Clinical Professional Development Manager for Neurodevelopmental Services

Clinical Professional Development Manager for Neurodevelopmental Services

Time commitment: Full time preferred, 4 days per week minimum      

Location: Hybrid in our London office, or fully remote (within the UK).

Reporting to: Dr Mark Jenkins, CEO, transitioning to Operations Manager for Clinical Quality

Closing date: Applications close on Friday, 22nd August 2025.

About Paloma

Mark & Darshak founded Paloma as they were frustrated that families are waiting 2-10 years for NHS children’s autism and ADHD assessments. Learn more about the crisis in NHS children’s neurodevelopmental services from this Children’s Commissioner for England here: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/childrens-commissioner-warns-of-invisible-crisis-as-delays-and-inequalities-laid-bare-among-children-with-neurodevelopmental-conditions/

Paloma’s mission is to make children’s autism and ADHD assessments and care available on the NHS within 4 weeks of GP referral. We are making this happen by redesigning care pathways, building new software & AI tools, and training up a specialist clinical workforce.

We are growing incredibly fast to meet the need for autism and ADHD care, and we have:

• Raised £5m pre-seed funding from leading healthcare investors (Triple Point Ventures and Heal Capital)
• Grown our fantastic team to 80 people, and are hiring ~100 more over the next 12 months

How is Paloma Health different from other Neurodevelopmental providers?

• We are clinically-led, Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered, and rigorous in recording our outcomes and family experiences.
• Our in-house product & engineering team ensures we can:
• Give families a more consumer-like experience of healthcare
• Free our clinicians from documentation to focus on supporting families
• Our strong culture, including transparency, a sense of community, and supporting staff career development
• The experience of our founders (Dr Mark Jenkins & Darshak Shah), who have previously built tech-enabled NHS obesity and ophthalmology services. Combined, their previous companies have treated over 1 million NHS patients in the last 15 years!
• Being backed by leading healthcare investors (Triple Point Ventures and Heal Capital) allows us to move fast

The Opportunity

We are looking for a passionate clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, paediatrician, speech and language therapist, nurse, or occupational therapist with substantial experience in delivering Neurodevelopmental Services and training of colleagues to lead our professional development programme for our team of Autism and ADHD assessors.

There are three core strands to our professional development programme:

• Onboarding: supporting new assessors to understand our assessment pathway, technology, and ways of working.
• Monthly development days: we have a protected day per month for clinical supervision, learning & development sessions on our assessment pathways, and protected Continuing Professional Development for our mixed assessor team
• Focused 1-to-1 development support for specific needs, e.g. upskilling in remote child observations.

You will set the professional development strategy, and line manage another one full-time equivalent (1-2 people) supporting these workstreams. With success in this role, you can progress to a ‘senior manager’ and then ‘head of’ role.

You will work closely with our VP Product & Operations, Head of Pathway Performance, Medical Director, Lead Clinical Psychologist for our Foundation Academy, and Quality Assurance Specialists to develop content and deliver professional development training to our team. 

From a cultural perspective, you are:

• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment and embracing change
• Excited about using new technologies in your role
• Always looking for ways to improve our staff and patient experience

We commit to supporting your ongoing development too, including attending external courses/training, and this will be discussed as part of quarterly development conversations with your line manager.

Responsibilities:

• Continuously improve our autism and ADHD assessor professional development programme, including designing and delivering development sessions, and using feedback to drive an iterative improvement approach.
• Develop and deliver targeted training and 1-to-1 support where required.
• Project manage the collaborative creation of new training materials and resources.
• Line manage one full-time equivalent senior neurodevelopmental assessor working within this professional development team, setting clear priorities for their role.  
• Keep up to date with the latest clinical and government guidelines and best practices around autism and ADHD assessments, and ensure they are embedded in our approach.
• Maintain a small caseload of autism and ADHD assessments, to ensure you stay close to our pathway and maintain professional registrations.

Qualifications and experience:

Required:

• At least 4 years of experience working in neurodevelopmental services (we include both pre and post qualification experience), delivering children and young people’s autism assessments
• Current healthcare professional registration, either with the GMC (psychiatrists, paediatricians), HCPC (clinical psychologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists), or NMC (nurses)

Desirable:

• At least 4 years of experience in delivering ADHD assessments
• At least 2 years of experience leading professional development programmes within a neurodevelopmental service

Why join Paloma?

You will be part of a mission-driven organisation that’s transforming access to Autism and ADHD Assessments in England. We offer:

• A strong and positive culture that prioritises staff well-being, transparency, and career development.
• Protected time and budget for team connection, learning, and community-building.
• Salary of £80,000 per year, with some negotiation available based on experience and clinical background
• Annual salary reviews, 5% employer pension, and company laptop.
• Share options worth at least £35,000 in Paloma Health. We all benefit from our success!
• A unique leave benefits package includes 25 days of annual leave, your birthday off, and 10 days of paid sabbatical leave every three years of service.
• Home Office Equipment Allowance, and Professional Registration Fees Allowance.
• Access to NHS discounts, including the Blue Light Card (as we are an NHS provider).

Equality & Diversity

Paloma Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and throughout the application process. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic.

Accommodations

We’re glad to accommodate candidates who need adjustments throughout the hiring process. We encourage you to be open about the adjustments you need, so we can adapt our interview process accordingly.

Safer Recruitment & Pre-Employment Checks

Paloma Health ensures that supporting people to be safe is at the heart of our work and a key priority across all areas of the organisation. As part of our pre-employment checks, you will be asked to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. As this role is patient facing, it will be an Enhanced level. We are committed to safer recruitment practices and expect all applicants to share our dedication to safeguarding. Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure we appoint individuals who are aligned with our values and who will contribute to maintaining a safe and supportive environment for everyone we work with.

Application process

Please apply via our website. We understand that applying for a new job requires a significant amount of effort, and we appreciate your time. We look forward to reviewing your application.

Join us and be part of our journey to revolutionise access to NHS autism and ADHD care!