Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult ADHD
Core
Provide specialist psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and ongoing management of adults with ADHD and co-existing mental health conditions.
Role type
Consultant Psychiatrist (Adult ADHD)
Builds
Personalised treatment plans including medication and psychosocial interventions
Domain
Healthcare / Psychiatry / Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Psychiatric assessment, ADHD diagnosis, medication prescription and titration, psychosocial interventions, clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, teaching, supervision, multi-disciplinary team collaboration
Preferred skills
Experience in service development, research in neurodevelopmental disorders
Technologies
NICE guidance frameworks
Responsibilities
Provide specialist psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and ongoing management; Develop and deliver personalised treatment plans; Prescribe, titrate, and monitor ADHD medication; Act as clinical lead for the Adult ADHD service; Provide supervision and support to junior medical staff; Deliver teaching and training to junior doctors, trainees, and MDT colleagues