Neurodiversity Lead - Peterborough, United Kingdom - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Peterborough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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This post is a rare and exciting opportunity to work somewhere completely different - a prison.

You will lead in the identification and support of people with Neurodevelopmental disorders.

You will directly provide, and support others to offer adapted psychosocial interventions for people whose communication, thinking style and coping strategies are impacted upon by the presence of a neurodevelopmental disorder.

You will advocate for people with neurodevelopmental disorders within the prison and promote best practice.


You lead in the identification and support of people with Neurodevelopmental Disorders, including Autism, Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities within your prison establishment.


To directly provide adapted psychosocial interventions for people whose communication, thinking style and coping strategies are impacted upon by the presence of a Neurodevelopmental order.

To hold a caseload for those identified and require reasonable adjustments to be made.

To advocate within the prison system and promote best practice and the safety and wellbeing of patients.

To work alongside other practitioners, in similar roles, working in other secured services.


To improve the outcomes of people with Neurodiversity needs across all the secured services by delivering against the national specifications for primary and mental healthcare for people with Neurodevelopmental Disorders To foster and maintain the high standards of care.

To lead on aspects of clinical governance within the team.


To play an active part in the Healthcare Management Team Recognise that there is need for flexibility, working outside of normal working hours if required, including weekends.

To participate in Healthcare Management on-call rota

To maintain service development requirements and successfully implement changes to meet these.

Contribute to the continuing development of policies and procedures Manage complex patient interactions including delivering information that may be unexpected or poorly received.

The post holder must be confident in managing patients that may become verbally abusive or challenging


You will benefit from an extensive supernumerary period, access to a full range of training and be encouraged to develop your skills within this role.


NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community.

Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible.

This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.
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