Remote Consultant Psychiatrist
Remote status: Fully remote
Department: Clinicians

You will deliver thorough, evidence-based adult ADHD assessments, making diagnostic decisions and providing clear reports and personalised recommendations. Your approach will be compassionate and neuroaffirmative, recognising each person’s strengths, needs and lived experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting remote adult ADHD assessments using DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, structured assessment tools, clinical judgement and NICE guidance.
• Reviewing referral information, relevant records, developmental history and collateral information to understand symptoms and their impact across settings.
• Assessing differential diagnoses, coexisting conditions and clinical risk, seeking further information or specialist input where needed.
• Confirming informed consent, considering capacity where indicated and assessing suitability for remote consultation.
• Identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns and urgent clinical risks.
• Explaining diagnostic outcomes sensitively, including uncertainty or when ADHD criteria are not met, and recommending appropriate next steps.
• Producing accurate diagnostic reports and outcome letters within agreed timescales, communicating with patients, GPs and other professionals as appropriate.
• Contributing to multidisciplinary working, clinical governance, audit, quality assurance and peer review.

About You

• A Consultant Psychiatrist with NHS experience
• Registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.
• On the Specialist Register and be able to provide current documents in accordance with clinical competence requirements.
• Have demonstrable training and experience in assessing and diagnosing ADHD in adults.
• Have an interest in digital health, clinical informatics and in new ways of working.
• Have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Possess excellent time management, planning, and prioritising skills.
• Be detail oriented, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently, and accurately.

This is a fully remote role, and due to the nature of the role you must have a private and secure space from which to work with reliable internet access.

Medefer is a Disability Confident Employer. We commit to interviewing applicants who declare a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for the job.

Medefer fully complies with the Equality Act 2010. We are an equal opportunities employer, value diversity and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.