The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for Paediatric ADHD at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London will provide comprehensive support to children with ADHD and their families, guiding them from referral and diagnosis to ongoing management. The role involves establishing strong collaborative relationships with various healthcare professionals, participating in multidisciplinary team meetings, and operating nurse-led clinics to assess new referrals and monitor ongoing cases. The CNS will also focus on educating ward staff, leading parenting support groups, and delivering individual support while being sensitive to the diverse backgrounds of patients and caregivers.
In addition, the CNS is responsible for ensuring clinical expertise and professional leadership in ADHD management within both hospital and community settings. This includes staying updated with current clinical and research protocols, assisting in the coordination of care services, and providing psychological support while managing assessments, referrals, and treatment plans in accordance with established guidelines.
In addition, the CNS is responsible for ensuring clinical expertise and professional leadership in ADHD management within both hospital and community settings. This includes staying updated with current clinical and research protocols, assisting in the coordination of care services, and providing psychological support while managing assessments, referrals, and treatment plans in accordance with established guidelines.
- The ADHD CNS will provide a wrap-around support network for children and families/carers and schools from referral through diagnosis to on-going management.
- The CNS will have key working relationships with all the professionals and services identified above, both at primary and secondary care setting.
- To attend weekly MDT meetings and action any work that needs to be actioned from this.
- To run own clinics and ensure dictate letters are completed in a timely fashion.
- There will also be an element of teaching ward stuff about ADHD and how best to support patients.
- To run parenting support groups.
- To provide professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the specialty ADHD and to act as a resource for education and clinical expertise in hospital and community settings.
- To liaise effectively with members of the multi-professional healthcare team to achieve a co ordinated specialist service.
- To be operationally conversant with both current clinical protocols and research protocols and relevant investigations and procedures employed in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.
- To provide an individual service and psychological support to patients and carers respecting their diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds .
- To be competent in the management of assessment referrals and analysis of assessment data.
- To undertake nurse-led clinics for the assessment of new referrals and ongoing review of children with ADHD.This includes monitoring emotional well-being and functioning of children and their families, monitoring BP, growth and altering medication as required, working within agreed protocols.
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