Neurodevelopmental Clinical Nurse Specialist (ADHD)

The Neurodevelopmental Clinical Nurse Specialist will deliver high-quality, highly specialist ADHD care to children and young people across Southwest Hertfordshire as part of the Children and Young People's ADHD Team within the neurodevelopmental pathway.

The post-holder will be responsible for managing a pre- and post-diagnostic caseload, undertaking comprehensive ADHD assessments, contributing to diagnostic decision-making, and providing evidence-based interventions in line with national guidelines and best practice.

As an independent prescriber, the post-holder will initiate and manage ADHD medication, including titration and ongoing physical and mental health monitoring. They will work autonomously while collaborating closely with children, young people, families, and the wider multidisciplinary team to develop and implement individualised treatment plans. The role requires advanced clinical judgement to assess ADHD within the context of neurodiversity, autism, comorbid conditions, and complex emotional, behavioural, and developmental presentations.

Main duties of the job

To undertake ADHD assessments with children and their parents/carers.

Following diagnosis and if warranted the post holder will provide on-going medication titration appointments, and prescribe medication as necessary, undertaking all associated monitoring.

Undertake all relevant physical health monitoring associated with ADHD treatment e.g. height, weight, blood pressure and pulse. This may be extended to patients not on their own caseload.

To act as a core member of the multidisciplinary CYP ADHD team working alongside doctors, nurses and multidisciplinary ADHD Assessors.

Design and delivery of psycho educational sessions for parents and carers, GP and schools.

The post holder will support the implementation of the shared care pathway for service users with ADHD across primary and secondary care.

Provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathetic or re-assurance skills are required. This may be because agreement or co-operation is required or because there are barriers to understanding.

Initially the scope of practice for the post holder would be to manage the treatment of ADHD. This may be extended to other diagnoses based on education, training, development and achievement of competence.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout