An exciting opportunity to join theTameside neurodevelopmental team as a senior practitioner.

We have a post for a band 7 Senior Practitioner to work within our ND team at Tameside CAMHS working within a well established team supporting young people and families with ND disorders.

Are you an energetic, skilled mental health professional? Are you somebody that relishes change and service development? Do you see the opportunity to positively influence a young person's emotional health and well-being as a privilege? If so, we want you to join us on our journey to be the best we can be for our community.

We are looking for a dynamic individual who is up for a challenge, do you want to develop new ways of working, do you care about supporting families, children and young people with ADHD. You would be part of a specialist team who works across Tameside CAMHS.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be an experienced qualified Nurse Practitioner/Non-Medical Prescriber who is able to work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team facilitating effective assessment, diagnosing and prescribing and generating prescriptions for children and young people with ADHD using appropriate prescribing formularies and monitoring and reviewing such medication. You will manage your own caseload, providing a range of high quality care appropriate to the child or young person's needs which will include mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, family and social assessment, consultation and interventions.

You must be experienced in communication, due to the high level of liaison needed between CAMHS and other services and be willing to work flexible hours in accordance with the needs of the young people. This post is a clinical post and the expectation of time management is that the majority of time will be spent in face to face clinical practice.

About us

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Person Specification

Interview and Certificates

Essential

• RMN / RGN and Post qualification short courses and experience to master's level
• Extensive practice in the field of ADHD including assessment, formulation and delivery of therapy.
• NSF, wide knowledge of pharmacology in relation to ADHD.

Desirable

• Non-Medical Prescriber
• ENB 603,or other post registration qualification relevant to CAMHS
• ENB 603,or other post registration qualification relevant to CAMHS

Employer details

Employer name

Pennine Care NHS FT

Address

Tameside & Glossop CAMHS Springleigh Clinic

Waterloo Road

Stalybridge

SK15 2AU

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