Autism Assessor – Self-Employed

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

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Paloma Health

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

🏥 Healthcare

👥 B2C

💰 Pre-Seed Round on 2025-07

Healthcare • B2C

Paloma Health is an independent healthcare provider (trading as Your Patient Choice Limited) that offers NHS-funded autism and ADHD assessments and related care for children and young people under England's NHS Right to Choose framework. They provide remote, hybrid, and in-person assessments (clinics in Norwich, Exeter and Barnstaple), a joint assessment pathway for co-occurring autism and ADHD, and an NHS-funded medication pathway where appropriate. Paloma emphasises short waiting times compared with traditional NHS services, follows NICE guidance, is clinician-led and regulated, and targets families seeking timely neurodevelopmental assessment and follow-up for children and young people.

📋 Description

• Deliver high-quality remote developmental histories via video calls • Participate in peer MDT diagnostic decision-making, with senior clinical MDT support where required • Conduct outcome calls with families • Optionally conduct combined developmental histories and remote child observations if ADOS-trained and experienced • Act in accordance with the Safeguarding Policy, including conducting risk assessments where necessary • Keep up to date with mandatory training and professional qualification requirements, including CPD • Work as a member of a multidisciplinary assessment team delivering remote children’s autism assessments • Report to the Neurodevelopmental Team Manager

🎯 Requirements

• Professional registration as a Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist, Nurse, Social Worker, or Medical Doctor • Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech and Language Therapist registration with HCPC; Nurse registration with NMC; Social Worker registration with Social Work England; Medical Doctor registration with GMC • Completion of a recognised ADOS-2 course for NMC, HCPC, and Social Work England registered applicants; Clinical Psychologists and medical doctors may be considered without ADOS-2 • At least 6 months of experience in children and young people's autism diagnostic assessments • Specific knowledge of co-occurring conditions and differentials • Ability to make a diagnostic formulation and recommendation • Ability to identify cases outside personal competencies and escalate them to a senior clinician • Ability to write concise, client-centred clinical reports including a strengths and needs profile • Good time management, including delivering client reports within set timeframes • High-quality parent- and child-facing communication skills • Enhanced DBS with barred list check • Desirable: formal training in autism developmental histories, such as ADI-R • Desirable: experience conducting risk assessments within an autism assessment service • Desirable: Safeguarding training at Level 3 or above

🏖️ Benefits

• Protected time and budget for self-employed team connection and learning • Competitive rates for each completed developmental history and family feedback • Competitive rates for each completed child observation • Regular work for self-employed team members

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