Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice

• Delivering structured diagnostic assessments, including history, impairment, co-morbidity and risk, and providing clear feedback and written plans.
• Conducting structured follow-up reviews to monitor treatment response, adjust care plans and support safe, effective long-term management.
• Working with the pharmacy team to initiate and adjust medication within the local formulary, including arranging baseline assessments and ongoing physical health monitoring.
• Conducting brief titration contacts until the patient is stable and completing safe shared-care transfers to primary care using the Electronic Prescription Service and relevant templates.
• Documenting clinical activity promptly and accurately, producing high-quality letters on the day and maintaining accurate, auditable records.
• Maintaining high standards of care in line with Local and National standards, professional requirements and your scope of competence.
• Using professional judgement to manage complex or unpredictable situations, recognising when guidance, support or escalation is required.

Leadership & Service Development

• Presenting complex primary care cases at the weekly MDT and contributing to audit, incident learning and quality improvement.
• Supporting the induction and development of colleagues through case discussions, day-to-day coaching and effective teamworking.
• Supporting the wider multi-professional team through leadership tasks and contributing to the development of procedures and service improvements.
• Providing activity, outcome and KPI information as agreed with the Service Team Manager and Head of Service.
• Using IT effectively and contributing to new IT tools and reporting systems, including the emerging use of AI.
• Upholding safeguarding, consent and capacity, and information governance requirements, while demonstrating resilience and ensuring concerns are appropriately escalated.

This job description is not exhaustive. The postholder may be required to undertake other duties within the scope and band of the role, following discussion with their manager.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience working with adult's with ADHD
• In-depth knowledge of the barriers people with health inequalities experience
• Working knowledge of NICE ADHD guidance, local formulary, risk and safeguarding
• Experience delivering ADHD services

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with one of the following professional bodies: NMC, GPhC or GMC with Independent Prescriber Annotation
• UKAAN-trained

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with service users
• Ability to work on own initiative without direct supervisor, understanding where clinical input is needed
• Ability to identify risk and manage appropriately within the scope of practice
• Ability to plan and provide clinical structured intervention

Desirable

• Ability to use clinical data/KPIs to monitor service activity and outcomes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Sheffield

Address

28 Kenwood Park Road

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S7 1NF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.primarycaresheffield.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)