Associate Clinician Team Lead

About Us

Psicon is a specialist neurodevelopmental service working both privately and with various NHS trusts to provide autism and ADHD assessments. We are an independent organisation, but most of our work is for the NHS, whom we are proud to support. Assessments are carried out by our team of associate clinicians from a range of clinical backgrounds, in satellite clinics across the country and remotely. Psicon is committed to offering the best psychological support and healthcare available. We take an innovative approach to the delivery of our services and ensure that they are of the highest standards in the industry.

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality neurodevelopmental assessments while working with a multidisciplinary team? Psicon is looking for a dynamic and experienced Associate Clinician Team Lead to join our innovative and supportive team.

About the Role

This pivotal role combines managerial and clinical responsibilities to ensure the delivery of excellent services for clients with neurodevelopmental conditions such as ASD and ADHD. You will oversee a team of approximately 50 associate clinicians, including doctors, clinical psychologists, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists.

Principle duties and responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• To provide general leadership of your team of approximately 50 associate clinicians (Drs, clinical psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists) approximately 50% of the day.

• To assist in the recruitment of associate clinicians through conducting clinical screening calls and trial clinics.

• To offer your team of associate clinicians’ guidance on day to day running of the clinics.

• To maintain professional responsibility for the provision of quality assessments for neurodevelopmental conditions (ASD & / or ADHD) across a range of clinical models.

• To hold a clinical advisory role to support associate clinicians in the provision of excellent ND assessments.

• To adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of clinical sessions carried out per week, 1, 2 or 3 days a week in either Canterbury or Basingstoke clinic sites.

• Carry out clinical audits of service performance, including service user surveys and evaluations, and help to collate and disseminate the results for feedback.

Person Specification

• Highly skilled clinician (Dr, Clinical Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist) with significant experience in the assessment and management of neurodevelopmental conditions – autism and / or ADHD.

• Proven ability to support a team in the delivery of high-quality services to children and families.

• Understanding of private and NHS healthcare structure / systems / pathways across the UK (e.g. NHS England, ICBs, NHS trusts)

• Ability to recognise all significant events, relevant clinical issues and difficulties and report these to the Clinical Management Team

• The clinical part of the role is based in the clinic in Canterbury, Kent or Basingstoke.

• Candidates will also be asked to work approx. 1 weekend day every 4 weeks, to provide "on call" clinical support to the weekend teams.

Working at Psicon

We value our employees as an integral part of our service delivery and believe in recruiting and investing in the best employees. We pride ourselves in providing our employees with the opportunities and resources to achieve their potential. We are keen to provide a vibrant, fun yet challenging working environment for our team who share in our core values of trust, integrity, commitment and kindness and work collaboratively to achieve our company goals of;

• The best possible customer service

• The most efficient and effective clinical work

• A thriving and engaged workforce

• A truly inclusive organisation.

Benefits include:

• Enhanced annual leave of 32 days a year (inclusive of bank holidays).

• Flexible annual leave scheme providing the ability to buy or sell back additional days.

• Well-being days.

• Pension scheme (with the option of enhancing via salary sacrifice).

• Cycle to work scheme.

• Birthday lie in.

• Free breakfast, including 'pastry Mondays'.

• Funded social events.

• Staff well-being bursary scheme.

Please note that Psicon is committed to ensuring 'safer recruitment' and therefore the successful candidate will be required to undertake a standard check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), the cost of which will be met by the Company.

Psicon is committed to adhering to the Equality Act (2010) and provides equal opportunities to all applicants, staff and clients.