Clinical Lead Children & Young Neurodevelopmental Services

The Clinical Lead will provide senior clinical leadership across the Children & Young People (CYP) Autism (ASD) and ADHD pathways, ensuring safe, timely, NICE aligned assessment and formulation in accordance with:

CYP.SOP.
001 Autism Assessment Service

CYP.SOP.
002 ADHD Assessment Service

Working as a highly experienced SAS grade paediatric ND clinician, the postholder will:

Lead day to day clinical operations

Support MDT clinical reasoning and quality

Deliver direct clinical assessments and feedback

Ensure that Consultant-level governance requirements are met

Strengthen clinical quality, safeguarding, and MDT cohesion

The role does not replace Consultant responsibilities. Consultant Paediatrics / Consultant CYP Psychiatry retain ultimate diagnostic governance, statutory signoff, and oversight of complex or high risk cases.

Provide senior clinical leadership for CYP ASD and ADHD pathways, ensuring alignment with SOPs and NICE guidance. Lead weekly MDTs with Consultant involvement and support triage of complex cases, comorbidity questions and safeguarding concerns. Contribute to audits, case reviews and quality improvement.

Deliver ASD and ADHD assessments including developmental histories, parent interviews, school liaison, observational input and clear diagnostic reports. Complete multi-setting ADHD assessments, functional impact evaluation, differential formulation and feedback, preparing handovers for Consultant signoff.

Provide day-to-day supervision to Band 7 clinicians and assistants, supporting consistent documentation and communication. Promote reflective practice, peer learning and maintain competency frameworks.

Maintain Level 3 Safeguarding, elevate concerns appropriately and contribute to risk assessments. Support service KPIs, governance activity and SOP development. Act as a clinical contact for families, schools, SEND teams, CAMHS and Community Paediatrics, ensuring clear and compassionate communication throughout the diagnostic pathway.

Vertis Health is a GP‑owned organisation in Primary Care Worcestershire. We deliver safe, evidence‑based community services through clinician‑led teams, robust governance, and practical, data‑driven improvement.

The services currently include:

Children and Young People (CYP) ADHD an assessment and diagnosis pathway (with onward treatment and medication pathways subject to commissioning and wider system arrangements).

Children and Young People (CYP) ASD a diagnostic assessment pathway delivered through a multidisciplinary model, aligned to national guidance and local commissioning arrangements.

Reports to: Head of Services & Consultant Paediatrician/Consultant CYP Psychiatrist

Hours: Up to 3 days per week (sessions negotiable)

Contract: Substantive or Fixed Term

Salary: SAS aligned clinical rate (DoE)

Pre‑employment checks: Enhanced DBS Check (Children's Barred List), Safeguarding Level 3, Right to Work

Full Job Description attached.

• Essential Qualifications
• GMC registration with licence to practise
• Senior SAS grade experience (Associate Specialist / Specialty Doctor) in Paediatrics or Community Child Health
• Experience in CYP ADHD and/or ASD assessment
• Enhanced DBS (Childrens Barred List)
• Significant experience in neurodevelopmental assessment within paediatrics / community child health settings
• Demonstrable skill in conducting developmental histories, multi setting information gathering, and functional impairment assessments
• Proven MDT working, including liaison with CAMHS, schools, SaLT, psychology, social care
• High quality clinical reporting and feedback experience
• Experience contributing to governance, auditor service development
• Familiarity with ASD tools (e.g., ADOS2, ADIR, 3
  
  Di) as observer/paired clinician
• Experience with in CYP ADHD multidisciplinary pathways
• Experience supporting junior clinicians and supervising clinical work
• Experience contributing to or working toward CESR (Paediatrics)
• Skills & Capabilities
• Strong clinical reasoning in differential diagnosis
• Excellent communication and family centred approach
• Competence handling sensitive or complex parent conversations
• Ability to work under consultant governance while exercising significant autonomous skill
• Timely, accurate and evidence based clinical documentation
• Values & Behaviours
• Compassionate, neurodiversity affirming practice
• Open, collaborative and reflective
• Commitment to child centred care and safeguarding
• Supportive of MDT colleagues
• EDI aware and trauma informed

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.