Highly Specialist CAMHS Practitioner (ADHD Lead and NMP)

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a highly specialist practitioner for CAMHS in London. The role involves clinical leadership in ADHD assessment and treatment, providing comprehensive care to children and young people. Candidates must have a professional NMC registration and relevant clinical experience. This permanent position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Professional registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) RMN.
• Experience in ADHD assessment and treatment.
• Completion of non-medical prescribing qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise and leadership in the ADHD assessment and treatment pathway.
• Undertake risk assessment and management for children and young people.
• Manage a delegated caseload of service users.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Diagnosis and Assessment

Communication Skills

Risk Assessment

Education

MSc in relevant field

V300 Non-medical prescribing qualification

Job description

Job summary

This post holder will provide a highly specialist service within CAMHS to young people and their families. This is a community-based post, located within the Westminster CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team, offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessment and treatment. The role will involve clinical leadership, particularly of the ADHD assessment and treatment pathway and will include clinical delivery on an expert level.

They will provide clinical expertise in the field of Neurodiversity and be experienced in assessment, differential and comorbid diagnosis including experience in the administration of relevant standardised ADHD assessment.

The post holder will support the team by managing a delegated caseload of service users that have an established diagnosis and treatment plan for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD).

The post holder will provide review appointments, prescribe medication as necessary and undertake all associated physical and mental health monitoring.

The post holder will have completed a recognised qualification in non-medical prescribing. The post holder will work with the Clinical Team Lead to ensure operational services are effective and will provide frontline leadership to the staff within the ADHD service.

This will include professional and practice development and ensuring high quality client-centred care is delivered.

Main duties of the job

o To provide a highly specialised practitioner and non-medical prescribing service within CAMHS to children, young people with ADHD and leadership of the ADHD team.

o Provide comprehensive specialist CAMHS neurodevelopmental assessments of children and young people with suspected ADHD.

o To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

o Provide specialist advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to children and young people' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

o To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management.

o As a non-medical nurse prescriber, you will be qualified and have the experience of prescribing a range of medication that is appropriate for the designated patient group including ADHD stimulant, non stimulants as well as sleep aids.

o Provide clinical, management, and performance management through appraisals and supervision, including monitoring and supporting the nursing team with re-validation.

o To take part in the Trust Senior Nurse On call rota providing expert advice and support to the Trust as part of a rotational basis.

o Develop the skills in ADHD team through teaching, training and to provide supervision.

About us

We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care in a community setting or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our young persons, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

To find out more about working in CAMHS pleaseCLICK HEREfor one of our CAMHS video.

With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, emotional disorder, neurodevelopmental disorders, enhancement treatment and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Details Date posted

30 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,927 to £68,676 a year Per annum incl. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

333-G-CA-1543-A

Job locations

7a Woodfield Road

London

W9 2NW

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached candidate information pack for full details about the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached candidate information pack for full details about the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification Education/ Qualifications Essential

• Professional registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) RMN
• MSc or appropriate level of experience
• V300 Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Recent Safeguarding children training

Desirable

• Research training
• Relevant management training/ qualification
• Post registration training in a treatment modality to diploma/degree standard as a minimum such as CBT

Experience Essential

• Significant experience of working within a CAMHS team
• Experience of ADHD assessments
• Experience of running ADHD clinics
• Experience of prescribing and monitoring of medication.
• Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context including appraisals
• Experience of developing operational protocols and managing duty cover systems
• Experience of leading and developing multi-partnership collaboration arrangements at a senior level

Desirable

• Experience of developing bespoke training packages for non CAMHS professionals

Attitude, Aptitude, and Personal Characteristics Essential

• Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
• Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
• Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working.
• Able to prioritise own workload
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change.
• Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often emotionally challenging environment

Core competencies Essential

• Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and urgent CAMHS assessments
• Understands developmental issues for children and able to assess and adapt interventions accordingly
• Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk.
• Understands individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure
• Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of CYP IAT
• Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support.

Person Specification Education/ Qualifications Essential

• Professional registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) RMN
• MSc or appropriate level of experience
• V300 Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Recent Safeguarding children training

Desirable

• Research training
• Relevant management training/ qualification
• Post registration training in a treatment modality to diploma/degree standard as a minimum such as CBT

Experience Essential

• Significant experience of working within a CAMHS team
• Experience of ADHD assessments
• Experience of running ADHD clinics
• Experience of prescribing and monitoring of medication.
• Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context including appraisals
• Experience of developing operational protocols and managing duty cover systems
• Experience of leading and developing multi-partnership collaboration arrangements at a senior level

Desirable

• Experience of developing bespoke training packages for non CAMHS professionals

Attitude, Aptitude, and Personal Characteristics Essential

• Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
• Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
• Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working.
• Able to prioritise own workload
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change.
• Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often emotionally challenging environment

Core competencies Essential

• Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and urgent CAMHS assessments
• Understands developmental issues for children and able to assess and adapt interventions accordingly
• Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk.
• Understands individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure
• Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of CYP IAT
• Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

7a Woodfield Road

London

W9 2NW

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

7a Woodfield Road

London

W9 2NW

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)