Nurse Consultant - ADHD

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Involvement in research

Health and wellbeing support

Support from colleagues and leaders

Job summary

The Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Nurse Consultant for the ADHD service in Sheffield, leading the nursing team and non-medical prescribers while ensuring expert clinical care across ADHD pathways.

The role combines autonomous clinical practice with professional leadership, requires an independent Non‑Medical Prescriber, and an advanced practice MSc or equivalent, with scope to influence strategy and service development.

Qualifications

• Advanced practice MSc or equivalent portfolio completion.
• Clinical supervision training and experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders or ADHD.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership to the ADHD team, including setting, implementing and evaluating nursing practice standards
• Assess, diagnose and treat adults with ADHD, working autonomously and using complex reasoning to advise on treatment options and health promotion
• Provide direct patient care through appointments from diagnosis through to treatment
• Initiate, optimise and monitor ADHD medication in line with national guidelines, including interpreting blood and ECG results
• Supervise non-medical prescribers and other multidisciplinary team members delivering expert care
• Give expert clinical advice to medical and nursing staff on ADHD management and act as a resource for patients, families and partner agencies
• Make critical clinical judgements that inform decisions, recommendations and prescriptions
• Communicate highly sensitive and contentious information to patients and carers so they can make informed decisions
• Provide senior oversight of clinical quality, safety and risk management across ADHD pathways
• Lead development of initiatives, strategies and patient pathways in line with national drivers and local needs
• Build internal and external partnerships across agencies to shape service development, working with the clinical lead, operational manager and consultant
• Maintain clinical records in line with Trust policy and NMC standards

Skills

Clinical leadership

Autonomous practice

ADHD knowledge

Education

Advanced practice MSc

Job description

A Nurse Consultant post in the ADHD service at Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, covering adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The holder carries complex assessment, diagnosis, treatment and prescribing, including managing ADHD medication, and oversees clinical quality and risk across pathways. The role combines autonomous clinical practice with professional leadership of the nursing team and non-medical prescribers, and can span all clinical settings depending on expertise. Fit depends on an independent non-medical prescriber qualification and an advanced practice MSc or equivalent portfolio.

What the job involves

• Provide professional leadership to the ADHD team, including setting, implementing and evaluating nursing practice standards
• Assess, diagnose and treat adults with ADHD, working autonomously and using complex reasoning to advise on treatment options and health promotion
• Provide direct patient care through appointments from diagnosis through to treatment
• Initiate, optimise and monitor ADHD medication in line with national guidelines, including interpreting blood and ECG results
• Supervise non-medical prescribers and other multidisciplinary team members delivering expert care
• Give expert clinical advice to medical and nursing staff on ADHD management and act as a resource for patients, families and partner agencies
• Make critical clinical judgements that inform decisions, recommendations and prescriptions
• Communicate highly sensitive and contentious information to patients and carers so they can make informed decisions
• Provide senior oversight of clinical quality, safety and risk management across ADHD pathways
• Lead development of initiatives, strategies and patient pathways in line with national drivers and local needs
• Build internal and external partnerships across agencies to shape service development, working with the clinical lead, operational manager and consultant
• Maintain clinical records in line with Trust policy and NMC standards

What's required

Qualifications

• Advanced practice MSc or equivalent portfolio completion
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders or ADHD

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration as a registered nurse
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)

Experience

• Extensive post-registration experience in ADHD assessment and diagnosis
• Substantial clinical experience in the specialist area
• Experience of leading and managing staff in a healthcare environment
• Proven ability to work autonomously and take initiative at an advanced clinical level
• Experience of working in a fast-paced, target-driven environment

Skills & knowledge

• Leading complex ADHD assessments, including differential diagnosis and risk assessment
• Excellent communication and leadership, with the ability to mentor, motivate and influence staff
• Excellent report writing and presentation, delivered to expected timescales
• Explaining highly complex information to patients, relatives and carers with differing levels of understanding
• Awareness of relevant national and local healthcare developments relating to ADHD
• Advanced decision-making that keeps the patient or service user at the centre

Nice to have

• Postgraduate qualification in ADHD assessment
• Intervention training
• Experience leading or contributing to research, audit or service evaluation
• Experience developing ADHD protocols, prescribing pathways, titration processes or shared-care arrangements

What's offered

• Access to a range of training and education opportunities
• Opportunity to get involved in research
• Support for health and wellbeing
• Support in the role from colleagues and leaders