# ADHD Specialist Nurse prescriber (CAMHS) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/adhd-specialist-nurse-prescriber-camhs/551dda56-fa89-474a-8c21-280dffc01c17 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/adhd-specialist-nurse-prescriber-camhs/551dda56-fa89-474a-8c21-280dffc01c17.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust - **Location:** Springfield University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAs - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:20:36.586Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/South_West_London_St_Georges_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/CAMHS/CAMHS-v8337871 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8337871?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a Qualified non-medical prescriber to work in our warm and friendly Wandsworth Tier 3 CAMHS service, which now resides within the fresh new Trinity (CAMHS outpatients) and Shaftesbury building (CAMHS staff office) at Springfield hospital. Clinically, the post holder will manage a highly specialist service for children and young people with ADHD and co-morbid mental health difficulties, contributing to specialist assessment & management and leading on co-ordinating the medication review clinics within the service, including independent non-medical prescribing. We value inclusivity in our service and are actively working in partnership with community organisations (e.g., Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network) to reach young people who find ‘traditional’ routes of mental health services not accessible to them. We recognise the importance of staff development and career progression and there is Trust wide CPD opportunities available. We encourage applications from experience and passionate clinicians, and also applicants from diverse backgrounds. ### Main duties of the job Wandsworth T3 CAMHS serves a diverse London borough of young people and families present with a variety of complex needs such as low mood, anxiety-based disorders including OCD, trauma, and difficulties with emotional regulation. The post holder will work as part of a busy T3 CAMHS teams in Community CAMHS and will be expected to manage all aspects of the ADHD clinic including waiting list, assessment, and intervention processes. The post holder will be required to contribute to teaching, training and support of team members and will work closely with other members of the ADHD team. Wandsworth CAMHS is an Inner-London weighting service area, based on the modern and newly refurbished Springfield Hopsital site. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Clinically, the post holder will manage a highly specialist service for children and young people with ADHD and co-morbid mental health difficulties, contributing to specialist assessment & management and leading on co-ordinating the Nurse-led medication review clinics within the service, including independent non-medical prescribing. - To manage a caseload, providing the analysis of complex information to determine the planning and management of assessment and treatment to C&YP with ADHD and co-morbid mental health and neuropsychiatric difficulties. - To provide expertise in this highly specialist clinical area and to offer advice and consultation on clients care to other members of the team, in relation to the area of expertise. - To offer training in assessment and interventions for CYP with ADHD to CAMHS and other professional networks. - To liaise with medical colleague, partner agencies and adult mental health professionals across a range of settings. - To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines and Trust guidelines. - To contribute to policy and service development, undertake research, service evaluation and audit for own team/service and to contribute to the training of the clinical team and others. - To work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team - To work alongside and in partnership with medical colleagues in delivering treatment in the most timely and efficient manner - To actively prescribe for service-users once annotated to professional and Trust registers. - To actively manage a defined caseload within a specified service where non-medical prescribing will enhance service delivery. - To conduct comprehensive service user treatment reviews, which involves a range of assessments and tailored interventions, enabling service users to maintain their concordance with prescribed medicines. - To actively access CPD opportunities regarding non-medical prescribing via Trust based supervision groups and other appropriate workshops agreed through line manager to maintain competency. - To participate in research and audit programmes both locally and nationally which pertain to evaluation of non-medical prescribing and the potential benefits to service users. 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Please be aware that information provided in your application and supporting statement may be explored further during the selection process. It is important that all applications accurately represent your own knowledge, skills and experience. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - MSc 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. - Minimum of 12 months experience working as a non-medical prescriber with a CAMHS service. - Experience of managing complex and high-risk cases. - Experience of consultation to, and clinical supervision of, other staff - Experience of providing teaching and training to multidisciplinary groups - Experience of working with children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds. - Experience of developing and carrying out research projects with troubled children and young people. - Experience of supervision of other staff. - 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. ### Training & 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. - Non-medical prescriber with appropriate NMC registration - Formal training in supervision. **Desirable** - Additional specialist post qualification training such as ADOS; SAVRY; ADI; CAI; Fostering Changes; Parent / Child Game. ## Documents - [jd/ps (pdf, 176.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10661732) - [trust values (pdf, 785.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2069) - [staff benefits (pdf, 239.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2318) - [swlstg diversity (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2314) - [swlstg privacy notice (pdf, 106.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2510) - [dbs information for candidates (pdf, 109.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=627) - [anti racism values into actions (pdf, 815.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2865) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.