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Base pay range
Location: Ideally you will be based within travelling distance of Chichester although we will consider remote working with travel to head office as required
Contract: Full-time
Salary: Up to £80,000 depending on experience, plus excellent benefits package
KT Healthcare are seeking an experienced ADHD Clinical Lead to join our growing neurodevelopmental service. This brand new role offers a unique opportunity to shape and lead high-quality ADHD assessment, diagnostic and treatment services, support the development of clinical teams, and make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes.
As ADHD Clinical Lead, you will provide strategic and clinical leadership across our ADHD and wider neurodevelopmental services. You will play a central role in ensuring clinical excellence while fostering a collaborative, innovative, and supportive culture.
The Role
You will be responsible for overseeing clinical operations, guiding multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring services are delivered in line with best practice, clinical guidelines, and regulatory standards. Working closely with senior leadership, you will help shape the future direction of our services while remaining clinically involved in complex case management.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Leadership
* Provide senior clinical guidance to assessors, prescribers, and relevant team members
* Participate in governance meetings and contribute to continuous service improvement
* Support supervision structures and quality assurance activity, in line with professional scope
Service Development
* Work collaboratively with senior leadership to design, develop, and implement innovative clinical pathways and service models that respond to patient need, regulatory requirements, and ongoing service growth
* Build a strong, collaborative team across the organisation to ensure cohesive, effective service delivery
Quality, Safety & Governance
* Champion the delivery of safe, effective, and evidence-based care at all times
* Provide input into and oversight of clinical governance frameworks across ADHD assessment and treatment pathways
* Maintain and continuously improve clinical standards, report quality, and documentation consistency
* Develop, review, and implement clinical templates, assessment processes, and SOPs for both assessment and prescribing ADHD pathways
* Provide senior clinical oversight for diagnostic reasoning, risk management, and safeguarding pathways
* Support and contribute to audit activity, including devising and reviewing documentation audits, outcomes review, patient feedback, and clinical risk monitoring
Regulatory Compliance & Inspection Readiness
* Support readiness for CQC registration and inspections
* Ensure clinical governance processes align with CQC standards and evidence-based requirements
* Contribute to the maintenance of governance logs (incidents, complaints, safeguarding) and ensure learning and actions are embedded
* Act as a senior clinical point of contact for compliance-related clinical queries, working closely with operational colleagues
Complex Case Management
* Provide expert clinical input into complex cases, supporting safe decision-making and adherence to national guidance and professional standards
Performance Management
* Monitor and support clinical performance, developing standards for clinical supervision, addressing challenges constructively while fostering a positive, accountable, and high-performing clinical culture
Clinical Service Delivery (growth phase)
* Conduct ADHD assessments in line with NICE guidelines
* Deliver protocols for initial medication appointments and follow-up reviews (for Non-Medical Prescribers)
* Provide clinical input into pathway development and multidisciplinary working
What We’re Looking For
* A Registered Mental Health Nurse or Pharmacist (GPhC) with a V300 qualification
* Or, a Psychiatrist or Paediatrician
* Extensive clinical experience in Neurodevelopmental Assessments (ADHD and Autism) across the lifespan
* Proven senior leadership experience, including supervision pathway oversight and support of clinical teams
* Excellent clinical judgement, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage at all levels
* Highly organised, adaptable, and comfortable managing competing priorities
* Collaborative and approachable leadership style
* Experience contributing to service development, ideally across right to choose pathways
Why Join Us?
KT Healthcare is a family-owned organisation with personal experience of Autism and ADHD. We offer a service with a difference; one that has a real understanding of the challenges families and individuals face when accessing neurodevelopmental services.
We have grown and continue to grow rapidly but never lose sight of why we started – to ensure every client receives the best possible service and care, every time. If you value exceptional client service, operational excellence, a friendly and compassionate culture, and unwavering integrity, then KT Healthcare might be the place for you!
* Opportunity to shape and influence growing neurodevelopmental services
* Collaborative, supportive, and values-driven clinical culture
* A role with genuine impact on both clients and clinical professionals
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* 3 paid additional paid “festive days”
* Private Health Insurance
* Employee Discount Platform
* EAP Service
* Pension Contribution
* Ongoing CPD and clinician development
* A culture that challenges the norm – as a family run business, we know how important a fair, flexible employer that listens and cares is. We are dedicated to continuing to build a culture where people enjoy work, can thrive in their role and are supported from day one.
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