Children's Neurodevelopment Specialist Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Children's Specialist Nurse - Neurodevelopment , to join our existing team here at Wirral University Teaching Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to:

• Be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team involved in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, support and management of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & ADHD, working in collaboration with the existing  Neurodevelopmental specialist nurses.
• Act as an information and training resource and educator in the care of the child with ASD & ADHD for the multidisciplinary team, schools, statutory and voluntary agencies, children and their families.
• Manage and coordinate nurse led clinics to share the management of any pharmaceutical interventions as a nurse prescriber adjust drug treatment appropriately working within local agreed guidelines.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Children's Specialist Nurse - Neurodevelopment position available at WUTH.

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £13 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.