Description

Vertis Health is seeking an experienced and motivated Consultant Psychiatrist to provide senior clinical leadership across our Adult and Children & Young People (CYP) Neurodevelopmental Services.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing, innovative NHS service delivering ADHD and Autism assessment, diagnosis and treatment pathways across Worcestershire. The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team, helping to shape high-quality neurodevelopmental services while ensuring safe, evidence-based practice and excellent patient outcomes. 

The role is suitable for Consultant Psychiatrists and experienced SAS Doctors with significant expertise in neurodevelopmental assessment and management across both adult and CYP populations.

Location: Hybrid, with in-person working at Redditch (B97)

Hours: Flexible sessions (2-3 PAs per week)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £109,725 - £145,478 per annum + NHS Pension, CPD time, no on call and other benefits.

As Consultant Psychiatrist, you will provide clinical leadership across ADHD and Autism services for adults and children and young people.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and quality assuring neurodevelopmental assessment and diagnostic pathways.
• Providing specialist assessment, diagnosis and management of ADHD and Autism.
• Acting as the senior clinical decision-maker for complex and high-risk cases.
• Delivering expert neurodevelopmental formulation and differential diagnosis.
• Providing oversight of ADHD medication initiation, titration and review.
• Supporting and supervising multidisciplinary clinicians including GPs, psychologists, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals.
• Chairing and contributing to multidisciplinary team discussions and complex case reviews.
• Ensuring services remain compliant with NICE guidance and best practice standards.
• Contributing to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives.
• Building effective partnerships with primary care, CAMHS, adult mental health services, education providers and social care partners

The post holder will provide consultant-level psychiatric leadership across Adult and CYP ADHD and Autism pathways.

The service currently includes:

• Adult ADHD assessment, diagnosis and medication management.
• Adult Autism diagnostic services.
• CYP ADHD assessment and diagnosis pathways.
• CYP Autism multidisciplinary diagnostic pathways. 

The successful candidate will:

Clinical Leadership

• Lead diagnostic decision-making for ADHD and Autism assessments.
• Provide second opinions and senior reviews for diagnostically complex presentations.
• Support high standards of assessment, formulation and reporting.

Medication Management

• Oversee ADHD prescribing in line with NICE and UKAAN guidance.
• Ensure safe prescribing, monitoring and shared-care arrangements.
• Maintain robust governance around controlled drugs and risk management.

Multidisciplinary Working

• Lead MDT meetings and case discussions.
• Support supervision, training and development of clinical colleagues.
• Promote evidence-based, patient-centred practice throughout the service.

Governance and Quality

• Participate in audit, quality improvement and service development projects.
• Support incident review, clinical governance and compliance processes.
• Contribute to pathway development and continuous improvement initiatives.

About us

Vertis Health is a federation of general practices delivering high-quality NHS services across Worcestershire. We were founded by local primary care clinicians and are owned by the practices we serve. As a purpose-led limited company, the money we generate is reinvested into the local healthcare economy, helping to strengthen services, support innovation and improve patient care.

Our neurodevelopmental services are being built around clinical quality, meaningful outcomes and strong governance. You will join an organisation that understands NHS systems and values while giving experienced clinicians the opportunity to influence, develop and improve services.

Depending on the role, our benefits include access to the NHS Pension, structured learning and development, clinical leadership opportunities, career progression and genuine flexibility.

If you want to help build a clinically rigorous, compassionate and sustainable service, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Requirements

Essential

• GMC registration with licence to practise.
• CCT in Psychiatry or equivalent specialist qualification relevant to neurodevelopmental services, or experienced SAS Doctor status.
• Significant experience assessing and managing ADHD and Autism in both adults and children/young people.
• Expertise in neurodevelopmental formulation and complex differential diagnosis.
• Experience of leading and supervising multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of NICE guidance relating to ADHD and Autism.
• Experience managing complex psychiatric and neurodevelopmental comorbidities.
• Knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities for children and adults.
• Ability to work effectively within digital healthcare environments.

Desirable

• ADOS and/or ADI-R training.
• UKAAN training.
• Experience of ADHD shared-care pathways.
• Experience delivering digital healthcare services.
• Quality improvement, audit or service development leadership experience.
• Teaching, supervision and training experience.
• Experience working within community or primary care aligned neurodevelopmental services