Job summary
Paloma Health has developed a new gold-standard autism assessment pathway and our own Patient Record IT system, which allows us to offer:
- Our patients exceptional service and timely assessments. As well as clear, strengths and needs based outcomes, regardless of whether an autism diagnosis is made.
- High assessor role satisfaction by improving the experience of delivering assessments. For example, we are building a tool to partially automate diagnostic report writing, which we know is a pressure of the role.
You will work as a member of a multidisciplinary assessment team providing a mix of:
- In-person observations at our clinics across Devon
- Remote parental interviews (via videocall)
- Diagnostic decision making, with support of the senior clinical MDT where required
- Outcome report writing and outcome calls with parents and patients.
From a cultural perspective, you are:
- Comfortable working in a dynamic environment and embrace change
- Excited by using new technologies in your role
- Always looking for ways to improve our staff and patient experience
We commit to supporting your development and wellbeing including:
- Regular clinical supervision
- Protected time and budgets for Continuing Professional Development (CPD), reflection, and training, including formal autism qualifications if desired.
- Quarterly development conversations, with clear career progression pathways
Clear weekly timetables that support a role mix across patient care, administration, development, and team building.
Main duties of the job
- Conduct neurodevelopmental assessments, in line with your skills and experience
- Respond to requests for information that will inform an EHCP
- Act in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy, including conducting a risk assessment where necessary.
- Keep up to date with mandatory training, and your professional qualification requirements including CPD.
About us
Paloma Health is a new technology-enabled provider of NHS mental and physical health services. We are driven by our mission to make high-quality NHS outpatient services accessible within 4 weeks, and to make those services more affordable for the NHS.
We are unique through:
- Being clinically-led, with a friendly and approachable team
- Our use of technology and innovation to improve patient and staff experience
- A strong culture, including transparency, a sense of community, and supporting staff career development
- The experience of our founders, who have previously built technology-enabled providers in NHS obesity, diabetes, and ophthalmology care treating over 1 million patients in the last 15 years
- Being backed by leading healthcare investors.
You will be part of our much needed NHS service, Neurodevelopmental Assessments for children and young people. We are actively delivering autism assessments and will be launching ADHD assessments early in 2025.
We need your help to innovate and tackle the crisis in NHS Neurodevelopmental Services as set out in the October 2024 Childrens Commissioner report, with over 200,000 children today waiting 2+ years for an autism and/or ADHD assessment.
Read more on the crisis here: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/childrens-commissioner-warns-of-invisible-crisis-as-delays-and-inequalities-laid-bare-among-children-with-neurodevelopmental-conditions/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description attachment for full information on the role.
Important information includes:
Time commitment:
Full time employment is preferred. We can offer part time roles, and bank (self-employed) roles.
Location:
This is a hybrid role. Your main place of work is our Exeter clinic, with occasional travel to our Devon clinics (Plymouth and Barnstaple), as well as some of the week working from home.
Reporting to:
Autism Service Team Manager
Benefits:
- Our strong and positive culture through our values and cultural recipe. This includes monthly staff wellbeing check ins, with clear company responses to feedback
Being part of a 4-10 person clinical team, with protected time and budgets to come together, share learnings, support each other and build a community.
£45,000-76,000 GBP annual salary, depending on clinical background and experience
- Annual salary reviews, 5% employer pension, and company laptop.
- Share options in Paloma Health we all benefit from our success!
- A unique benefits package including 26 days of annual leave per year plus bank holidays, plus a further 10 days of paid leave as a sabbatical for every 3 years of service.
- Access to NHS discount including the Blue Light Card (as we are an NHS provider)
Equality & Diversity
Paloma Health is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion both within the workplace and throughout our application process. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description attachment for full information on the role.
Important information includes:
Time commitment:
Full time employment is preferred. We can offer part time roles, and bank (self-employed) roles.
Location:
This is a hybrid role. Your main place of work is our Exeter clinic, with occasional travel to our Devon clinics (Plymouth and Barnstaple), as well as some of the week working from home.
Reporting to:
Autism Service Team Manager
Benefits:
- Our strong and positive culture through our values and cultural recipe. This includes monthly staff wellbeing check ins, with clear company responses to feedback
Being part of a 4-10 person clinical team, with protected time and budgets to come together, share learnings, support each other and build a community.
£45,000-76,000 GBP annual salary, depending on clinical background and experience
- Annual salary reviews, 5% employer pension, and company laptop.
- Share options in Paloma Health we all benefit from our success!
- A unique benefits package including 26 days of annual leave per year plus bank holidays, plus a further 10 days of paid leave as a sabbatical for every 3 years of service.
- Access to NHS discount including the Blue Light Card (as we are an NHS provider)
Equality & Diversity
Paloma Health is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion both within the workplace and throughout our application process. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- At least 6 months experience in children and young people's autism diagnostic assessments with specific knowledge including:
- - Having a sound understanding of co-occurring conditions and differentials.
- - Demonstrate an ability to present findings, including diagnostic formulation, concisely into a clinical report which is client-centred and includes a strengths and needs profile.
- Good time management skills including caseload management.
- High quality parent and patient communication skills.
- Enhanced DBS with barred list check (as you will be working with children).
Desirable
- At least 2 years experience in a children and young people's autism diagnostic assessment service.
- Formal training in autism developmental histories e.g. ADI-R.
- Completion of a recognised ADOS-2 course.
- Experience of conducting risk assessments within an autism assessment service.
- Evidence of Safeguarding training (Level 3 and above).
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered healthcare professional or BPS registered psychologist, including:
- Psychologist, including counselling psychologist, educational psychologist and clinical psychologist (HCPC)
- Speech and language therapist (HCPC)
- Occupational therapist (HCPC)
- Nurse, including mental health or learning disability nurse (NMC)
- Medical doctor (GMC)
- Social Worker (Social Work England)
- Assistant psychologist (BPS registered)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- At least 6 months experience in children and young people's autism diagnostic assessments with specific knowledge including:
- - Having a sound understanding of co-occurring conditions and differentials.
- - Demonstrate an ability to present findings, including diagnostic formulation, concisely into a clinical report which is client-centred and includes a strengths and needs profile.
- Good time management skills including caseload management.
- High quality parent and patient communication skills.
- Enhanced DBS with barred list check (as you will be working with children).
Desirable
- At least 2 years experience in a children and young people's autism diagnostic assessment service.
- Formal training in autism developmental histories e.g. ADI-R.
- Completion of a recognised ADOS-2 course.
- Experience of conducting risk assessments within an autism assessment service.
- Evidence of Safeguarding training (Level 3 and above).
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered healthcare professional or BPS registered psychologist, including:
- Psychologist, including counselling psychologist, educational psychologist and clinical psychologist (HCPC)
- Speech and language therapist (HCPC)
- Occupational therapist (HCPC)
- Nurse, including mental health or learning disability nurse (NMC)
- Medical doctor (GMC)
- Social Worker (Social Work England)
- Assistant psychologist (BPS registered)
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
