CAMHS Neuro ADHD Nurse Prescriber

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CAMHS Neuro ADHD Nurse Prescriber

The closing date is 27 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse Prescriber to work within the Cambridge CAMHS Neurodevelopmental team. We would consider offering this as a Band 6 moving to Band 7 on successful completion of non-medical prescriber training which the Trust will support.

We work with children and young people with moderate to severe mental health disorders with comorbid ASD, LD and ADHD, providing comprehensive assessment and intervention. This role would mainly work within the ADHD pathway, however there will also be opportunities for development in other pathways. We are looking for an individual who is interested and passionate about working with young people in a CAMHS setting. We provide neurodevelopmental assessments and post-diagnostic support to young people and their families, including ADHD medication prescribing and monitoring, and psychoeducation. You will receive clinical supervision relevant to your role. We have a monthly CPD programme and regular MDT reflective meetings. You will join a supportive team who are passionate about making a difference to young people and their families.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a multidisciplinary team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting young people and their families, then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To provide an evidence-based therapy service to children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism, ADHD and Learning Disabilities in the Neurodevelopmental Service CAMHS which is part of the Children, Young People and Families Directorate in CPFT.

Patients will be managed on a community basis; providing assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders and/or comorbid mental health disorder and evidence-based therapy.

At the same time as offering advice and consultation on patient's mental health care to colleagues and partner agencies and to other non-professional carers.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's and Trust's policies and procedures.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

- To work as an integral member of the CAMHS Neurodevelopment Community Team, providing comprehensive mental health and diagnostic assessments of ADHD and other specialist assessments (if applicable such as Qb, SALT, OT, Cognitive), demonstrating the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.

- To be part of the mdt ADHD formulation meetings and have the ability to utilise specialist knowledge to make decisions about a child or young persons mental health and neurodevelopmental needs.

- To provide physical health checks including height, weight and blood pressure for children taking medication for ADHD.

- To provide ADHD medication reviews in clinic under the supervision of the ADHD doctors.

- To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and adolescents referred to the service.

- To participate in the planning and delivery of evidence-based therapeutic programmes e.g. Positive Behaviour Support, CBT and Parenting programmes on both an individual and group basis to children and young people and their families.

- To develop formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon mental health theory and evidence which incorporates developmental, interpersonal, societal, cultural and biological factors.

- To evaluate and make treatment decisions in collaboration with the Multidisciplinary Team.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

- A recorded/UK registered qualification with NMC such as Learning Disability Nurse, Children's Nurse, Adult Nurse or RMN

- Non-medical prescriber training

- Training in Child Protection

- Training in an evidence-based therapeutic intervention recommended by NICE Guidelines relevant to CAMHS, i.e. CBT, IPT, Systemic Therapy

- Additional training in managing challenging behaviour

- Training in ADHD diagnostics such as Qb (computerised) assessment or willingness to undertake training

Experience

- Experience of working with children, young people and families

- Experience of working with children or adults with ADHD, learning disability and/or autism.

- Experience of undertaking mental health and risk assessments

- Post-qualification experience in assessment and treatment of children, young people and families and/or adults.

- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes

- Experience of undertaking mental health risk assessments of children and young people

- Experience in providing supervision

Skills & Abilities

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team

- Willingness and ability to participate as an independent practitioner in assessments.

- Evidence of ability to exercise a high level of judgement and decision-making.

- Ability to assess and treat children and young people with neuro developmental disorder and their families

- Ability to teach, train and supervise

- Knowledge and understanding of Child and Adolescent Mental health

- Knowledge and understanding of neuro developmental disorders

- Sound knowledge of the Trust's and Local Safeguarding policy and procedures

Other

- Ability to travel between sites and to service user homes when clinically necessary.

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.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata

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