Remote ADHD/Autism Diagnostic Specialist for Youth

Held Health Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and sessional working

Job summary

Held Health is recruiting specialist diagnosticians for its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service to deliver neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people. The post holder completes the second stage of assessment, drawing on developmental histories, school reports and informant questionnaires gathered earlier, to reach evidence-based ADHD and autism diagnoses.

Most work supports Right to Choose referrals alongside a developing private pathway, with sessional, largely remote

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practise
• Minimum 4 years postgraduate clinical experience

Responsibilities

• Undertake structured diagnostic assessments of children and young people
• Review and integrate developmental histories, school reports, standardised tools, questionnaires and observations
• Establish diagnoses of ADHD and/or autism and co-occurring conditions
• Provide structured feedback to young people and families, including diagnosis or non-diagnosis and recommendations
• Produce clear clinical reports covering outcomes, rationale and recommendations

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Diagnostic formulation

Multi-source synthesis

Communication with children and their

Tools

Creyos

QbCheck

Job description

Held Health is recruiting specialist diagnosticians for its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service to deliver neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people. The post holder completes the second stage of assessment, drawing on developmental histories, school reports and informant questionnaires gathered earlier, to reach evidence-based ADHD and autism diagnoses.

Most work supports Right to Choose referrals alongside a developing private pathway, with sessional, largely remote