ADHD Specialist Practitioner

The primary function of the post will be to carry out diagnostic assessments of children and young people referred to the service. the post holder will be responsible for prescribing and review of ADHD medication.,

• The post holder will be expected to have an understanding and experience of working with ADHD, but training and support will be provided. The post holder will also have broad knowledge of general mental health conditions.
• Experience of working with ADHD (adults or children) is required but additional training/supervision and support will be provided.
• The post holder will be expected to have clinical skills training working towards but training and support will be provided.
• The post holder would be expected to work flexibly across team bases according to service needs and will be expected to use mobile technology to enable this.
Develop and provide an innovative specialist service for children, young people and their families who need assessing for a potential diagnosis or ADHD, then provide after care if treatment is required. A challenging role that includes offering sensitive support, advice to families, children or young people who have Neurodevelopmental Disorders (ADHD) before, during and after diagnosis. Provide on-going 1 to 1 health care, behaviour management advice to families and children/young people within the post holder's expertise. Act as a point of contact for families throughout the process of assessment, diagnosis and treatment. To act as specialist information, advisory and training resource to healthy, children's schools and families and other voluntary and statutory service providers.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the ADHD Team, within at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust as part of this developing service. Due to expansion we are currently looking for a number of roles including, Alder Hey has already earned our place as one of the world's leading children's hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat 250,000 young patients a year and have a broad range of hospital and community services, serving the local population of children, as well as being a tertiary referral centre for children from across Merseyside, Cheshire and parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales. Every individual makes a valuable contribution and Alder Hey is proud of its long history of providing pioneering and innovative healthcare to children and young people. The post holder must adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures at all times. The Trust is committed to carefully screening all job applicants to ensure the safeguard of children and to an environment that promotes equality and embraces diversity. The trust operates a flexible working policy. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and operates a no smoking policy.