Consultant Psychiatrist, Adult ADHD

Job summary

The Salary scale for this job is £105,504 - £139,882

This job attracts the following remuneration package for the successful external applicant:

£15,000 - Recruitment & Retention Premia

£8,000 - Relocation Allowance (if applicable)

£950 - CPD Allowance

1 PA - for Special interest (subject to agreement)

We are looking for an enthusiastic consultant psychiatrist to join a very well established and experienced adultADHDservice which has been providing high qualityADHDassessments and treatment since 2011.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an Outstanding trust with an agenda-setting neurodiversity strategy and a commitment to equality and diversity. A passion for research, evidence-based practice and quality improvement would make any candidate a good fit for a team which aims to provide the best care for people withADHD.

Candidates with experience of working with people with neurodiversity are encouraged to apply, and we will consider applications from good candidates with no formalADHDexperience, as we have significant experience in training people in AdultADHDand Autism.

We are first and foremost a friendly and caring multidisciplinary team who support each other and would welcome the new skills and ideas any successful candidate would bring.

Main duties of the job

• The role will focus on the assessment of patients for suitability for ADHD Medication, assessment of comorbidities, initiation and titration of ADHD medications, and review of patients
• The team gets substantial referrals as is the national picture, but cases are allocated when patients reach the top of a waiting list.
• Caseload is of those patients actively being seen by the post-holder for ADHD medication titration
• To provide some diagnostic assessments for Adult ADHD
• Management of complex cases which require a consultant
• Clinical leadership of team, including a role in supervision of SAS doctors and NMPs, alongside other consultants in the team
• Role in assessment of referrals/admissions
• Care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment
• Liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies, especially with primary care and ICB colleagues on matters related to ADHD prescribing
• Supporting the broader Neuropsychology service with leadership and advice, for example supporting colleagues in the Autism Diagnostic Team
• Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working
• Signposting patients with other mental health needs

About us

The ADHD pathway of the Adult Autism and ADHD Service provides diagnostic assessment, and a medication offer for adults who have a Berkshire GP. We are a small but very well established and experienced team working to support clients with ADHD across all of Berkshire from a routine clinic model. We do not offer an urgent service. We operate out of 25 Erleigh Road in Reading and are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist with a passion for working with neurodivergent people, who can autonomously see adults for medication prescribing, and can provide leadership and supervision to other members of our team.

We receive new referrals from GPs or other health professionals. We have separate pathways for diagnostic assessment and medication. Our medication pathway consistent of initiation, titration and review. We have experienced significant increase in our rate of referrals over the past few years, and so we are also looking for a candidate who can think innovatively and critically about how we offer the best service to our clients.

Our team sits within the Children, Families and All Age directorate, and young people transition into our team from the Children and Young Peoples ADHD Service. We also retain close working relationships with colleagues in Adult Mental Health. Our ADHD clients may access other services, for example CMHT or CHRTT, while accessing our service as we offer treatment for ADHD from our team.