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Location

Edgware, Greater London | United Kingdom

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Job description

The post holder will be an independent prescriber, leading on the non-medical prescribing for the
CAMHS service. They will provide both direct and indirect care working with the medical and nursing
colleagues. They will provide consultation with other clinicians, offering medication assessments and
reviews. They will have enhanced knowledge / expertise of treatment for children and adolescents
with neurodevelopmental disorders as well as other mental health disorders.

Provide management and leadership within the CAMHS service for the ADHD pathway.
- To exercise non-medical prescribing responsibilities within the boundaries of the registration
for CAMHS; holding an independent non-medical prescribing qualification and work/prescribe
within the legal realms of a registered non-medical prescriber.
- Demonstrate analytical and critical thinking
- Provide care and treatment for the presenting CAMHS service users from initial history
taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation.
- Demonstrate safe, competent clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment
and diagnostic skills, for service users within the CAMHS age group

As a CAMHS Non-Medical Prescriber, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the mental well-being of children and adolescents. Your responsibilities include:
• Conducting thorough NDS assessments to understand individual needs.
• Developing and implementing personalized care plans.
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive support.
• You will be supported by experienced Child and adolescent psychiatrist

- - They will further develop and lead and manage the ADHD service, working collaboratively
with the wider CAMHS service, Adult Mental Health, Primary Care and other allied agencies.
- The post holder will commit to demonstrating critical thinking in the safe clinical decision making process to meet the needs of service users
- They will support and lead the development and delivery of policy and procedures and providing professional leadership as required
- Provide supervision to colleagues undertaking non-medical prescribing training
- Maintain responsibility for their care and treatment and overseeing the prescribing and service
delivery of nominated supervisees.
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated
by the NMC.
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of service users consultation,
consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.

- Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
- Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing competence against set standards.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good
practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g. courses and conferences.
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriat

This advert closes on Monday 11 Mar 2024

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