Senior ADHD Assessor for Children

The Opportunity

Are you an innovative clinician working in children's ADHD assessments, excited to use software tools that enhance the prescriber and patient experience of care? This role is for you! We are not a standard ADHD assessment service; we:

• Have built our own technology & AI tools to gather the required information from families, and support your documentation, so you can focus on children's needs.
• Have a Clinical Specialist, who is a senior clinician who works alongside you to ensure all of our ADHD assessments are multidisciplinary in line with NICE guidance.
• Offer an integrated prescribing service led by our Prescribing Team, ensuring families can get fast access to ADHD medications where required.

This role will ensure we deliver a fantastic Children's ADHD assessment service to families. If you have the appropriate skills, you can work across our Children's Autism and Children's Dual Autism and ADHD Assessment pathways.

Main duties of the job

About you

You are a registered nurse, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, social worker or practitioner psychologist skilled in ADHD assessments. From a mindset perspective, you are excited to work in an innovative environment, use software and AI tools, and are always looking for ways to improve our team's and families' experience with Paloma.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality Children's ADHD Neurodevelopmental Assessments.
• Act in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy, including conducting a risk assessment where necessary.
• Keep up to date with the mandatory training, Continuing Professional Development and professional registration requirements of your professional background.
• Share ideas for continuing to improve Paloma's software tools that ensure high-quality, safe, and efficient assessments.

About us

Paloma's mission is to make children's autism and ADHD assessments and care available on the NHS within 4 weeks of GP referral. We are making this happen by redesigning care pathways, building new software & AI tools, and training up a specialist clinical workforce.

We commit to supporting your development and well-being, including:

• The Paloma Clinical Academy programme supports all clinicians at all stages of your careers to develop (e.g. to our Senior Assessor role) and cross-skill (e.g. in autism).
• Regular clinical supervision.
• 1 protected day per month for assessor team training, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and reflection.
• Quarterly development conversations with clear career progression pathways.
• Clear weekly timetables that support a role mix across appointments, administration, development, and team building.

Qualifications and experience:

Required:

• By background, you are either a: NMC-registered Nurse, HCPC Registered Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Arts Therapist, or Practitioner Psychologist, Social Work England Registered Social Worker.
• You have at least 4 years of experience in delivering Children's ADHD assessments, including having a sound understanding of typical development through life stages, co-occurring conditions, and differentials.
• Have a good understanding of normal levels of attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity in typically developing children and young people, and consider this within the cultural background of the individual being assessed.
• The ability to present findings which are client-centred and include strengths and needs.
• You can demonstrate good time management skills, including caseload management, and good parent and child communication skills.
• Passing an enhanced DBS with barred list check, as you will be working with children.
• Experience in conducting risk assessments within Neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Safeguarding training to Level 3 and above.
• Experience in Children's Autism Assessments and Dual Assessments.

For all employees, we offer:

• A strong and positive culture that prioritises team building, transparency, and career development.
• Total compensation of £62,000 to £64,000 per year, made up of base and variable components for: HCPC-registered Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, and Arts Therapists, NMC-registered Nurses, Social Work England registered Social Workers.
• Total compensation of £68,000 to £70,000 per year, made up of base and variable components for: HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologists, including Clinical Psychologists, Educational Psychologists and Counselling Psychologists.
• Annual salary reviews, ensuring they are competitive.
• Equity compensation through Share Options in Paloma Health.
• Optional Private Medical Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Professional Registration Fees Allowance for clinicians.
• A unique annual leave benefits package which includes: 37 days of annual leave.
• Where required, 2 days per year of special leave, for events that can happen in life, whether personal or family-related.
• Additional benefits include: A premium performance company laptop, NHS discounts, including the Blue Light Card.

Equality & Diversity

Paloma Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and throughout the application process. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic.

Application process

Please apply via our website. We understand that applying for a new job requires significant effort, and we appreciate your time. We look forward to reviewing your application. Join us and be part of our journey to revolutionise access to NHS autism and ADHD care!