Clinical

• Perform and monitor comprehensive assessments of clients/services user’s needs. Plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs. This would include delivering ADHD specific assessments using a standardised and non-standardised ADHD Diagnostic Assessment tools.

• Use advanced skills and expert knowledge to assess the physical, mental health and social needs of a defined client group, instigating therapeutic care plans and treatments based on the best available evidence to improve health outcomes.

• Take continuous management responsibility for the delivery of specialist care needs of individual and groups of clients/services users.

• Ensure patient information is collated, monitored and fully accurate, maintaining complete and contemporaneous records in line with NMC/ professional bodies and Trust standards.

• Promote the involvement and engagement of clients/services users and carer relatives in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care.

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective care plans and treatments are in place for highly complex clients/services users.

• Work collaboratively and ensure maintenance of effective multi-disciplinary communication and with other professionals, agencies and stakeholders to ensure needs are met in relation to care input, support for ongoing care needs and safe discharge.

• Communicate highly complex information about clients/services users’ conditions to multi-disciplinary team colleagues, to ensure effective delivery of patient treatments.

• To ensure that systems are established and maintained to ensure effective communication with clients/services users, and carers / relatives.

• Use advanced skills and expert knowledge to clinically lead and enable others to deliver best practice across the service.

• Lead and support others to recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations including the assessment and management of risk.

• Ensure understanding of own and others level of accountability and responsibility when delegating tasks and duties to students, non-registered staff or registered staff.

• Lead, participate in and cooperate with concerns, complaints and investigations as required.

• To provide an Independent Prescriber service in accordance with the clinical setting agreed with the Medics. This will include initiating, titrating, and optimising pharmacological treatment for adult ADHD.

• To perform physical health monitoring specific to individual psychiatric medications and the NICE guidelines

• To order or undertake blood tests, ECGs and refer to specialists (i.e., cardiology) if required for diagnostic and monitoring purposes. Interpret the results and act accordingly. To undertake training to achieve this competence. 

• To record all interactions and interventions with clients/services users into their medical records.

• Ensure effective communication with primary care and related healthcare professionals about review outcomes, treatment plans and referrals, normally through typed letters.

• Liaise with the clients/services users General Practitioner when as any matters arise

• To receive specific supervision from suitably trained staff relating to the non-medical prescribing role.

• To attend and contribute to the Trusts Non-Medical Prescribing Forum (minimum of 3 times per year).

• Work in line with SHSC Non-Medical Prescribing protocol.

• To work in accordance with the local shared care agreement for adult ADHD
• To develop and deliver non-pharmacological interventions and treatment for those with adult ADHD.

• Take full professional and legal responsibility for all prescribing carried out.

• To provide advice to clients/service users and carers about safe and effective use of medicines.

• To conduct a risk assessment and take appropriate action when reviewing clients/service users at clinics.

• To be responsible for the safety and security of the FP10 prescription pads in accordance with the Trust (and CCG where appropriate policies and procedures)

Leadership and communication

• Lead, co-ordinate, organise and prioritise your own work and the work of the team on a day-to-day basis.

• Ensure supervision of others and participate in education and development.

• Lead and monitor the development of services, new ways of working and the implementation of change.

• Acts as a professional and clinical role model to all staff, clients/services users, carers and the public at all times.

• Develop effective and efficient relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team on issues related to patient care.

• Act in a professional manner and ensure self and other staff

• Deputising for Clinical Leads as necessary and appropriate to role

Education and Training

• Act as a clinical expert and information resource, leading in training, education and orientation programmes for staff, students and others.

• Assess and ensure the specialist education and training needs required for self, others and the service are identified, that will allow health care to be delivered to the user through new ways of working.

• Teach and educate clients/services users, their carers and other healthcare professionals about managing their condition.

• Proactively develop, implement and monitor public health and health promotion activities in accordance with national and local priorities.

• Contribute and partake in clinical research
• Attend regular NMP updates as part of CPD to continue to practice within the organisation