[Hiring] Consultant Adult Psychiatrist specializing in ADHD @Paloma Health

Role Description

Are you an innovative Consultant Adult Psychiatrist, always thinking of new ways to approach ADHD assessment and treatment, and how technology and software tools can enhance the assessor, prescriber and patient experience of care? This role is for you!

Paloma provides NHS children’s ADHD assessment and treatment services, including ADHD medication prescribing. For children who reach 18 years of age, we offer continued ADHD prescribing under an Adult ADHD prescribing pathway, and we are exploring launching an Adult ADHD assessment and treatment pathway.

We are looking for a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist specialising in ADHD to partner with our Medical Director (Consultant Child Psychiatrist Dr Manish Rao) and Clinical Pathway Team to:

• Support the creation of a fantastic Adult ADHD prescribing pathway which meets the needs of patients and simplifies the steps for prescribers to follow.
• Innovate by supporting the development of Paloma’s in-house electronic patient record system, which enables prescribers to safely and efficiently capture required monitoring information.
• Clinically supervise our team of medical and non-medical Adult ADHD prescribers.
• Partner with our Medical Director to ensure robust governance.
• Support the launch of our Adult ADHD assessment and treatment pathway when ready.

Qualifications

• GMC-registered Consultant Adult Psychiatrist on the Specialist Register.
• At least 6 months' work experience in Adult ADHD.

Requirements

• Provide input to our pathway and product teams on continuously improving our adult ADHD prescribing pathway.
• Provide clinical supervision to the adult ADHD prescribing team, including supporting with complex cases as they arise.
• Support robust Clinical Governance processes for our Adult ADHD prescribing pathway, including clinical audits.
• Undertake a small caseload of ADHD annual reviews and prescribing.

Benefits

• A strong and positive culture that prioritises team building, transparency, and career development.
• Comprehensive compensation, including:
• Competitive salary, above NHS consultant pay grades.
• Annual salary reviews, ensuring they are competitive.
• 5% employer pension contribution.
• For employees working at least 0.8 FTE:
• Equity compensation through Share Options in Paloma Health.
• Optional Private Medical Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Home Office Equipment Allowance.
• Professional Registration Fees Allowance for clinicians.
• A unique annual leave benefits package which includes:
• 37 days of annual leave (28 standard days, plus eight bank holidays, plus your birthday off).
• Option to buy an additional 5 days per year (giving a maximum of 42 days).
• Where required, 2 days per year of special leave for personal or family-related events.
• Additional benefits include:
• A premium performance company laptop.
• NHS discounts, including the Blue Light Card.

Company Description

Paloma's mission is to make NHS autism and ADHD assessments and care accessible within 4 weeks of a GP referral, helping every child and adult achieve their potential.

• Founded by Mark and Darshak, with 25 years of combined NHS experience.
• Successfully reduced waits to less than 3 months.
• Clinically-led, with a team of 150 people, including over 100 clinicians.
• Profitable and backed by leading healthcare investors Triple Point and Heal Capital.