Children & Young People's ADHD Assessor

Vertis Health is seeking an experienced and passionate clinician to join our growing Neurodevelopmental Services team as a CYP ADHD Assessment Clinician. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality ADHD assessments for children and young people, helping families access timely, evidence-based diagnostic outcomes within a supportive multidisciplinary environment., As a CYP ADHD Assessment Clinician, you will:

• Deliver structured ADHD assessments for children and young people in line with local and national standards.
• Gather and review information from multiple sources, including parents, carers, schools and existing records.
• Complete developmental histories and assess functional impact across different settings.
• Present cases within multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions and contribute to robust diagnostic decision-making.
• Provide clear and sensitive feedback to children, young people and families regarding assessment outcomes.
• Produce high-quality clinical reports and correspondence within agreed timescales.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and records.
• Identify safeguarding concerns, assess risk and escalate issues appropriately.
• Participate in audit, quality improvement initiatives and service development activities.
• Engage in clinical supervision, reflective practice and ongoing professional development., The postholder will be responsible for delivering high-quality ADHD assessment and diagnostic activity within the commissioned CYP ADHD pathway., Conducting comprehensive ADHD assessments.
• Reviewing referral information, questionnaires and school reports.
• Gathering multi-informant evidence from home and educational settings.
• Applying clinical reasoning and considering differential diagnoses.
• Contributing to MDT discussions and diagnostic outcomes.
• Producing clear, accurate and evidence-based reports.
• Communicating outcomes and recommendations to families.
• Maintaining high standards of record keeping and information governance.
• Managing safeguarding concerns and escalating risk appropriately.
• Supporting audit, governance and service improvement activities.
• Participating in supervision and maintaining professional registration and competency.
  
  -Current professional registration with NMC or HCPC (or equivalent relevant regulator) in a nursing, psychology, SLT or other mental health role.
• -At least one year of experience delivering CYP ADHD assessments within a diagnostic pathway.
• -Significant post-qualification experience working with children and young people in mental health, neurodevelopmental, paediatric, CAMHS, or closely related services.
• -Training/competency in relevant ADHD assessment tools used within ND services.
• -Direct experience contributing to structured assessment processes (history taking, multi-source information gathering, differential considerations/clinical reasoning).
• -Ability to integrate evidence across settings and informants into clear, defensible clinical conclusions.
• -Strong report-writing capability, with evidence of producing high-quality clinical documentation to deadlines.
• -Sound understanding of safeguarding, risk identification and escalation within CYP services.
• -Confident MDT working and ability to follow governed diagnostic pathways., -Experience of audit, service improvement, or pathway refinement activity.
• -Experience working within high-volume assessment pathways or Right to Choose models.
  
  Vertis Health is a GP-owned organisation delivering safe, evidence-based community healthcare services across Worcestershire. Our services are clinician-led and supported by strong governance, collaborative working and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Our Neurodevelopmental Services include:
• Adult ADHD Assessment Services
• Adult Autism Assessment Services
• Children and Young People ADHD Assessment & Diagnosis Pathway
• Children and Young People Autism Assessment Pathway
We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality care while maintaining a supportive and positive working environment for our staff.