Lead Clinician for ADHD Children and Young People (CYP) Services

Salary: £75,000

Reports to: Clinical Director

Ideal Start: Immediate

Location: Hybrid - Occasional in person days in Canary Wharf

✨Join Us at The Centre for ADHD Research and Excellence: Shaping the Future of Accessible Healthcare✨

At CARE ADHD, we're revolutionising private healthcare by making ASC (Autism Spectrum Condition) and ADHD assessments and treatment more affordable and accessible to those who need it. Our client-centred approach, combined with lean methodology and a focus on continuous improvement, drives our commitment to excellence. We embrace an innovative mindset, encouraging rapid learning and adaptation through our 'fail fast' ethos. With ambitious plans to become the largest provider of neurodiverse services outside the NHS within the next five years, we are committed to pushing boundaries and fostering innovation.

About the role

This role combines clinical expertise, leadership, and quality improvement , with a strong focus on governance, safety, and service development. You will play a key role in ensuring our pathways and clinical practice remain evidence-based, efficient, and aligned with national standards.

A hypothesis-testing approach to clinical practice is of upmost importance, along with excellent written and verbal communication skills, reliability, and good timekeeping. As a company one of our core values is upholding the integrity of diagnostic systems, ensuring that the right people get the right help at the right time. This requires lead clinicians to have a clear understanding of normal development and the psychological sequalae of life events.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Partner with the Clinical Director – CYP to deliver CARE ADHD’s Quality Strategy
• Lead clinical quality improvement initiatives, translating audit, feedback, and incident data into meaningful change
• Provide leadership on safeguarding, clinical governance, and regulatory compliance
• Ensure clinical pathways align with national guidance and best practice, including standards set by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
• Support organisational readiness for inspection by the Care Quality Commission, including audits, evidence gathering, and improvement planning
• Identify, escalate, and manage clinical risks, contributing to risk registers and mitigation plans
• Lead the development and implementation of outcome measurement frameworks, and represent CARE ADHD in relevant quality networks or accreditation programmes
• Provide expert clinical input on complex and high-risk ADHD cases in children and young people
• Hold a small case load of complex cases.
• Support delivery of peer supervision, MDT discussions, and ongoing clinician development
• Lead onboarding and support for new assessors and prescribers
• Contribute to the development, delivery and maintenance of clinical competency frameworks
• Respond to patient feedback, incidents, and complaints in collaboration with the Quality & Safety team
• Drive service improvement through analysis of clinical data, patient outcomes, and clinician feedback
• Contribute to clinical governance meetings, policy development, and research activity
• Deliver teaching and training on ADHD assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
• Work collaboratively with Operations and Quality & Safety teams to enhance safety, efficiency, and patient experience
• Support the safe and effective use of digital clinical systems and platforms
• Participate in on-call support for urgent clinical escalations

To thrive in this role you’ll need to:

Essential Criteria

• Registered clinician with a prescribing qualification (medical or non-medical prescriber)
• Significant experience in the assessment and treatment of ADHD in children and young people (CYP)
• Demonstrable experience in clinical leadership, supervision, and clinical governance
• Strong understanding of safeguarding frameworks and regulatory requirements within healthcare services
• Experience of quality improvement, audit, and service development
• Ability to interpret, analyse, and act on clinical and quality data to drive improvement
• Excellent communication and team leadership skills, with the ability to influence and support multidisciplinary teams
• High level of digital literacy, with confidence using clinical systems and adopting new technologies
• Commitment to delivering compassionate, person-centred care

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in leading ADHD assessment and/or treatment services
• Experience working within, or preparing services for, inspection by the Care Quality Commission
• Familiarity with national clinical guidance, including National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines
• Experience contributing to outcome measurement frameworks or service evaluation
• Involvement in quality networks or accreditation programmes.
• Experience in delivering teaching, training, or developing clinical competency frameworks
• Interest in research, innovation, or digital health solutions

What We Value

Care is at the heart of who we are - in how we support patients, and in how we treat each other as colleagues. We believe the way we show up for each other is just as important as what we do. Skills matter, but it’s our mindset and behaviours that protect the supportive culture we’ve built, and help us thrive together. We value:

• Kindness - treating colleagues, partners, and everyone we support, with respect and care.
• Transparency - being open and honest so that trust can grow.
• Reflection - pausing to learn from experience and improve together.
• Growth mindset - always welcoming feedback and challenges as opportunities to develop.
• Accountability - taking ownership of our actions and outcomes, not to assign blame, but to learn, adapt, improve, and move forward.
• Solution-seeking - focusing on constructive ways forward, even when things are tough.
• Collaboration - sharing ideas, supporting one another, and celebrating collective success.

What You Can Expect from Us

• Competitive salary
• Work Hybrid from anywhere in the UK (within UK office hours) and occasional days in our Canary Wharf office.
• 25 days + UK Bank Holidays
• Team get-togethers
• A paid day off on your birthday
• Office equipment when you join
• Pension contribution
• Be part of one of the UK’s most ambitious HealthTech start-ups

️Our Hiring Process

We aim to make our hiring process as streamlined as possible.

Shortlisted candidates will be:

• Invited to a talent call with a member of our Talent Acquisition Team
• An interview with the hiring Manager
• A potential third stage interview with members of the CYP team

Apply with Confidence

Studies show that men apply for roles when they meet around 60% of the qualifications, whereas women and other marginalised groups often apply only if they meet every requirement. If you believe you’re a great fit but don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply!

At Care ADHD, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, especially those from historically marginalised communities, as we work together to create a more equitable future.