Psychiatrist / Psychologist / Psychotherapist / Neuroscience

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Summary

Join Our Clinical Development Professional Network A confidential UK-founded digital mental health and wellbeing platform is inviting experienced mental health professionals to join its Clinical Development Professional Network. We welcome applications from suitably qualified: * Psychiatrists * Clinical Psychologists * Counselling Psychologists * Psychotherapists This is a non-patient-facing advisory and platform-development opportunity. Members of the network may be invited to support the development of the platform’s clinical model, digital pathways, safeguarding standards, content and user experience. No direct clinical services will be provided to patients as part of this engagement. Further information about the company, brand and product will be shared with shortlisted professionals, subject to appropriate confidentiality arrangements. The Opportunity Clinical Development Professionals will work alongside the company’s leadership, product designers, researchers and technology team to support the development of a safe, credible and clinically informed digital mental health platform. Depending on their experience and the needs of the project, network members may contribute to: * The overall clinical model and service proposition * Psychologically informed user journeys * Clinical triage and routing pathways * Therapy-matching logic * Mental health screening and wellbeing questionnaires * ADHD and autism pathways * Inclusion, exclusion and escalation criteria * Safeguarding and clinical-risk frameworks * Suicide, self-harm and crisis-response pathways * Risk-detection and deterioration-monitoring processes * Clinical decision-support tools * The review of AI-generated outputs for safety and appropriateness * Defining the appropriate limitations and boundaries of artificial intelligence * Reviewing educational and wellbeing content for clinical accuracy * Evidence-based psychological approaches * Practitioner and clinician dashboard requirements * Clinical report templates and documentation standards * Clinical policies, protocols and standard operating procedures * Consent, confidentiality and ethical considerations * Clinical governance and quality-assurance planning * Research, testing and service evaluation * Product workshops and multidisciplinary development meetings The precise scope of each engagement will be agreed according to the professional’s qualifications, specialist knowledge, experience and availability. Non-Patient-Facing Role This opportunity does not involve: * Providing therapy to platform users * Conducting patient consultations * Diagnosing individual users * Prescribing or managing medication * Maintaining a clinical caseload * Providing emergency or crisis intervention * Assuming clinical responsibility for individual patients Any future patient-facing services would be established separately and governed by appropriate clinical, contractual and regulatory arrangements. Engagement Structure Professionals may be engaged on a: * Consultancy basis * Advisory basis * Project basis * Fixed-term development basis * Clinical governance basis * Research or evaluation basis Work will primarily be completed remotely through: * Product-development meetings * Clinical workshops * Document and pathway reviews * Written recommendations * Prototype and user-journey reviews * Research and evidence reviews Professional fees will be agreed individually based on experience, responsibilities, time commitment and the scope of each assignment. Joining the network does not guarantee a minimum volume of work. Professionals may be contacted when suitable projects or advisory opportunities arise. Professional Requirements Applicants should: * Hold a recognised professional qualification in psychiatry, clinical psychology, counselling psychology or psychotherapy * Be appropriately registered, licensed or accredited with a recognised professional body * Have relevant post-qualification experience * Understand safeguarding and clinical-risk management * Be able to interpret clinical evidence and translate it into practical digital pathways * Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication * Be comfortable collaborating with product, design and technology teams * Understand ethical, inclusive and person-centred service design * Be able to provide constructive and commercially practical clinical advice * Maintain appropriate professional indemnity insurance where required Desirable Experience Experience in one or more of the following would be particularly valuable: * Digital mental health * Health technology * Clinical product development * ADHD and autism pathways * Psychological assessment * Therapy matching * Clinical triage * Safeguarding * Suicide and self-harm risk management * Behavioural activation * Cognitive behavioural approaches * Trauma-informed care * Clinical governance * Service and pathway design * Clinical research * Outcome measurement * Digital questionnaires and screening tools * Artificial intelligence in healthcare * Clinical safety cases * NHS or private mental health pathway development * Multidisciplinary product development Applicants are not expected to have experience in every area. Potential Deliverables Depending on the project, professionals may be commissioned to produce or review: * Clinical pathway maps * User-triage frameworks * Safeguarding and escalation protocols * Therapy-matching criteria * Clinical content * Risk and safety recommendations * Screening questionnaires * Clinical dashboard requirements * Report and documentation templates * AI safety and limitation guidance * Clinical governance frameworks * Research and evaluation plans * Product prototypes and user journeys * Recommendations arising from product-testing sessions Who We Are Looking For We are looking for professionals who are: * Clinically credible and professionally accountable * Interested in digital innovation * Ethical and evidence-led * Commercially aware * Collaborative and solutions-focused * Comfortable working in an early-stage environment * Able to communicate clinical concepts clearly to non-clinical teams * Passionate about improving access to mental health support * Interested in contributing to the development of a new digital platform Benefits of Joining the Network Members of the Clinical Development Professional Network may have opportunities to: * Influence the development of a new digital mental health platform * Shape clinical pathways and safety standards * Work with product, design, research and technology professionals * Contribute to responsible uses of artificial intelligence * Participate in clinical research and product evaluation * Develop experience in digital-health innovation * Undertake paid consultancy and project assignments * Be considered for future advisory or clinical-leadership opportunities * Build a longer-term professional relationship with an emerging wellbeing business Selection Process Applications will be assessed based on: * Professional qualifications and registration * Relevant clinical experience * Specialist areas of knowledge * Digital-health or product-development experience * Clinical-governance and safeguarding expertise * Research or service-development experience * Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams * Availability and preferred engagement structure * Alignment with the platform’s values and clinical standards Shortlisted applicants may be invited to a confidential virtual discussion. Further information about the company, platform, product roadmap and commercial arrangements may be provided after an appropriate confidentiality agreement has been signed. How to Apply Please provide: * Your current CV * Your professional title * Your country and location * Your registration or accreditation details * Your specialist clinical areas * Relevant digital-health, product-development or research experience * Examples of previous service-development or advisory work * Your preferred type of engagement * Your general availability * Your preferred consultancy or project rate * Details of relevant publications, research or clinical-governance experience Applications are open to join our Clinical Development Professional Network. Help shape a safer, more accessible and clinically responsible digital mental health platform.

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adhd
autism
Neuroscience
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Member since Jul 26, 2026
  • United Kingdom
    Leicester5:25 AM
  • 1 hire, 1 active
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