# CAMHS Specialist Nurse Independent Prescriber > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-specialist-nurse-independent-prescriber/316df6c9-76b1-44b5-bdb3-0ec883ae8129 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-specialist-nurse-independent-prescriber/316df6c9-76b1-44b5-bdb3-0ec883ae8129.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bay Tree House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 per Annum including HCAS - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Ends 31/08/2027) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-05T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T12:40:38.807Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Enfield/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Prefessionals/Allied_Health_Prefessionals-v8029979 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8029979?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder will provide referral screening, assessments and deliver therapeutic sessions and psychopharmacological treatment and interventions for a broad range of mental health conditions meeting specialist CAMHS criteria. Primarily, the prescriber will treat neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD. The applicant will therefore need past experience and knowledge of treating as an independent prescriber for this client group. The role is mainly clinic-based and will focus on the delivery of timely, high-quality interventions. This position provides opportunities to work with and develop links with health and social care as part of the iTHRIVE Framework to delivery of care for young people. The role will appeal to a skilled CAMHS clinician with UK Professional registration who enjoys specialist work in a dynamic CAMHS service. ### Main duties of the job - To work with an independent medical prescriber, as a supplementary non-medical prescriber, within the designated area of practice. - As a supplementary non-medical prescriber prepare clinical management plans and prescribe only in accordance with these and within their scope of practice/competency taking full responsibility and accountability for their prescribing decisions. - As an Independent non-medical prescriber, prescribe for clients with an existing diagnosis taking full responsibility and accountability for clinical assessment and management of patients and their prescribing decisions. They may prescribe medications as considered safe and appropriate under national and local guidance and within their competency. - Liaise with other healthcare providers as appropriate in accordance with service policies, ensuring patients are referred to other healthcare professionals as necessary to access other aspects of their healthcare - Ensure that prescriptions are written legibly and legally and in accordance with the trust Medicines Management Policy. - Ensure that they comply with prescription security and maintain a personal record of prescription numbers - Work with service users in order to support concordance with prescribed treatments, providing education on medication. - Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on regimens, side-effects and interactions. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To provide specialist assessments of children and young people referred to the team with the use of evidence-based assessment tools and plan clinical care accordingly. Assessments may be carried out individually or jointly with other colleagues from the team. - To be responsible for implementing a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups. - To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual. - To always practice wherever possible using shared decision making around prescribing medication, ensuring requirements of capacity and consent are met, with clear clinical documentation, following local and national policies, procedures and legislation. - To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose needs are managed by high quality service user care and treatment plans. ### 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 ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Well-developed analytical and judgement skills. - Biopsychosocial assessment and intervention skills - Negotiation and conflict management skills **Desirable** - Person management experience - Highly developed communication skills, both written and verbal ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Experience prescribing children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental conditions - Knowledge of national policy and legislation related to children and adolescents’ mental health, including Gillick competency and parental responsibility - In-depth understanding of the risks associated with NMP and the management of side effects and medication errors. - Detailed working knowledge of medication management and concordance issues - Assessment and management of patients with complex needs **Desirable** - A minimum of 12 months post registration experience as a NMP - Experience of providing clinical care for children and adolescents with Learning Disabilities - A minimum of one year experience providing clinical care in a CAMHS setting ### Qualification/Education **Essential** - Have a certificate to demonstrate he/she has successfully completed a non-medical prescribing course at post graduate level. - The course must be at least 6 months duration and have been validated by the RPSGB (Pharmacists) or/and the NMC (Nurses). - Have a certificate to demonstrate he/she has successfully completed the physical health course for mental health staff - Have a certificate to demonstrate he/she has successfully completed the medication management course **Desirable** - Mentorship / teaching qualification - Qualification in non-medication therapeutic intervention ### Personal Qualities/ other requirements **Essential** - Ability to work independently and recognise when needing support from others - Physical capability to travel between sites and in the community for service provision ## Documents - [jd b8a nmp (pdf, 568.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10318725) - [jd b9a nmp (pdf, 568.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10318726) - [job description (pdf, 568.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10544456) - [a comprehensive guide for candidates (pdf, 544.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2959) - [trac - value based recruitment guidance for candidate (pdf, 4.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2440) ## 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.