Lead Nurse - Highly Specialised Practitioner Adhd

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

An

opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the Adult ADHD and

Autism Service as Lead Nurse - Highly Specialist Practitioner.

This

is a senior clinical and professional leadership role, providing professional

nursing leadership across the service alongside highly specialist clinical

practice within the Adult ADHD pathway.

The

postholder will work closely with the service senior leadership team and wider

multidisciplinary team, contributing to the development and delivery of safe,

effective and evidence-based services. They will provide professional

leadership and supervision to nursing staff and other appropriate practitioners

and play a key role in the development of clinical pathways, practice and

quality improvement across the service.

Alongside

their leadership responsibilities, the postholder will maintain a specialist

clinical role within Adult ADHD, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment and

prescribing.

The

ADHD Pathway provides diagnostic assessments and medication treatment for

people in the Calderdale, Wakefield, Kirklees, and Barnsley localities. The

Service base is in Wakefield, with the post holder required to work flexibly

across the service footprint according to clinical and service need.

Main duties of the job

The

postholder will provide professional nursing leadership across the Adult ADHD

and Autism Service, supporting the development of high-quality, safe and

effective clinical practice.

They

will provide professional leadership, supervision and support to nursing staff

and other appropriate practitioners and contribute to workforce development,

clinical governance and the development of service standards, pathways and

procedures.

The

postholder will maintain a highly specialist clinical role within the Adult

ADHD pathway, undertaking assessment and diagnosis and providing specialist

treatment and intervention. As an independent prescriber, they will initiate,

titrate and review ADHD medication, including supporting complex clinical and

prescribing decisions.

Working

with the service senior leadership team and wider multidisciplinary team, the

postholder will contribute to service development, quality improvement,

evaluation and research, using evidence and clinical expertise to support

continuous improvement in care and service delivery.

For

more details, please contact Rebecca Crisp, Associate Team and Operations

Manager on 01924 316494.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to

have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

At the time of advertising,

this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to

sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your

application.

About us

We

are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health

and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,

Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are

the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is

to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this

by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ

staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a

difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage

diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being

a foundation Trust means were accountable to our

members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people

(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join

us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving

the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and

help each year.

We

are committed

to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and

vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this

commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Details

Date posted

08 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

C9378-W1550

Job locations

Adult ADHD and Autism Service, Manygates Clinic

Belle Isle Health Park, Portobello Road

Wakefield

WF1 5PN

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The

post holder has a dual role. They will manage and lead on the professional development

and provision of supervision to nursing staff and mental health practitioners in

Adult ADHD & Autism Service in line with Service and Trust objectives and

in partnership with relevant staff. They will also provide highly specialist

expert clinical intervention to partner services, agencies and adults with ADHD.

They will take a strategic and leadership role in achieving the aims of the

service including:

Actively driving and shaping pathways within

service to ensure the highest standard of care.

Leading on services consolidation as

well as expansion in line with Service and Trust objectives and in partnership

with the Service Manager and wider managerial and clinical leadership team.

Provide professional leadership, advice

and managerial supervision to nursing staff and, where appropriate Mental

Health Practitioners within the Service and also within external agencies.

Provide

strategic nursing input at a senior level across the Service, ensuring

effective advice to the senior management and clinical team.

As

a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber, prescribe, review and titrate medication

for adults with ADHD within own scope of practice, competence and Trust

prescribing policies, working within a multidisciplinary framework and

escalating complex prescribing decisions as appropriate.

Provide

expert adult ADHD consultation, assessment and intervention, effectively

identifying and diagnosing the cause of emotional and behavioural problems in adults

referred to the Service

The

postholder will be responsible for a caseload aligned to their area of specialist

practice.

Take

on a strategic lead on the development of nursing and mental health led pathways

for vulnerable children and young people

transitioning to the adult ADHD Service, as well as adults referred to the

Service.

Be

responsible for leading and researching the effectiveness of practice

development and the advancement of care.

Lead

the design, implementation and evaluation of service improvement initiatives,

clinical audits and research projects relevant to nursing practice and the

wider multidisciplinary service, including prescribing safety and clinical

audits, review of care planning and clinical documentation, and the

development, implementation and evaluation of Standard Operating Procedures

(SOPs), nursing pathways and clinical processes, implementing and evaluating

changes informed by NICE guidance, emerging evidence and audit findings.

The

post holder is expected to contribute to the development and dissemination of

best practice within the service and Trust, sharing learning from audit,

service evaluation and quality improvement activity with nursing colleagues and

the wider multidisciplinary team.

The

post holder is expected to work with the senior leadership team to drive the

development of nurse led pathways across the Service.

The post holder will have a proven track

record in achieving the highest standards in the management of people and

services and in the delivery of complex interventions in adult ADHD and adult

Autism.

The post holder will liaise with medical

and adult mental health professionals internally and externally and across a

range of settings and work autonomously within professional practice and Trust

guidelines. The postholder will

contribute to policy and service development, contribute to research, service

evaluation and audit for the service and contribute to the training of the

clinical team and others.

This is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake

other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the

postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

For full job description, please see attached supporting

documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of

applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application

forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly

discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting

candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your

application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The

post holder has a dual role. They will manage and lead on the professional development

and provision of supervision to nursing staff and mental health practitioners in

Adult ADHD & Autism Service in line with Service and Trust objectives and

in partnership with relevant staff. They will also provide highly specialist

expert clinical intervention to partner services, agencies and adults with ADHD.

They will take a strategic and leadership role in achieving the aims of the

service including:

Actively driving and shaping pathways within

service to ensure the highest standard of care.

Leading on services consolidation as

well as expansion in line with Service and Trust objectives and in partnership

with the Service Manager and wider managerial and clinical leadership team.

Provide professional leadership, advice

and managerial supervision to nursing staff and, where appropriate Mental

Health Practitioners within the Service and also within external agencies.

Provide

strategic nursing input at a senior level across the Service, ensuring

effective advice to the senior management and clinical team.

As

a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber, prescribe, review and titrate medication

for adults with ADHD within own scope of practice, competence and Trust

prescribing policies, working within a multidisciplinary framework and

escalating complex prescribing decisions as appropriate.

Provide

expert adult ADHD consultation, assessment and intervention, effectively

identifying and diagnosing the cause of emotional and behavioural problems in adults

referred to the Service

The

postholder will be responsible for a caseload aligned to their area of specialist

practice.

Take

on a strategic lead on the development of nursing and mental health led pathways

for vulnerable children and young people

transitioning to the adult ADHD Service, as well as adults referred to the

Service.

Be

responsible for leading and researching the effectiveness of practice

development and the advancement of care.

Lead

the design, implementation and evaluation of service improvement initiatives,

clinical audits and research projects relevant to nursing practice and the

wider multidisciplinary service, including prescribing safety and clinical

audits, review of care planning and clinical documentation, and the

development, implementation and evaluation of Standard Operating Procedures

(SOPs), nursing pathways and clinical processes, implementing and evaluating

changes informed by NICE guidance, emerging evidence and audit findings.

The

post holder is expected to contribute to the development and dissemination of

best practice within the service and Trust, sharing learning from audit,

service evaluation and quality improvement activity with nursing colleagues and

the wider multidisciplinary team.

The

post holder is expected to work with the senior leadership team to drive the

development of nurse led pathways across the Service.

The post holder will have a proven track

record in achieving the highest standards in the management of people and

services and in the delivery of complex interventions in adult ADHD and adult

Autism.

The post holder will liaise with medical

and adult mental health professionals internally and externally and across a

range of settings and work autonomously within professional practice and Trust

guidelines. The postholder will

contribute to policy and service development, contribute to research, service

evaluation and audit for the service and contribute to the training of the

clinical team and others.

This is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake

other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the

postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

For full job description, please see attached supporting

documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of

applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application

forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly

discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting

candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your

application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

Person Specification

Physical Attributes

Essential

Training & Experience

Essential

• Significant clinical experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment of adults with ADHD, Autism, mental health difficulties, emotional, behavioural and relation problems and their families.
• Competent in working within a mental health field
• Competent in assessment of adult ADHD and intervention with this adult patient group
• Evidence of conducting audit/research and of leading or initiating clinical audit, service evaluation or research activity within own area of practice.
• Working knowledge of appropriate legislation in relation mental health issues such as Mental health Act and Capacity Act.
• Significant experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting and of working with other agencies (voluntary and statutory)
• Competent in safeguarding, mental state and specialist risk assessment
• Experience of working with complex, high risk, emotive and contentious cases
• Competent in development and delivery of presentations
• Experience of clinical leadership and providing clinical support to practitioners.
• Experience of leading investigations
• Managing people including setting and monitoring objectives against performance
• Experience in developing specialist services
• Experience of working with complex and high risk cases
• Competent in providing staff supervision
• Experience of leading policy or service development, including implementation of new pathways, procedures or guidelines within own area of practice
• Experience of monitoring and managing a budget or delegated resource, and/or acting as an authorised signatory for financial transactions
• Experience of line management responsibility for staff, including recruitment and selection, sickness/absence management and disciplinary or performance management processes.
• Ability to work autonomously within broad professional and organisational policies and guidelines, exercising judgement to interpret and apply these, and to advise others accordingly

Desirable

• Additional specialist post-qualification training such as ADOS, SAVRY, MOXO
• Experience in contributing to policy development
• Experience of monitoring and managing budgets
• Experience/knowledge of gender specific needs.
• Experience of business planning
• Evidence of teaching experience

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Can demonstrate development of expertise in clinical and managerial roles within a child and adolescent services
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills (written, oral and verbal).
• Innovation, problem solving, creativity and ability in leading and developing others
• Proven ability to plan and organise and manage change, including complex, service-wide activities, workforce plans and competing priorities
• Experience of recruitment and selection
• Able to deal sensitively with service users, carers and relatives who have high levels of stress, anxiety and aggression.
• Demonstrates experience, professional specialist nursing skills, values and theoretical knowledge in work
• Ability to engage with, develop and sustain relationships with service users, carers and groups
• Ability to provide assessment and identify appropriate interventions and signpost to relevant services, taking into account gender, racial, cultural and religious factors
• Ability and competence in providing consultation and recommendations to other professionals
• Ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships with professionals, and across the boundaries of voluntary and statutory agencies to maximise the effectiveness of services
• Ability and competence in providing consultation and recommendations to other professionals
• Able to work as a leader and team member and to acknowledge validity of other approaches
• Recognises own position within the Trust and Service and the impact of self and service in the wider organisation
• Ability to work under pressure and with flexibility
• Ability to work with sensitive and provocative information/cases.
• Ability to work with complex cases and use judgement and problem solving skills to determine solutions.
• Able to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail in work.
• Experience of working jointly with professionals from other disciplines in and outside of health.

Desirable

• Experience of NHS systems and procedures
• Experience in supporting staff with performance issues.
• Experience of incident reporting and investigation, for example root cause analysis.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, fluent and articulate in English.
• Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods and deal with interruptions or unpredictability
• Is professional, with excellent time keeping, honesty, reliability and flexibility
• Is able to prioritise, negotiate, challenge and manage conflict
• Is resilient with an ability to remain calm and make decisions in pressurised, stressful situations and environments
• Is enthusiastic motivated and demonstrates a commitment and able to balance this with a realistic approach
• Is able to use own initiative and to exercise individual judgement and prioritise where appropriate. To demonstrate advanced professional reasoning skills
• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
• Has a good level of self awareness and is a good team player

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Nursing qualification at degree level with related adult ADHD experience
• Up to date Registration with the NMC
• Evidence of maintaining skills and knowledge base in professional field (adult ADHD) through post qualifying training to masters level or equivalent
• Non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Teaching, training or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level.

Person Specification

Physical Attributes

Essential

Training & Experience

Essential

• Significant clinical experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment of adults with ADHD, Autism, mental health difficulties, emotional, behavioural and relation problems and their families.
• Competent in working within a mental health field
• Competent in assessment of adult ADHD and intervention with this adult patient group
• Evidence of conducting audit/research and of leading or initiating clinical audit, service evaluation or research activity within own area of practice.
• Working knowledge of appropriate legislation in relation mental health issues such as Mental health Act and Capacity Act.
• Significant experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting and of working with other agencies (voluntary and statutory)
• Competent in safeguarding, mental state and specialist risk assessment
• Experience of working with complex, high risk, emotive and contentious cases
• Competent in development and delivery of presentations
• Experience of clinical leadership and providing clinical support to practitioners.
• Experience of leading investigations
• Managing people including setting and monitoring objectives against performance
• Experience in developing specialist services
• Experience of working with complex and high risk cases
• Competent in providing staff supervision
• Experience of leading policy or service development, including implementation of new pathways, procedures or guidelines within own area of practice
• Experience of monitoring and managing a budget or delegated resource, and/or acting as an authorised signatory for financial transactions
• Experience of line management responsibility for staff, including recruitment and selection, sickness/absence management and disciplinary or performance management processes.
• Ability to work autonomously within broad professional and organisational policies and guidelines, exercising judgement to interpret and apply these, and to advise others accordingly

Desirable

• Additional specialist post-qualification training such as ADOS, SAVRY, MOXO
• Experience in contributing to policy development
• Experience of monitoring and managing budgets
• Experience/knowledge of gender specific needs.
• Experience of business planning
• Evidence of teaching experience

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Can demonstrate development of expertise in clinical and managerial roles within a child and adolescent services
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills (written, oral and verbal).
• Innovation, problem solving, creativity and ability in leading and developing others
• Proven ability to plan and organise and manage change, including complex, service-wide activities, workforce plans and competing priorities
• Experience of recruitment and selection
• Able to deal sensitively with service users, carers and relatives who have high levels of stress, anxiety and aggression.
• Demonstrates experience, professional specialist nursing skills, values and theoretical knowledge in work
• Ability to engage with, develop and sustain relationships with service users, carers and groups
• Ability to provide assessment and identify appropriate interventions and signpost to relevant services, taking into account gender, racial, cultural and religious factors
• Ability and competence in providing consultation and recommendations to other professionals
• Ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships with professionals, and across the boundaries of voluntary and statutory agencies to maximise the effectiveness of services
• Ability and competence in providing consultation and recommendations to other professionals
• Able to work as a leader and team member and to acknowledge validity of other approaches
• Recognises own position within the Trust and Service and the impact of self and service in the wider organisation
• Ability to work under pressure and with flexibility
• Ability to work with sensitive and provocative information/cases.
• Ability to work with complex cases and use judgement and problem solving skills to determine solutions.
• Able to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail in work.
• Experience of working jointly with professionals from other disciplines in and outside of health.

Desirable

• Experience of NHS systems and procedures
• Experience in supporting staff with performance issues.
• Experience of incident reporting and investigation, for example root cause analysis.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, fluent and articulate in English.
• Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods and deal with interruptions or unpredictability
• Is professional, with excellent time keeping, honesty, reliability and flexibility
• Is able to prioritise, negotiate, challenge and manage conflict
• Is resilient with an ability to remain calm and make decisions in pressurised, stressful situations and environments
• Is enthusiastic motivated and demonstrates a commitment and able to balance this with a realistic approach
• Is able to use own initiative and to exercise individual judgement and prioritise where appropriate. To demonstrate advanced professional reasoning skills
• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
• Has a good level of self awareness and is a good team player

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Nursing qualification at degree level with related adult ADHD experience
• Up to date Registration with the NMC
• Evidence of maintaining skills and knowledge base in professional field (adult ADHD) through post qualifying training to masters level or equivalent
• Non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Teaching, training or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level.

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Adult ADHD and Autism Service, Manygates Clinic

Belle Isle Health Park, Portobello Road

Wakefield

WF1 5PN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Adult ADHD and Autism Service, Manygates Clinic

Belle Isle Health Park, Portobello Road

Wakefield

WF1 5PN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The

post holder has a dual role. They will manage and lead on the professional development

and provision of supervision to nursing staff and mental health practitioners in

Adult ADHD & Autism Service in line with Service and Trust objectives and

in partnership with relevant staff. They will also provide highly specialist

expert clinical intervention to partner services, agencies and adults with ADHD.

They will take a strategic and leadership role in achieving the aims of the

service including:

Actively driving and shaping pathways within

service to ensure the highest standard of care.

Leading on services consolidation as

well as expansion in line with Service and Trust objectives and in partnership

with the Service Manager and wider managerial and clinical leadership team.

Provide professional leadership, advice

and managerial supervision to nursing staff and, where appropriate Mental

Health Practitioners within the Service and also within external agencies.

Provide

strategic nursing input at a senior level across the Service, ensuring

effective advice to the senior management and clinical team.

As

a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber, prescribe, review and titrate medication

for adults with ADHD within own scope of practice, competence and Trust

prescribing policies, working within a multidisciplinary framework and

escalating complex prescribing decisions as appropriate.

Provide

expert adult ADHD consultation, assessment and intervention, effectively

identifying and diagnosing the cause of emotional and behavioural problems in adults

referred to the Service

The

postholder will be responsible for a caseload aligned to their area of specialist

practice.

Take

on a strategic lead on the development of nursing and mental health led pathways

for vulnerable children and young people

transitioning to the adult ADHD Service, as well as adults referred to the

Service.

Be

responsible for leading and researching the effectiveness of practice

development and the advancement of care.

Lead

the design, implementation and evaluation of service improvement initiatives,

clinical audits and research projects relevant to nursing practice and the

wider multidisciplinary service, including prescribing safety and clinical

audits, review of care planning and clinical documentation, and the

development, implementation and evaluation of Standard Operating Procedures

(SOPs), nursing pathways and clinical processes, implementing and evaluating

changes informed by NICE guidance, emerging evidence and audit findings.

The

post holder is expected to contribute to the development and dissemination of

best practice within the service and Trust, sharing learning from audit,

service evaluation and quality improvement activity with nursing colleagues and

the wider multidisciplinary team.

The

post holder is expected to work with the senior leadership team to drive the

development of nurse led pathways across the Service.

The post holder will have a proven track

record in achieving the highest standards in the management of people and

services and in the delivery of complex interventions in adult ADHD and adult

Autism.

The post holder will liaise with medical

and adult mental health professionals internally and externally and across a

range of settings and work autonomously within professional practice and Trust

guidelines. The postholder will

contribute to policy and service development, contribute to research, service

evaluation and audit for the service and contribute to the training of the

clinical team and others.

This is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake

other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the

postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

For full job description, please see attached supporting

documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of

applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application

forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly

discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting

candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your

application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

Physical Attributes

Essential

Training & Experience

Essential

• Significant clinical experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment of adults with ADHD, Autism, mental health difficulties, emotional, behavioural and relation problems and their families.
• Competent in working within a mental health field
• Competent in assessment of adult ADHD and intervention with this adult patient group
• Evidence of conducting audit/research and of leading or initiating clinical audit, service evaluation or research activity within own area of practice.
• Working knowledge of appropriate legislation in relation mental health issues such as Mental health Act and Capacity Act.
• Significant experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting and of working with other agencies (voluntary and statutory)
• Competent in safeguarding, mental state and specialist risk assessment
• Experience of working with complex, high risk, emotive and contentious cases
• Competent in development and delivery of presentations
• Experience of clinical leadership and providing clinical support to practitioners.
• Experience of leading investigations
• Managing people including setting and monitoring objectives against performance
• Experience in developing specialist services
• Experience of working with complex and high risk cases
• Competent in providing staff supervision
• Experience of leading policy or service development, including implementation of new pathways, procedures or guidelines within own area of practice
• Experience of monitoring and managing a budget or delegated resource, and/or acting as an authorised signatory for financial transactions
• Experience of line management responsibility for staff, including recruitment and selection, sickness/absence management and disciplinary or performance management processes.
• Ability to work autonomously within broad professional and organisational policies and guidelines, exercising judgement to interpret and apply these, and to advise others accordingly

Desirable

• Additional specialist post-qualification training such as ADOS, SAVRY, MOXO
• Experience in contributing to policy development
• Experience of monitoring and managing budgets
• Experience/knowledge of gender specific needs.
• Experience of business planning
• Evidence of teaching experience

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Can demonstrate development of expertise in clinical and managerial roles within a child and adolescent services
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills (written, oral and verbal).
• Innovation, problem solving, creativity and ability in leading and developing others
• Proven ability to plan and organise and manage change, including complex, service-wide activities, workforce plans and competing priorities
• Experience of recruitment and selection
• Able to deal sensitively with service users, carers and relatives who have high levels of stress, anxiety and aggression.
• Demonstrates experience, professional specialist nursing skills, values and theoretical knowledge in work
• Ability to engage with, develop and sustain relationships with service users, carers and groups
• Ability to provide assessment and identify appropriate interventions and signpost to relevant services, taking into account gender, racial, cultural and religious factors
• Ability and competence in providing consultation and recommendations to other professionals
• Ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships with professionals, and across the boundaries of voluntary and statutory agencies to maximise the effectiveness of services
• Ability and competence in providing consultation and recommendations to other professionals
• Able to work as a leader and team member and to acknowledge validity of other approaches
• Recognises own position within the Trust and Service and the impact of self and service in the wider organisation
• Ability to work under pressure and with flexibility
• Ability to work with sensitive and provocative information/cases.
• Ability to work with complex cases and use judgement and problem solving skills to determine solutions.
• Able to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail in work.
• Experience of working jointly with professionals from other disciplines in and outside of health.

Desirable

• Experience of NHS systems and procedures
• Experience in supporting staff with performance issues.
• Experience of incident reporting and investigation, for example root cause analysis.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, fluent and articulate in English.
• Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods and deal with interruptions or unpredictability
• Is professional, with excellent time keeping, honesty, reliability and flexibility
• Is able to prioritise, negotiate, challenge and manage conflict
• Is resilient with an ability to remain calm and make decisions in pressurised, stressful situations and environments
• Is enthusiastic motivated and demonstrates a commitment and able to balance this with a realistic approach
• Is able to use own initiative and to exercise individual judgement and prioritise where appropriate. To demonstrate advanced professional reasoning skills
• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
• Has a good level of self awareness and is a good team player

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Nursing qualification at degree level with related adult ADHD experience
• Up to date Registration with the NMC
• Evidence of maintaining skills and knowledge base in professional field (adult ADHD) through post qualifying training to masters level or equivalent
• Non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Teaching, training or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level.