Adhd Nurse

An opportunity has arisen to join the Adult ADHD team in Tameside as a band 6 Mental Health Nurse.

The post holder will be a member of the multi-disciplinary ADHD community team andresponsible for providing ADHD assessments and psychotherapeutic interventions for adolescents, adults and families using evidence based interventions who are presenting with neuro developmental disorders, and other mental health difficulties.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure high quality assessment of adults referred to the service.
• To signpost adults to a range of psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with individual assessed need.
• To deliver group work with adults and their carers.
• To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake case management responsibilities within the caseload.
• To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies
• To undertake liaison and joint work with other professionals outside of the MDT
• To provide consultation and training on a wide range of adult's emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GP's, Primacy Care Services, Adult Mental Health Services and Probation Services

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.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Details

Date posted

14 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

311-T708-26-A

Job locations

Outram Road

Outram Road

Dukinfield

SK16 4XE

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

To ensure high quality assessment of adults referred to the service.

To signpost adults to a range of quality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with individual assessed need. To deliver group work with adults and their carers.To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake casemanagement responsibilities within the caseload. To identify and develop strategies to manage risk to the adult and others in line with Pennine care procedures and protocols. To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies regarding individual carepackages and to promote awareness of adult mental health issues within these agencies. Undertake liaison and joint work with other professionals outside of the MDT To provide consultation and training on a wide range of adults emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GPs, Primacy Care Services, Adult Mental Health Services and Probation Services. To engage in / deliver managerial and clinical supervision. Ensure collection of relevant information required by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Managerial and Administrative To attend team, clinical, business and other meetings as required. To manage own workload and time effectively. To undertake accurate record keeping. To provide and enter data for local information management systems. To contribute to peer supervision within the ADHD Team. To be responsible for the supervision of other staff as appropriate including junior staff and students. To give and receive regular clinical and management supervision and to participate in appraisal. To participate in the development of education and training programmes. To maintain own education and awareness of current developments within the field of ADHD.

Development Maintain a current professional portfolio and participate onprogrammes of personal development and training, which will beidentified as part of the individual performance and developmentreview. Undertake personal development in line with Trust policy. Maintainprofessional registration requirement.

This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process.

General Duties of all post holders To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, whenrequested by Senior Staff. To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies,procedures, protocols and guidelines. To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals.

Job responsibilities

To ensure high quality assessment of adults referred to the service.

To signpost adults to a range of quality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with individual assessed need. To deliver group work with adults and their carers.To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake casemanagement responsibilities within the caseload. To identify and develop strategies to manage risk to the adult and others in line with Pennine care procedures and protocols. To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies regarding individual carepackages and to promote awareness of adult mental health issues within these agencies. Undertake liaison and joint work with other professionals outside of the MDT To provide consultation and training on a wide range of adults emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GPs, Primacy Care Services, Adult Mental Health Services and Probation Services. To engage in / deliver managerial and clinical supervision. Ensure collection of relevant information required by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Managerial and Administrative To attend team, clinical, business and other meetings as required. To manage own workload and time effectively. To undertake accurate record keeping. To provide and enter data for local information management systems. To contribute to peer supervision within the ADHD Team. To be responsible for the supervision of other staff as appropriate including junior staff and students. To give and receive regular clinical and management supervision and to participate in appraisal. To participate in the development of education and training programmes. To maintain own education and awareness of current developments within the field of ADHD.

Development Maintain a current professional portfolio and participate onprogrammes of personal development and training, which will beidentified as part of the individual performance and developmentreview. Undertake personal development in line with Trust policy. Maintainprofessional registration requirement.

This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process.

General Duties of all post holders To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, whenrequested by Senior Staff. To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies,procedures, protocols and guidelines. To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals.

Person Specification

Person spec

Essential

• Significant post qualification experience in mental health services to post graduate diploma level.
• Professional involvement with the users of mental health services. o Experience of case management of adults o Experience of multi-agency working o Experience of working with neuro developmental disorders
• Knowledge of mental health issues in adults o Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies in relation to treatment of ADHD o Knowledge of therapeutic interventions for adults with ADHD
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively o Ability to work independently o Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context
• Occasional evening and weekend working may be necessary o Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs o Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies o Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Desirable

• ADOS trained o Experience of delivering training o Willingness to complete non medical prescribing qualification.
• Experience of delivering groups to adults
• Understanding of Probation services. o Knowledge of drug and alcohol issues relating to adults

Person Specification

Person spec

Essential

• Significant post qualification experience in mental health services to post graduate diploma level.
• Professional involvement with the users of mental health services. o Experience of case management of adults o Experience of multi-agency working o Experience of working with neuro developmental disorders
• Knowledge of mental health issues in adults o Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies in relation to treatment of ADHD o Knowledge of therapeutic interventions for adults with ADHD
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively o Ability to work independently o Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context
• Occasional evening and weekend working may be necessary o Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs o Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies o Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Desirable

• ADOS trained o Experience of delivering training o Willingness to complete non medical prescribing qualification.
• Experience of delivering groups to adults
• Understanding of Probation services. o Knowledge of drug and alcohol issues relating to adults

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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 .

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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 .

Employer details

Employer name

Pennine Care NHS FT

Address

Outram Road

Outram Road

Dukinfield

SK16 4XE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Pennine Care NHS FT

Address

Outram Road

Outram Road

Dukinfield

SK16 4XE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

To ensure high quality assessment of adults referred to the service.

To signpost adults to a range of quality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with individual assessed need. To deliver group work with adults and their carers.To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake casemanagement responsibilities within the caseload. To identify and develop strategies to manage risk to the adult and others in line with Pennine care procedures and protocols. To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies regarding individual carepackages and to promote awareness of adult mental health issues within these agencies. Undertake liaison and joint work with other professionals outside of the MDT To provide consultation and training on a wide range of adults emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GPs, Primacy Care Services, Adult Mental Health Services and Probation Services. To engage in / deliver managerial and clinical supervision. Ensure collection of relevant information required by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Managerial and Administrative To attend team, clinical, business and other meetings as required. To manage own workload and time effectively. To undertake accurate record keeping. To provide and enter data for local information management systems. To contribute to peer supervision within the ADHD Team. To be responsible for the supervision of other staff as appropriate including junior staff and students. To give and receive regular clinical and management supervision and to participate in appraisal. To participate in the development of education and training programmes. To maintain own education and awareness of current developments within the field of ADHD.

Development Maintain a current professional portfolio and participate onprogrammes of personal development and training, which will beidentified as part of the individual performance and developmentreview. Undertake personal development in line with Trust policy. Maintainprofessional registration requirement.

This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process.

General Duties of all post holders To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, whenrequested by Senior Staff. To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies,procedures, protocols and guidelines. To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals.

Person spec

Essential

• Significant post qualification experience in mental health services to post graduate diploma level.
• Professional involvement with the users of mental health services. o Experience of case management of adults o Experience of multi-agency working o Experience of working with neuro developmental disorders
• Knowledge of mental health issues in adults o Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies in relation to treatment of ADHD o Knowledge of therapeutic interventions for adults with ADHD
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively o Ability to work independently o Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context
• Occasional evening and weekend working may be necessary o Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs o Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies o Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Desirable

• ADOS trained o Experience of delivering training o Willingness to complete non medical prescribing qualification.
• Experience of delivering groups to adults
• Understanding of Probation services. o Knowledge of drug and alcohol issues relating to adults