Job Description

As the post holder, you will be a home office-based worker within the ADHD Titration Team and will:

* Provide support to our Consultant Psychiatrists by taking responsibility, under their direction, for medication initiation and review.

* Monitor treatment effectiveness and potential side effects and where appropriate

* Initiate prescribing changes within NICE Guidance (NG87), policies and agreed treatment standards

* Make independent prescribing decisions in collaboration with the patient and keep the Consultant Psychiatrist informed during the titration process, as required, by keeping contemporaneous records in the electronic clinical record.

* Use internationally recognised and validated screening and monitoring tools, alongside Services monitoring processes to implement excellent standards of patient care and achieve stabilisation of symptoms and treatment optimisation.

* Place an emphasis on informed choice within a patient partnership approach, ensuring full information is given to the patient regarding the medications to be prescribed, following RPS Prescribing Framework standards.

Professional Responsibilities:

As the post holder, you will be expected to ascribe to clients high standards of patient care and will:

* Prescribe effective, appropriate, safe & cost-effective medications acknowledging your own limitations and scope of practice.

* Provide, as part of treatment titration, ongoing assessment, treatment and management of all patients accepted from the internal waiting list onto your own caseload.

* Provide direct clinical judgement and treatment decisions using highly developed skills and knowledge regarding clinical management of adults with ADHD.

* Exercise Independent or Supplementary prescribing rights using accepted guidelines and within clients clinical policies and the RPS Prescribing Framework.

* Ensure that the patient’s interests are fully considered within the context of their care, actively participating in ethical, shared decision making within the multi-disciplinary team approach.

* Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for decision making within the parameters and expectations of the Titration Team.

* Undertake risk assessments and review safeguarding needs alongside treatment strategies during ongoing patient care.

* Utilise up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, national and clients policies and other issues relating to ADHD and patient management.

* Access regular clinical supervision from an allocated Client Consultant Psychiatrist and within the Titration Team