Specialist Neuro-Developmental Nurse Practitioner - CAMHS

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; North East; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in North East England is seeking an experienced Nurse Non-Medical Prescriber to join their Community CAMHS team. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality care to children and young people with mental health issues such as ADHD and ASD. This Band 7 role offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment. Candidates should possess a relevant nursing qualification and experience in mental health services.

Benefits

Supportive induction

Professional development opportunities

Regular supervision

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health services, particularly with children and young people.
• Ability to develop treatment protocols and provide care for complex mental health issues.
• Strong teaching and consultation skills for multidisciplinary teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide prescribing and monitoring services for young patients with ADHD and other conditions.
• Lead nurse-led clinics in collaboration with medical staff.
• Maintain a caseload and provide ongoing assessments and treatments.

Skills

Qualified Non-Medical Prescriber

Knowledge of mental health conditions

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

NMP training

Job description

A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.


An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Nurse Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) to join our dynamic and forward-thinking Community CAMHS team.

We are seeking a skilled qualified NMP Nurse to work as part of aSpecialist Multi-Disciplinary Team, providing high-quality care tochildren and young people (CYP) with a range of mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental conditions(including ADHD and ASD).

This Band 7 post offers an opportunity to be part of ournurse-led prescribing model, contributing to the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred prescribing and medication management. The role will require the NMP to undertake prescribing and monitoring both SSRI's and medications for management of ADHD .

We Offer:
• Supportive induction and ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Regular supervision (clinical and managerial).
• Opportunities to contribute to and shape our innovative nurse-led models of care.
• A collaborative team environment.

Join us in making a real difference in the lives of children, young people, and families—by providing compassionate, skilled, and responsive care within a service that values innovation, integrity, and inclusion

To develop clear treatment protocols and pathways for the management of children and young people with complex and persistent mental health problems i.e. ADHD, ASD and other conditions in partnership with CAMHS colleagues.

To maintain key worker responsibility for a defined case load of children and young people with persistent and complex mental health difficulties.

To lead in conjunction with medical staff on the development of nurse led clinics around the prescribing and monitoring of medication.

To be responsible for medication dose adjustment within defined protocols and parameters with supervision from medical staff.

To record and monitor patients physical observations and to take bloods for basic monitoring purposes when required.

To participate in child protection conferences and care team meetings as appropriate.

To participate in supervision systems which currently operate within CAMHS.



We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

To contribute to the development of an effective, locality based mental health provision for children and young people with persistent and complex mental health problems including children with mild to moderate learning difficulties, in partnership with the CAMHS multi disciplinary teams.

To contribute to the development of nurse led clinics.

To increase the awareness of the needs of this client group through the sharing of clinical knowledge and expertise using a model of consultation /liaison/ teaching/ training for professionals.

To assess current services available for families within the North Tyneside
area, to identify any gaps in service provision and to help develop services to meet the needs of this client group.


This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025