsible for the supervision of other staff as appropriate including junior staff and students.
To give and receive regular clinical and management supervision and to participate in appraisal.
To participate in the development of education and training programmes.
To maintain own education and awareness of current developments within the field of ADHD.

Job description

The role encompasses caseload management, group work with adults and carers, and liaison with a wide range of agencies, with emphasis on evidence-based practice and multidisciplinary collaboration.

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