Speaker
Joe Kilgariff
Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Neuro-Developmental psychiatry for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust
Biography
Joe Kilgariff works as an Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Neuro-Developmental psychiatry for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust. His post includes a number of roles involved in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of Neurodevelopmental conditions including Tourette Syndrome and comorbidities. As a behavioural therapist and independent Non-Medical Prescriber Joe specialises in providing both psychological and pharmacological treatments to ensures a holistic approach to children’s Mental health conditions. Joe has been in his current post working alongside Professor Kapil Sayal in the CAMHS ADHD Specialist team and Professor Chris Hollis in the CAMHS developmental neuropsychiatry tic disorder service for 14 years. Previous posts include a 5 year placement in a challenging behaviour Children’s day service and 3 years as a health care assistant on inpatient adult and child mental health, intellectual disability and forensic wards. Joe has a keen interest in Research and is currently part of the INTEND, ORBIT and SATURN trials as well as regularly delivering teaching and training sessions for CAMHS and Paediatric services across the country as well as lecturing for the universities of Nottingham, Coventry and Birmingham.