Nurse Practitioner (Non Medical Prescriber)

Lancashire & South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

Lived experience welcomed

Wellbeing resources and support

Comprehensive wellbeing programme

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner (Non-Medical Prescriber) to join the West Lancashire CYPMH Team within Specialist Services. You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to children and young people with complex mental health needs, including ADHD and emotional distress, within a supportive MDT.

You will provide specialist assessments, therapeutic interventions, clinical leadership and prescribing support while helping shape

Qualifications

• First level nursing qualification (RMN or equivalent) mandatory.
• Independent & Supplementary Nurse Prescribing V300 required.
• Robust information technology skills to support clinical work.

Responsibilities

• Manage a specialist caseload of children and young people with complex mental health needs.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments, risk assessments and care planning.
• Deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions in line with NICE guidance.
• Act as an Independent Non-Medical Prescriber within CYP services.
• Provide leadership, consultation and clinical support to the wider team.
• Work collaboratively with families, schools, social care, GPs and partner agencies.
• Contribute to safeguarding, clinical governance, service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support ADHD pathways and integrated working across CYPMH and wider services.

Skills

Compassionate care

Clinical leadership

Independent prescribing

Education

First level nursing qualification

Nurse Prescribing V300

Information technology skills

Tools

IT skills

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Nurse Practitioner (Non-Medical Prescriber) to join our dedicated West Lancashire CYPMH Team within Specialist Services.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated mental health professional to play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to children and young people experiencing complex mental health difficulties, including ADHD and emotional distress.

Working within a supportive multi-disciplinary team, you will provide specialist assessments, therapeutic interventions, clinical leadership and independent prescribing support while helping shape and develop services for children, young people and families across West Lancashire.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a specialist caseload of children and young people with complex mental health needs
• Undertake comprehensive assessments, risk assessments and care planning
• Deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions in line with NICE guidance
• Act as an Independent Non-Medical Prescriber within CYP services
• Provide leadership, consultation and clinical support to the wider team
• Work collaboratively with families, schools, social care, GPs and partner agencies
• Contribute to safeguarding, clinical governance, service development and quality improvement initiatives
• Support ADHD pathways and integrated working across CYPMH and wider services

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people and want to be part of a compassionate and dynamic CYPMH/ADHD team, we would love to hear from you.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Benefits & Perks

• LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
• We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
• The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
• Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well.

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education

• First level nursing qualification, RMN or equivalent
• Independent & Supplementary Nurse Prescribing V300
• Information technology skills sufficient to the undertaking of the post

Knowledge

• Demonstrable knowledge and skills in evidence based needs led assessments, of highly complex and co-morbid presentations of children, young people, their families and carers
• Demonstrable knowledge and skills in evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to the needs of the client group
• Demonstrable ability to communicate to clients, their families and professionals sensitive and often difficult to receive information, using various methods including verbal, non- verbal, written and presentation skills

Experience

• Specialist working knowledge and experience of supporting and monitoring children and young people in CYP services including those diagnosed with ADHD
• Demonstrable knowledge/understanding and experience in assessment of young people with complex mental health and/or complex needs such as ADHD/ASD
• Evidence of an ability to effectively manage own workload and able to work autonomously

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.

UK Registration

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