Combined ADHD Assessor & Prescriber for Children

Time commitment: Between 3-5 days per week (0.6-1 FTE)

Location: Remote

Reporting to: Neurodevelopmental Team Manager

About Paloma

In 2024, our founders, Mark and Darshak, were shocked to find that children needing an NHS autism or ADHD assessment were waiting 4-10 years for these assessments. Delayed assessments result in children being more likely to develop mental health conditions and fall behind in education. Furthermore, the much-needed pre/post-assessment support (outside of ADHD medications) is typically not funded by the NHS.

These long waits have built up due to increased recognition and understanding of neurodevelopmental conditions and a lack of investment and innovation within the NHS to meet the growing demand.

Mark and Darshak, with their 25 years of combined NHS experience, including building services that have treated over 1,000,000 patients in obesity ophthalmology, founded Paloma to change this. Our mission is to make NHS autism and ADHD assessments and care accessible within 4 weeks of a GP referral, and, in turn, help every child achieve their potential.

As of May 2026, we have successfully reduced waits to 3 months by;

Taking a product-first approach to redesign the care pathway to give families a more consumer-like experience of care

Our in-house product, engineering and AI team building our own autism and ADHD specific electronic patient record and AI documentation tool to free clinicians from their significant documentation burden to re-focus on supporting families

Investing in expanding the clinician workforce and upskilling them in new ways of working.

We are proud that Paloma is:

Loved by families, with 4.9 out of 5 Trustpilot and Google ratings

Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered and quality-focused

Clinically-led, with a team of 130 people, including over 80 clinicians supporting families through their assessment journey. We are hiring 100+ more roles over the next 12 months.

A community of passionate, mission-driven and innovative team members who challenge the status quo and test and learn from new ideas and approaches.

Backed by leading healthcare investors Triple Point and Heal Capital

What’s next?

Whilst we have reduced wait times, it is estimated that up to 500,000 children are still waiting for an NHS autism or ADHD assessment. We won’t rest until this comes down.

We want to build new services to support families and children diagnosed with autism or ADHD who feel lost after their assessments when the NHS is no longer there for them.

The Opportunity

Are you an innovative clinician with expertise in both Children’s ADHD assessments and ADHD prescribing, excited to use technology and AI tools to improve care for families?

This role combines ADHD neurodevelopmental assessment and prescribing responsibilities into a single integrated clinician role, enabling continuity of care for families from assessment through treatment.

We are not a standard ADHD service. We:

Have built our own technology and AI tools to gather clinical information and support documentation, allowing clinicians to focus on families and children

Provide multidisciplinary ADHD assessments aligned with NICE guidance

Have an integrated electronic prescribing system within our electronic patient record

Use NHS Electronic Prescribing Service access, enabling prescriptions to be sent directly to pharmacies

Prioritise clinician development, innovation, and collaborative working

If you have the appropriate experience, there may also be opportunities to work across Children’s Autism ADHD pathways, and Adult ADHD prescribing pathways.

About You

You are a clinician with experience in both Children’s ADHD assessments and ADHD prescribing.

You are passionate about delivering high-quality, family-centred care and excited to work in an innovative environment that embraces software and AI tools to improve the clinician and patient experience.

You are collaborative, proactive, and motivated to help shape the future of neurodevelopmental care.

Responsibilities

Deliver high-quality Children’s ADHD neurodevelopmental assessments

Deliver ADHD prescribing care, including: Medication initiation, titration, and review appointments

Present assessment findings in a strengths-based, client-centred manner

Conduct safeguarding and risk assessments where required

Support GPs with shared care queries when appropriate

Maintain professional registration, mandatory training, and Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Share ideas to improve Paloma’s software tools and clinical pathways

Contribute positively to a collaborative and innovative clinical culture

Qualifications Experience

Required

An NMC-registered Nurse

And you have:

You ideally have at least 1 year of experience in delivering Children’s ADHD assessments. At a minimum, we will consider 6 months of experience within a children’s ADHD assessment pathway. For Clinical Psychologists, we include pre-graduation experience within…