About this role
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated ADHD Non-Medical Prescriber to lead and further develop the ADHD pathway within our Community Paediatric Service. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled clinician to play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care for children and young people (CYP) with ADHD and associated neurodevelopmental needs.
The post holder will provide highly specialist clinical leadership in ADHD assessment, medication management, physical health monitoring, and ongoing care planning. Working as an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to all aspects of the ADHD pathway, including screening, risk assessment, transition planning, and service development.
The successful candidate will act as a specialist source of pharmaceutical and medicines management expertise across children and young people's services, supporting clinicians and wider system partners. You will play a key role in improving patient outcomes, enhancing patient safety, and ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines.
We are looking for a proactive and adaptable clinician with excellent communication skills, a strong understanding of ADHD pharmacological management, and a passion for improving services for children, young people, and families.
Main duties of the job
1. Delivering the role of highly specialist ADHD Non-Medical Prescriber to lead on the ADHD pathway in our community paediatric service.
2. Providing specialist expert pharmaceutical information and advice to multidisciplinary teams (e.g., nurses, school nurses, health visitors and consultants) particular within children and young people services and where applicable to others involved in a patient's care.
3. Leading on and provide complex medicines management advice and specialist direction within services for children and young people with ADHD
4. Focusing on outcomes delivering improved benefits and value for patients through improved patient experience, increased patient safety and mitigating of risks related to medicines.
5. Supporting and contributing to clinical audits.
6. Working with quality and patient safety teams to review quality and risk management issues related to pharmacy and medicine management.
7. Responsible for leading the ADHD medication service / pathway delivery
8. Accountability for clinical standards and outcomes
9. Provide input into ICS-wide medicines strategy
10. Influence over service performance / KPI's
About us
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision:Transforming Lives
Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men's Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Job description Job responsibilities
1. To contribute to clinical governance and risk management related to medicines across the organisation. This includes undertaking audits to their completion (i.e., full audit cycle), making recommendations and following these up to the completion though discussion with the relevant senior staff outside the Medicines Management Team.
2. Lead on identified patient safety alerts in addressing, implementing, and monitoring these. Identify learning from medication incidents/errors and as a result be active in identify and embedding improvements to medicines use. Undertake risk assessment and review these. Independent and team working in both a clinical and managerial role.
3. Delivery of ADHD care including ADHD medication management and physical health assessments.
4. Show initiative, be adaptable and able to follow direction, and be a good team player with excellent communication skills.
5. Provide leadership on and contribute clinically to all aspects of the ADHD pathway including screening, assessment, psychoeducation, medication management, behavioural management, care planning, risk assessment and management, and transition to adult services.
6. Contribute to further ADHD pathway development.
7. Undertake appropriate training to comply with the job role. Be responsible for own continuing professional development in line with professional requirements this includes identifying own learning needs.
8. Participate in regular clinical supervision and peer review of work to ensure consistent clinical standards and to help develop individual pharmacy staff.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
MPharm, BSc Nursing, or equivalent Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council or Nursing and Midwifery council Post graduate clinical certificate/diploma or equivalent
Desirable
Member of the RPS or RCN
Essential Essential
NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
Desirable
Management 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.
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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Provide CIC
Address 900 The Cresent
Colchester Buisness Park
Colchester
CO4 9YQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.provide.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)