Clinical Lead - Adult ADHD & Autism Assessment Service

As Clinical Lead, you will take overall clinical responsibility for the quality and safety of the adult ADHD and Autism assessment pathways. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing clinical leadership across the adult ADHD and Autism assessment service.
• Managing and supervising senior clinicians, alongside overseeing supervision arrangements for permanent and associate clinicians.
• Reviewing complex and escalated cases and acting as the final clinical decision-maker where diagnostic outcomes are uncertain or disputed.
• Leading the recruitment, onboarding, induction and clinical sign-off of new clinicians.
• Maintaining diagnostic quality through clinical audits, report reviews and calibration of assessment tools.
• Ensuring assessments comply with NICE guidelines (NG87 for ADHD and CG142 for Autism).
• Leading clinical governance, including safeguarding, incidents, complaints, clinical risk management and policy development.
• Monitoring clinical performance, waiting times and key performance indicators.
• Working closely with psychiatrists, prescribing teams, GPs and other healthcare professionals to support onward care and ADHD medication pathways.
• Supporting service development, workforce planning and relationships with NHS commissioners and partners.
  
  Muve Healthcare Group is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Clinical Lead to lead its Adult ADHD and Autism Assessment Service, delivered on behalf of the NHS., We are looking for an experienced clinical professional who combines extensive diagnostic knowledge with strong leadership and governance experience.
To be considered, you will need:
• Current registration with a UK statutory professional regulator (HCPC, NMC or GMC).
• Relevant postgraduate training in neurodevelopmental assessment.
• Formal training in recognised diagnostic tools, including DIVA-5, ADOS-2 and ADI-R.
• Significant post-registration experience independently undertaking adult ADHD and Autism diagnostic assessments.
• Strong knowledge of differential diagnosis and co-occurring mental health conditions.
• A thorough understanding of NICE NG87 and CG142, alongside DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 diagnostic criteria.
• Previous clinical leadership experience, including supervising clinicians and contributing to multidisciplinary diagnostic meetings.
• Experience in clinical governance, clinical audits, incident management and complaints.
• Experience working within or alongside NHS-commissioned services.
• Excellent report-writing, communication and decision-making skills.
• Confidence leading remote clinical teams and delivering assessments through digital clinical systems and video consultations.
• Knowledge of adult and children's safeguarding, the Mental Capacity Act and information governance.