About this role
Job summary
Are you a Senior Nurse and Non-Medical Prescriber looking to work as part of a dynamic and supportive prescribing team? We would like you to join our CAMHS Long Term Follow Up Team supporting the non-medical prescribing needs for children with ADHD and mental health needs in Southampton.
This role requires a qualified Nurse Prescriber (V300) who has experience working with children and families and holds a current professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
You will be working as part of the wider CAMHS team in Southampton. The successful candidate will work alongside other Nurse Prescribers, within a multidisciplinary team, completing specialist assessments and delivering interventions to children, young people, and their parents/carers, including pharmacological interventions as a Non-Medical Prescriber.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for your own independent prescribing caseload and for supporting duty prescribing functions. You will be responsible for assessing and managing risks within the non-medical prescribing caseload working in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary CAMHS team to meet the needs of children and young people with ADHD and mental health needs.
We can offer you a supportive working environment and being part of an extensive CAMHS, ND and LD workforce across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. You will be working closely with system partners and developing the use of the innovative ND Profiling Tool.
We are looking for someone with a passion for supporting children and young people in least restrictive within their family homes and communities.
If this sounds like the role for you, then get in touch today!
For an informal conversation about the role please contact Alex Best (Team Manager) [email protected] or Laura Nisbett (lead nurse) [email protected]
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Professional qualifications relevant to CAMHS e.g., Registered Nurse Degree or equivalent level training relevant to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Significant senior practitioner experience in CAMHS setting Non-Medical Prescriber V300 Qualification
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).
Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre
William Macleod Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4XE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)