ADHD Clinical Pharmacist (IP)NHS

Job summary

An opportunity for an experienced ADHD Pharmacist to join a new primary-care led ADHD service in Crawley, West Sussex.

This role is for a dedicated Independent Prescriber with proven experience in mental health, primary or secondary care settings with an interest in ADHD. You will play a key role in supporting patients with ADHD and other complex mental health conditions, delivering safe, high-quality care through remote assessments, reviews, and prescribing.

This role offers the flexibility of remote working while allowing you to make a direct impact on patient wellbeing and service innovation in ADHD care. Training will be provided where required.

Main duties of the job

• Conduct comprehensive ADHD medication reviews and mental health assessments via secure remote platforms
• Prescribe ADHD and psychotropic medications safely, adhering to NICE guidelines, local formularies, and Trust policies
• Monitor and manage patients with complex and high-risk presentations, ensuring appropriate follow-up and escalation
• Optimise pharmacological treatment, considering drug efficacy, side effects, and patient adherence
• Provide specialist advice to clinicians on ADHD and mental health medication management

Job description

• Participate in continuous professional development and clinical supervision in line with professional registration requirements
• Utilise Shared Care Protocols to allow for safe discharge to primary care
• Work autonomously within professional practice guidelines and ABCs ADHD policies and standard operating procedures
• Lead and coordinate ADHD medication review clinics, ensuring access and patient flow are prioritised
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous, and detailed clinical documentation in electronic health records (SystmOne)

Please see full job description for further information.

About us

Alliance for Better Care CIC is a GP Federation that unites 77 NHS GP practices across 24 Primary Care Networks in Sussex and Surrey. We support our Primary Care colleagues as well as their patients, to transform how healthcare is managed within the community.

As a membership organisation, our focus is to work in partnership with our members and help them to improve the provision of General Practices in the local area.

We work with and listen to our GP Practices, PCNs, Hospitals, Community Organisations and the Third Sector. These vital partnerships ensure that, together, we deliver a truly integrated approach that offers the support and expertise needed to effectively serve our communities.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Access to NHS pension
• Bespoke training programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity pay
• NHS discounts
• Leadership Development Programme
• Salary sacrifice schemes technology and electric vehicle
• Opportunities for secondments