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 QareScrybe 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.
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
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 (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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 (opens in a new window).
