Senior ADHD Nurse Practitioner - Non Medical Prescriber
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 02/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as a Senior ADHD specialist Nurse Practitioner within the Sheffield Adult Autism and Neurodevelopmental service. The post holder will provide specialist clinical assessment and intervention to adults with ADHD and their families, working autonomously to manage care, quality, and clinical activity. Key duties include conducting diagnostic assessments, reassessment of needs, initiating and optimising pharmacological treatment for ADHD, and writing prescriptions for controlled drugs. The role requires working within a multidisciplinary team and maintaining accurate patient records.
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of ADHD
- Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Experience and ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients
- Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities, including preparing diagnostic reports in a timely manner
Desirable criteria
- Specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of Autism
- Training and Qualification
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with live NMC Registration and recorded prescribing qualification. Registered General Nurse considered with relevant experience.
- Independent Non-Medical Prescriber with clear demonstrable knowledge and skills and extensive previous experience relating to prescribing
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Training in assessment and treatment of ADHD.
- Training in physical health assessments
- Supervision training and mentor/supervisor qualification
- Demonstrable experience to maintain and manage own caseload and work autonomously within the specialist area
- Experience of assessing and managing risk
- Experience of liaising with GP's and managing shared care and ongoing support
- Experience of assessing, reviewing, and prescribing for ADHD in adults or children.
- Demonstrating experience in managing ADHD, including the assessment of highly complex and co-morbid cases, with an understanding of issues affecting clients, their families, and caregivers within this client group.
- Experience of assessing and reviewing for Autism in adults or children.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of ADHD
- Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Experience and ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients
- Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities, including preparing diagnostic reports in a timely manner
- Specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of Autism
- Training and Qualification
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with live NMC Registration and recorded prescribing qualification. Registered General Nurse considered with relevant experience.
- Independent Non-Medical Prescriber with clear demonstrable knowledge and skills and extensive previous experience relating to prescribing
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Training in assessment and treatment of ADHD.
- Training in physical health assessments
- Supervision training and mentor/supervisor qualification
- Demonstrable experience to maintain and manage own caseload and work autonomously within the specialist area
- Experience of assessing and managing risk
- Experience of liaising with GP's and managing shared care and ongoing support
- Experience of assessing, reviewing, and prescribing for ADHD in adults or children.
- Demonstrating experience in managing ADHD, including the assessment of highly complex and co-morbid cases, with an understanding of issues affecting clients, their families, and caregivers within this client group.
- Experience of assessing and reviewing for Autism in adults or children.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,810 – £54,710 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 11d ago · Closes in 4d
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Job summary
The Senior ADHD specialist Nurse Practitioner, who is an independent prescriber, will work within the ADHD pathway of the Sheffield Adult Autism and Neurodevelopmental service to provide a specialist clinical assessment and intervention to adults with ADHD and their families.
The post holder will work autonomously taking responsibility for care, quality, and clinical activity. This will include conducting diagnostic assessments, reassessment of needs and initiating ADHD treatment (pharmacological), titrating and optimising treatment. This will also require writing prescriptions for controlled drugs and other medications where appropriate under the supervision of senior clinical staff within their scope of practice.
Main duties of the job
Perform comprehensive assessments of clients/services user's needs. Plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs. This would include delivering ADHD specific assessments using a standardized and non standardised ADHD Diagnostic Assessment tools. Use advanced skills and expert knowledge to assess the physical, mental health and social needs of a defined client group, instigating therapeutic care plans and treatments based on the best available evidence to improve health outcomes. Ensure patient information is collated, monitored and fully accurate, maintaining complete and contemporaneous
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