# Clinical Nurse Specialist - Adult ADHD Team

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Bodmin Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-02T09:01:45.466Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Newquay/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_ADHD_services/Adult_ADHD_services-v8338427
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8338427?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber, to join our Adult ADHD service in the beautiful county of Cornwall. This post is part time hours and will work along side the other Clinical Nurse Specialists in the team.

We are looking for someone who will take advanced lead role in supporting the ongoing development of the Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Service, delivering assessment, treatment, monitoring and support around the clinical areas of ADHD and behavioural difficulties in this highly specialist area. To take lead responsibility for standards of care delivery, and overall management of the caseload within the service from referral to discharge.

### Main duties of the job

This post will provide ADHD assessment and ongoing care to adults with ADHD across the county of Cornwall.

This is a Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 7 post, and we are looking for someone who has extensive experience working in mental health settings, with highly developed assessment and risk management skills.

This is an exciting time for Adult ADHD, we are looking for an individual who is strongly motivated to work in this area, with a keen interest in neurodevelopmental disorders to provide excellent care to people that use our service.

If you are passionate about ADHD and are looking to develop a career in this area, leading to clinical expertise, then we would welcome an application from you.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

### 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 and Aptitude

**Essential**

- Effective team player with the ability to initiate, prioritise and complete work autonomously
- Skilled at delivering advice and support in specialist area
- Can communicate and establish effective working relationships with an adult mental health client group including, young people and their families

### Knowledge and abilities

**Essential**

- Ability to constructively contribute to service development and plans
- In-depth knowledge of mental health care and community services
- Flexible in approach with ability to adapt in line with the changing needs of the service

### Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

**Essential**

- Hold NMC registration for independent non- medical prescriber
- Experience of assessment of mental health and risk
- Professional nursing qualification – RMN, RNLD, RNC

**Desirable**

- Experience of ADHD

## Documents

- [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977)
- [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833)
- [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 204.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662348)
- [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 517.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662347)

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