Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult ADHD Service (Remote)

Job summary

Psychiatry UK is the leading provider of online mental health services in the United Kingdom. A career here offers the opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills and life experiences while enjoying the unique opportunity to work in a full or part-time role from your home office. Working in a leading online mental health service means working amongst innovative, forward-thinking and committed professionals in a Consultant led, multi-disciplinary team.

As pioneers in healthcare technology, we're committed to leveraging AI to revolutionise mental health treatment accessibility. Our MedScrybe AI scribing service has already saved clinicians 20% of their time, enabling them to focus on delivering high-quality care.

Here are five compelling reasons to work with us:

1. Make a real difference: Impact lives by providing crucial mental health diagnoses and treatments.

2. Increase your earnings: Enjoy competitive compensation and upcoming equity incentives.

3. Build a varied portfolio: Develop expertise across multiple conditions and access teaching opportunities.

4. Further your career: Receive support from our executive team and explore leadership roles.

5. Flexible working: Enjoy the freedom of remote work from anywhere in the UK or overseas.

What we offer:

  • High patient demand
  • Flexible remote working
  • Professional development and supervision
  • Collaborative community of professionals

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide assessment and treatment plans for people referred to our adult ADHD service, and ensure safe and effective service delivery within Psychiatry UK. The role will be a remote working one. The role will also adhere to the flexitime principles for Psychiatry UK.

The role is a fulltime role and made up of 7.5 PAs of Direct Clinical Care and 2.5 PAs of Supporting Professional Activities.

Direct Clinical care (DCC): The expectation is the post holder will deliver 20 hours of clinical appointments per week, made up of Adult ADHD initial assessments and review appointments and delivering supervision to non-consultant grade doctors.

Supporting Professional Activities (SPA): We have opportunities for participating in clinical audits, service improvement projects, MDT meetings and other CPD related activities. You will also be supported with 1 hour of dedicated 1:1 time with the ADHD Clinical lead (or equivalent) per month.

About us

Founded in 2012, Psychiatry-UK has become the largest specialist psychiatry service in the UK. Through innovation, forward thinking and determination, we are helping to shape the future of British mental healthcare, enabling rapid access to high-quality specialist medical diagnosis and treatment online, and onward referral to accredited and medically managed counselling and coaching services.

Why work with us?

Our workplace culture is person-centred, supportive and neurodivergent friendly. In addition to comprehensive training and mentor support/CPD, we offer the following benefits:

  • Competitive/generous salary.

  • Additional work-from-home bonus of £1000 per annum (pro-rata).

  • Holiday Allowance.

  • Family discount.

  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

  • Strong social network with online events; some face to face events.

Equality

P-UK is strongly committed to valuing and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all of our activities. We welcome and celebrate the diversity of our team and our patients, and are committed to offering equal opportunities and access for all people and groups in society.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will primarily have a variety of responsibilities, including the following. This list is not exhaustive, and the post holder could be asked to perform a wider variety of duties to ensure resilience across the team.

The job holder will:

  • Assess patients referred to the Adult ADHD service under RTC and/or NHS Contracts
  • Provide advice regarding investigations and interventions for patients referred to the ADHD service
  • Develop a new Adult ADHD caseload as well as taking over patients from consultants who leave Psychiatry UK
  • Provide follow-up for patients with ADHD according to contractual arrangements
  • Adhere to policies, procedures and any other clinical governance requirements
  • Undertake a minimum number of patient appointments per week, in accordance with your employment contract
  • Undertake any and all necessary administrative tasks to ensure, safe, effective and high quality care for your patients
  • Maintain minimum CPD and appraisal requirements each year, according to GMC standards
  • Adhere to GMC Good Medical Practice
  • Engage with annual job planning review with the clinical lead or clinical director, as required
  • Work with other clinicians and non-clinicians within the service and organisation to deliver care
  • Provide leave cover for colleagues in a reciprocal arrangement
  • There will be ample opportunities to engage in audit and quality improvement projects
  • Plan their own workload to ensure that weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual tasks are met
  • Prioritise workload with consideration to issues arising and responding to shifting priorities appropriately.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

Essential
  • Ability to build strong working relationships and source information efficiently
  • Ability to solve complex problems
  • Reliable and Accessible
Desirable
  • Proven leadership and organisational skills

Qualifications

Essential
  • Medical degree
  • MRCPsych
  • Certificate of completion of Training CCT
Desirable
  • Teaching qualifications
  • Senior management or clinical degree, e.g., MSc, MBA, PhD

Experience

Essential
  • Good understanding of clinical governance process
Desirable
  • Medical management experience
  • Research experience

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Psychiatry-UK LLP

Address

Work from home - Nationwide

United Kingdom

PL32 9PG


Employer's website

https://psychiatry-uk.com/

Company
Psychiatry-UK LLP
Location
United Kingdom, United Kingdom PL32 9PG
Hybrid / WFH Options
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
Negotiable
Posted
Company
Psychiatry-UK LLP
Location
United Kingdom, United Kingdom PL32 9PG
Hybrid / WFH Options
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
Negotiable
Posted