Job summary
We are seeking a passionate and innovative Consultant Child Psychiatrist OR Consultant Paediatrician as our Medical Director, working alongside our MDT team including our Clinical Lead Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist.
Your role is to ensure high-quality, efficient, and compassionate care for patients and their families. You will lead on the medical decisions in our care pathway, recruiting and training our prescribing team, and ensuring safe prescribing for ADHD therapies.
Main duties of the job
Lead the development and continuous improvement of our ADHD assessment pathway and Dual Assessment pathway, adhering to best practices and linked NICE guidelines.
Work with our MDT team to continuously improve our existing autism assessment pathway.
Act as the Medical Lead for our complex patient MDT to support diagnostic decision making for autism and ADHD in line with DSM-V criteria
Partner with our Product and Engineering Team to develop our software to meet the needs of ADHD, dual assessment and prescribing pathways.
Recruit, train and mentor a team of clinical prescribers to deliver high quality ADHD care.
Complete Neurodevelopmental Assessments to stay close to our clinical pathway
Stay abreast of the latest research and evidence-based practices in ADHD and autism diagnosis, treatment, and management.
As Medical Lead in our Clinical Governance Committee, drive quality improvement and patient safety initiatives in line with Care Quality Commission regulations and GMC best practices for responsible prescribing.
About us
Paloma Health is a new technology-enabled provider for NHS mental and physical health services. We are driven by our mission to make high-quality NHS outpatient services accessible within 4 weeks, and to make those services more affordable for the NHS.
We are unique through:
- Being clinically-led, with a friendly and approachable team
- Our use of technology and innovation to improve patient and staff experience
- A strong culture, including transparency, a sense of community, and supporting staff career development
- The experience of our founders, who have previously built technology-enabled providers in NHS obesity, diabetes, and ophthalmology care treating over 1 million patients in the last 15 years
- Being backed by leading healthcare investors.
You will be part of our much needed NHS service, Neurodevelopmental Assessments for children and young people (CYP). This covers both autism and ADHD assessments, and will include a combined assessment pathway.
We need your help to innovate and tackle the crisis in NHS Neurodevelopmental Services as set out in the October 2024 Childrens Commissioner report, with hundreds of thousands of children waiting 2+ years for an autism and/or ADHD assessment.
Read more on the crisis here: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/childrens-commissioner-warns-of-invisible-crisis-as-delays-and-inequalities-laid-bare-among-children-with-neurodevelopmental-conditions/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the PDF attachment for the full job description of the Medical Director for our NHS Children and Young People's Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the PDF attachment for the full job description of the Medical Director for our NHS Children and Young People's Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health with GMC registration.
Don't meet every requirement?
Essential
- Studies have shown that women and people from ethnic minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Paloma we are dedicated to building a diverse and top performing workplace, so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align with every qualification, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Consultant in a neurodevelopmental assessment or equivalent service, e.g. community paediatrics or Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
- Significant experience in conducting assessments for autism, ADHD and dual assessments, making diagnostic decisions, and supporting differential diagnosis, and evidence-based management approaches.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide junior staff.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills, fostering strong relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
Desirable
- Experience supporting Care Quality Commission registration requirements and serving on Clinical Governance Committees
- Passion for innovation and utilising technology to enhance care delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health with GMC registration.
Don't meet every requirement?
Essential
- Studies have shown that women and people from ethnic minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Paloma we are dedicated to building a diverse and top performing workplace, so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align with every qualification, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Consultant in a neurodevelopmental assessment or equivalent service, e.g. community paediatrics or Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
- Significant experience in conducting assessments for autism, ADHD and dual assessments, making diagnostic decisions, and supporting differential diagnosis, and evidence-based management approaches.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide junior staff.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills, fostering strong relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
Desirable
- Experience supporting Care Quality Commission registration requirements and serving on Clinical Governance Committees
- Passion for innovation and utilising technology to enhance care delivery.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
