Job summary
o A motivated CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist who is a Non medical Prescriber to support the ADHD pathway in our community CAMHS service.
o Independent and team working in both a clinical role.
o Confident in your delivery of ADHD care including ADHD assessment, medication management and physical health assessments.
o Excellent skills in organisation and forward thinking, show initiative, be adaptable and able to follow direction, and be a good team player with excellent communication skills.
o Contribute clinically to all aspects of the ADHD pathway including screening, assessment, psychoeducation, medication management, behavioural management, care planning, risk assessment and risk management, and transition to adult services.
o Contribute to further ADHD pathway development.

Main duties of the job
The main team base is located at William Geoffrey house, 35 Black Prince Road, Kennington and St Johns Angell Town Primary school, 85 Overton Road Brixton SW9 7HH

• Managing your own caseload of C&YP with ADHD, including more complex cases involving comorbid mental health and neuropsychiatric difficulties
• Independent treatment initiation & review within your scope of practice. This involves assessing, planning, implementing & evaluating intervention(s) for young people in your care, including independent non-medical prescribing.
• Liaising with medical colleagues, partner agencies (school; social care) and adult mental health professionals across a range of settings
• Completing risk assessments & care plans
• Contribute to completing ADHD assessments by providing expert input to diagnostic decisions ('ADHD diagnostic consultations')
• To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines & Trust guidelines
• Deputising for the ADHD Highly Specialist Nurse Prescriber

About us
The London Borough of Lambeth has a population of 317,800 (GLA 2020). Lambeth's population is highly diverse, a characteristic visible in the breadth of ethnic and cultural traditions seen throughout the borough. It is estimated that 63% of the population describe their ethnicity as other than White British; 23% describe their ethnicity as Black (11% Black African, 7% Black Caribbean and 5% Other Black), 22% White Other and 6% as Asian.

The Annual population survey, estimates that a third of Lambeth's residents are non-UK born. Of these non-UK born, 40% are of wider European origin, 20% are of African origin; and 20% of Central or South American origin. Nearly 150 languages are spoken as the first language in the homes of Lambeth school children. Portuguese, Spanish and Somali, are the most commonly spoken other languages in Lambeth.

Lambeth has a child and youth population aged 0-20 of almost 70,000. Over 50% of this number are 0 to 9 years old

Details
Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 334-NUR-8244845-LF
Job locations: Lambeth CAMHS, William Geoffrey House 35 Black Prince Rd & St John's Angell Town Primary School 85 Angell Rd SW97HH, London, SE116JJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Clinical

• Deliver specialist ADHD assessment, treatment, prescribing, and care coordination for children and young people within Lambeth CAMHS.
• Undertake comprehensive mental and physical health assessments, manage risk and safeguarding concerns, and develop personalised care plans.
• Provide evidence-based interventions and maintain high standards of clinical documentation and communication.

Leadership

• Support nursing leadership across Lambeth CAMHS.
• Work with the Lead Nurse to uphold standards of care and deputise for the Highly Specialist ADHD Nurse Prescriber when required.

Teaching, Training and Supervision

• Participate in clinical, prescribing, management, and professional supervision.
• Support the development of nursing staff, supervise student nurses, and provide training, consultation, and advice to staff and partner agencies.
• Maintain professional development and mandatory training compliance.

Service Development and Governance

• Contribute to service improvement, clinical governance, recruitment, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.

Research and Evaluation

• Participate in service evaluation, audit, research, and the implementation of evidence-based practice.

General

• Maintain up-to-date professional knowledge and ensure compliance with professional standards, Trust policies, and governance requirements.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• First level nursing qualification (registration RMN or RSCN or HV) / with related CAMHS experience and MSc level qualification or equivalent with evidence of a comprehensive portfolio of post registration professional development in child and adolescent mental health including evidence of clinical, audit and/or research presentations at local and national CAMHS events and evidence of publication of articles or the production of strategic reports which have advanced CAMHS.
• All applications will require professional registration with a statutory body e.g. the Nursing Midwifery Council, General Social care council, Health professional's council or applicable psychological or psychotherapies body
• Ability to work as a Non-medical prescriber with appropriate NMC registration.

Desirable

• Additional, recognised therapeutic qualification

Experience
Essential

• Graduate qualification related to or equivalent with evidence of a comprehensive portfolio including experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment with children and young people with mental health difficulties, emotional, behavioural and relational problems and their families, including looked after children.
• Experience of managing complex and high-risk cases
• Experience of working with children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds
• Experience of supervision of other staff and experience of clinical leadership and providing clinical support for practitioners across disciplines including recruitment, supervision and appraisal
• Experience of multi-agency collaboration and integrated working
• Experience of working with young people who are neurodiverse including those with ADHD

Desirable

• Experience working as an independent non-medical prescriber with a CAMHS service and ability to demonstrate continuing professional development in this area.
• Experience of consultation to, and clinical supervision of other staff
• Experience of providing teaching and training to multidisciplinary groups
• Experience of developing and carrying out research projects with children and young people

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of CAMHS research methodology
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Knowledge of psychological assessment of behaviour and emotional disorders and difficulties, relationship difficulties, attachment disorders and difficulties, and clinical psychometrics
• Specialist knowledge of childhood disorders including emotional and behavioural disorders, relationship difficulties and attachment disorders and theories of child development.
• Specialist knowledge of neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD
• Practitioner level knowledge of at least one model of psychological therapy and knowledge of the theoretical and evidence base for them
• Knowledge of legislation and national policy in relation to Looked After Children and mental health issues, including the Children Act, safeguarding children and the Mental Health Act.
• Awareness of racial and diversity issues and their impact on service access, through attendance of relevant training

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Ability to supervise student nurses having completed relevant training
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, highly technical and sensitive information to children, young people, families and colleagues
• Experience in consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team and/or other professional groups
• Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems involving a child's or young person's mental health issues, family relationships or future placement, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Ability to work independently as an autonomous practitioner with appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to effective

Desirable

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Post qualification CPD to develop clinical and/or research skills relevant to specialist area as agreed in the Personal Development Plan

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. 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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.slam.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lambeth CAMHS Lead Nurse, Ellie Barnfather, ellie.barnfather@slam.nhs.uk, 07720032306

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