Role Summary

NdCare and the Neuro Inclusion Project are building a neurodivergent-affirming clinical ecosystem spanning therapy models, digital health, waiting-list support, and system redesign.

We are seeking a Clinical Director to provide clinical governance, safeguarding oversight, and external credibility, particularly in relation to NHS, ICB, and commissioner engagement.

This is not a high-volume delivery role.
It is a protective role... designed to ensure safety, ethics, and clinical integrity as the system grows.

Purpose of the Role

The Clinical Director exists to:

• Hold clinical safety and governance across all NdCare activity
• Provide external assurance to partners and commissioners
• Ensure the NdCare model remains ethical, evidence-informed, and non-pathologising
• Act as a named point of escalation for safeguarding and clinical risk

If this role is done well, nothing dramatic happens... because risk is anticipated and contained.

Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical Governance & Oversight

• Establish and maintain clinical governance frameworks
• Provide oversight of therapy models, pathways, and digital interventions
• Ensure scope of practice is clear and appropriate across roles

2. Safeguarding & Risk Escalation

• Define safeguarding policies and escalation pathways
• Act as (or support) a named safeguarding lead
• Review and advise on complex or high-risk cases (without becoming a bottleneck)

3. Ethical & Professional Standards

• Ensure compliance with relevant professional codes (HCPC / GMC / NMC etc.)
• Protect against drift into unsafe or unregulated practice
• Support ethical decision-making in ambiguous or novel contexts

4. NHS & Commissioner Credibility

• Provide named clinical leadership for NHS, ICB, and research discussions
• Review and sign off on clinical documentation where required
• Support pilot design and assurance conversations

5. Advisory Support to Founder & Team

• Act as a clinical sounding board to the Founder & COO
• Provide calm, grounded challenge when safety or scope is at risk
• Support a culture of learning, reflection, and non-shaming accountability

What This Role Is Not

• It is not a delivery-heavy therapy role
• It is not responsible for managing day-to-day clinicians
• It is not expected to “fix” systemic under-resourcing
• It is not a figurehead without authority

The Clinical Director has real influence, but bounded scope.

Equity, Time & Structure

• Compensation: Equity only (shares or options)
• Equity range: ~0.5–1% (dependent on experience and involvement)
• Vesting: Typically 2–4 years (structure to be agreed)
• Time commitment: ~0.5 day per week (average)
• Term: 12–24 months initially
• Review point: Annual
• Salary transition: On funding, pilots, or retained contracts

Who This Role Is For

This role is suitable for someone who:

• Is a registered senior clinician (HCPC, GMC, NMC, or equivalent)
• Has experience with governance, safeguarding, or service leadership
• Understands NHS and regulated care environments
• Is comfortable working within non-deficit, ND-affirming frameworks
• Values ethics, clarity, and calm over control

You do not need to agree with everything NdCare proposes... thoughtful challenge is welcome.

What We Explicitly Welcome

• Neurodivergent clinicians
• Flexible working styles
• Honest conversations about limits and scope
• A reflective, learning-oriented approach to safety

We will adapt communication and process to support nervous-system safety.

Why This Role Matters

NdCare’s ambition is not to move fast and break things.
It is to move carefully and fix things.

The Clinical Director ensures:

• safety is real, not performative
• ethics are embedded, not retrofitted
• credibility is earned, not claimed