Description:
Our Safeguarding Nurse role will be instrumental in leading on clinical risk assessments and supervision within Psicon’s triage function. You will be supporting the delivery of neurodevelopmental assessments developing and delivering post-diagnostic therapeutic interventions for clients with ADHD and/or autism. You experience will be impactful and vital in ensuring safe, compassionate, and person-centred care for clients accessing Psicon’s NHS and private pathways.
Key Responsibilities
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management
- Act as clinical lead for triage-stage risk assessment across referrals
- Review and respond to risk concerns raised by the triage team
- Carry out structured clinical risk assessments and formulate appropriate risk responses
- Liaise with Clinical Leads, Safeguarding Leads, and GPs where needed
- Escalate significant or complex risks through appropriate governance channels
- Triage Team Supervision and Support
- Provide clinical supervision to assistant psychologists and psychology assistants
- Guide formulation and escalation decisions in triage
- Support consistent use of Psicon’s screening protocols and documentation standards
- Assessment Delivery
- Deliver ADHD assessments (structured clinical interviews and scoring tool integration)
- For adult nurse: deliver ADOS-2 assessments (training will be provided if needed)
- Ensure documentation aligns with Psicon’s clinical governance standards and reporting templates
- Post-Diagnostic Therapeutic Interventions
- Design and deliver group-based therapeutic sessions for clients following diagnosis
- Offer brief individual therapeutic support to clients where appropriate
- Tailor interventions to neurodivergent presentations (e.g. executive functioning, emotional regulation, self-esteem, identity)
- Work collaboratively with the wider therapy and wellbeing teams to ensure consistency and effectiveness
- Participate in outcome measurement and feedback gathering to inform ongoing improvement
- Governance and Quality
- Attend and contribute to Clinical Governance Subgroups, especially those relating to quality and risk
- Lead and/or contribute to clinical audits relating to triage, risk documentation, or assessment quality
- Support service learning and improvement initiatives, including PSIRF reviews where relevant
- Collaborative Working
- Work alongside Clinical Leads, Service Managers, and the Director of Nursing
- Participate in multidisciplinary case discussions
- Ensure smooth and safe transition between triage, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment/support