ADHD Nurse

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To ensure high quality assessment of adults referred to the service. To signpost adults to a range of quality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with individual assessed need. To deliver group work with adults and their carers.To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake casemanagement responsibilities within the caseload. To identify and develop strategies to manage risk to the adult and others in line with Pennine care procedures and protocols. To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies regarding individual carepackages and to promote awareness of adult mental health issues within these agencies. Undertake liaison and joint work with other professionals outside of the MDT To provide consultation and training on a wide range of adults emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GPs, Primacy Care Services, Adult Mental Health Services and Probation Services. To engage in / deliver managerial and clinical supervision. Ensure collection of relevant information required by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Managerial and Administrative To attend team, clinical, business and other meetings as required. To manage own workload and time effectively. To undertake accurate record keeping. To provide and enter data for local information management systems. To contribute to peer supervision within the ADHD Team. To be responsible for the supervision of other staff as appropriate including junior staff and students. To give and receive regular clinical and management supervision and to participate in appraisal. To participate in the development of education and training programmes. To maintain own education and awareness of current developments within the field of ADHD. Development Maintain a current professional portfolio and participate onprogrammes of personal development and training, which will beidentified as part of the individual performance and developmentreview. Undertake personal development in line with Trust policy. Maintainprofessional registration requirement. This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process. General Duties of all post holders To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, whenrequested by Senior Staff. To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies,procedures, protocols and guidelines. To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals.