Senior ADHD and Autism Assessor for Children
The Opportunity
Are you an innovative clinician working in childrens dual autism and ADHD assessments, excited to use software tools that enhance the prescriber and patient experience of care? This role is for you!
- Have built our own technology & AI tools to gather the required information from families, and support your documentation, so you can focus on childrens needs
- Have a Clinical Specialist, who is a senior clinician who works alongside you to ensure all of our assessments are multidisciplinary in line with NICE guidance.
- Offer an integrated ADHD 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 Childrens Dual Autism and ADHD assessment service to families.
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 Dual Autism and 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 Childrens Dual Autism and 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 Palomas software tools that ensure high-quality, safe, and efficient assessments
About us
Palomas mission is to make childrens 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.
Learn more about the crisis in NHS childrens neurodevelopmental services from this Childrens Commissioner for England: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/childrens-commissioner-warns-of-invisible-crisis-as-delays-and-inequalities-laid-bare-among-children-with-neurodevelopmental-conditions/
Job responsibilities
Time commitment: Between 3-5 days per week (0.6-1 FTE)
Location: Remote
Reporting to: Neurodevelopmental Team Manager
About Paloma
In 2024, our founders, Mark and Darshak, were shocked to find that children needing an NHS autism or ADHD assessment were waiting 4-10 years for these assessments. Delayed assessments result in children being more likely to develop mental health conditions and fall behind in education. Furthermore, the much-needed pre/post-assessment support (outside of ADHD medications) is typically not funded by the NHS.
We have successfully reduced waits to 3 months by taking a product-first approach to redesign the care pathway, building an in-house product, engineering & AI team to free clinicians from documentation, and investing in expanding and upskilling the clinician workforce.
Whats next?
We will continue to reduce waiting times and build new services to support families and children diagnosed with autism or ADHD who feel lost after their assessments.
Qualifications and experience
- By background, you are either:
- 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 Autism and ADHD assessments, including:
- Having a sound understanding of typical development through life stages, co-occurring conditions, and differentials.
- Having a good understanding of normal levels of attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity in typically developing children and young people, and considering this within the cultural background of the individual being assessed.
- The ability to present findings which are client-centred and include strengths and needs.
- Demonstrated 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
Benefits and compensation
- Total compensation of £63,000 to £65,000 per year for HCPC-registered Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, and Arts Therapists, and NMC-registered Nurses.
- Total compensation of £68,000 to £70,000 per year for HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologists, including Clinical Psychologists, Educational Psychologists and Counselling Psychologists.
- Annual salary reviews, ensuring they are competitive.
- For employees working at least 0.8 FTE: equity compensation through Share Options in Paloma Health.
- Optional Private Medical Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme.
- Professional Registration Fees Allowance for clinicians.
- 37 days of annual leave (28 standard days + 8 bank holidays + birthday off), with option to purchase an additional 5 days per year (maximum 42 days).
- 2 days per year of special leave for personal or family-related events.
- Additional benefits: 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.
Accommodations
We are glad to accommodate candidates who need adjustments throughout the hiring process. We encourage you to be open about the adjustments you need, so we can adapt our interview process accordingly.
Safer Recruitment & Pre-Employment Checks
Paloma Health ensures that supporting people to be safe is at the heart of our work and a key priority across all areas of the organisation. As part of our pre-employment checks, you will be asked to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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.
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.
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