Specialist Nurse – Waiting Well: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 39,959 to 48,117 £ / Year

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking for a qualified practitioner with significant experience at band 6 and a strong understanding of psychiatric illness, autism and ADHD to join the Trust’s adult neurodevelopmental services as a senior practitioner – waiting well (needs stratification).

Main duties of the job

The role involves working closely with the lead nurse for waiting well and clinical leads for both services running in-person and remote clinics for people on the adult ADHD and adult autism waiting lists reviewing the needs of people referred to the services, signposting to appropriate support and requesting or making appropriate internal and external referrals.

This 30 hours per week post is available on a fixed-term basis until 31st March 2028.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse Post-graduate training or equivalent experience working in mental health services
  • Demonstrate commitment to ongoing training
  • Specialist training relevant to autism or ADHD e.g. UKAAN; ADOS; ADA

Desirable

  • Degree in Health Care field
  • Post-graduate Certificate in neurodevelopmental disorders

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and understanding of autism, ADHD and co-occurring mental illness
  • Ability to assess/Plan/Evaluate care to clients and carers
  • Support clients in crisis
  • Excellent Record Keeping
  • Ability to chair meetings and lead a team
  • Deliver training to other professionals and servic

Desirable

  • Experience in quality initiatives
  • Ability to manage conflict situations to an amicable resolution
  • Confidence/experience in managing potentially challenging situations

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working in mental health services at band 6
  • A level of post qualifying experience of working with adults with ADHD/autism
  • Direct experience of working with clients with complex needs i.e. people with multiple co-morbidities

Desirable

  • Experience of using assessments to identify needs
  • Working within a MDT
  • Participation in service developments

Trust Values

Essential

  • Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C’s: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 2 December 2026

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