CAMHS Clinical Nurse ADHD Specialist

• A motivated CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist who is a Non medical Prescriber to support the ADHD pathway in our community CAMHS service.
• Independent and team working in both a clinical role.
• Confident in your delivery of ADHD care including ADHD assessment, medication management and physical health assessments.
• Excellent skills in organisation and forward thinking, show initiative, be adaptable and able to follow direction, and be a good team player with excellent communication skills.
• Contribute clinically to all aspects of the ADHD pathway including screening, assessment, psychoeducation, medication management, behavioural management, care planning, risk assessment and risk management, and transition to adult services.
• Contribute to further ADHD pathway development.

The main team base is located at William Geoffrey house, 35 Black Prince Road, Kennington and St Johns Angell Town Primary school, 85 Overton Road Brixton SW9 7HH

• Managing your own caseload of C&YP with ADHD, including more complex cases involving comorbid mental health and neuropsychiatric difficulties
• Independent treatment initiation & review within your scope of practice. This involves assessing, planning, implementing & evaluating intervention(s) for young people in your care, including independent non-medical prescribing.
• Liaising with medical colleagues, partner agencies (school; social care) and adult mental health professionals across a range of settings
• Completing risk assessments & care plans
• Contribute to completing ADHD assessments by providing expert input to diagnostic decisions (‘ADHD diagnostic consultations’)
• To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines & Trust guidelines
• Deputising for the ADHD Highly Specialist Nurse Prescriber

The London Borough of Lambeth has a population of 317,800 (GLA 2020). Lambeth’s population is highly diverse, a characteristic visible in the breadth of ethnic and cultural traditions seen throughout the borough. It is estimated that 63% of the population describe their ethnicity as other than White British; 23% describe

their ethnicity as Black (11% Black African, 7% Black Caribbean and 5% Other Black), 22% White Other and 6% as Asian.

The Annual population survey, estimates that a third of Lambeth’s residents are non-UK born. Of these non-UK born, 40% are of wider European origin, 20% are of African origin; and 20% of Central or South American origin. Nearly 150 languages are spoken as the first language in the homes of Lambeth school children. Portuguese, Spanish and Somali, are the most commonly spoken other languages in Lambeth.

Lambeth has a child and youth population aged 0-20 of almost 70,000. Over 50% of this number are 0 to 9 years old

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ellie Barnfather Job title: Lambeth CAMHS Lead Nurse Email address: ellie.barnfather@slam.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07720032306