Unmind
mental health
ClinicalAIScientist
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“Clinical AI Scientist at Unmind. Skills: Clinical AI, AI wellbeing coach, Clinical measurement, Safety architecture, Clinical quality governance, Evidence-based thinking. Drive the day-to-day clinical delivery of how we measure user outcomes inside Nova at scale.. Help shape the clinical design of Nova's structured wellbeing experiences, including the safety architecture.”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure Nova is demonstrably effective, safe, and continually improving.; Drive the day-to-day clinical work behind Nova's in-product measurement, safety, and structured experience programmes.
Industry & Context.
Monthly travel to London
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
A doctorate in clinical, counselling, or health psychology (DClinPsy, DCounsPsy, DHealthPsy, or a clinical psychology PhD), with current HCPC registration – or an equivalent route into clinical practice, including qualified clinicians without a doctorate., Demonstrable experience in clinical risk assessment and management, gained through clinical placements, post-qualification practice, or equivalent settings., Demonstrable fluency in evidence-based behaviour change, coaching, and psychological frameworks (e.g. ACT, FACT, third-wave CBT)., Experience translating these frameworks into structured artefacts that others can put into practice (e.g. AHPs, peer supporters, coaches, product and engineering teams).
Nice to Have
Hands-on experience with LLMs in a clinical or mental health context: prompt design, rubric and evaluation design, and structured clinical testing., Psychometric or computational methods experience – instrument validation, item response theory, latent variable modelling, LLM-as-judge evaluation design, or peer-reviewed measurement work., Working proficiency in Python and/or R with SQL, and/or exposure to red-teaming or safety-evaluation methods for human-facing AI.
What You'll Do.
Drive the day-to-day clinical delivery of how we measure user outcomes inside Nova at scale.
Help shape the clinical design of Nova's structured wellbeing experiences
including the safety architecture.
Run the day-to-day evaluation
and safety-testing work that helps govern Nova's clinical quality.
Contribute to peer-reviewed publications
and the clinical evidence base that supports Nova.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Close partnership with research and data science functions.; Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Commercial, InfoSec, and external academic partners.; Translate clinical thinking for product, engineering, and scientific audiences.
Communication Scope
Exceptional written and verbal communication; Ability to translate clinical thinking for product, engineering, and scientific audiences
Full Job Description
Location: UK based, remote-first (with monthly travel to London) Working pattern: 4 days per week, 9 month FTC Reports to: Clinical AI leadership At Unmind, we're here to create better mental health. We believe mental health should be a source of strength, not struggle – for people, teams, and entire organisations. We combine science, technology, and human care to help companies like Uber, Disney, Major League Baseball, and the NHS improve mental health and drive performance. Now we're looking for more brilliant people to help us do it. 🚀 Our Values We're building a company where ambition and empathy go hand in hand. Outpace the rest – Move fast. Deliver excellence. Stronger together – We go further, faster, together. Client first – We win, when our clients win. 🌈 Inclusion & Belonging We're building a place where everyone feels seen, heard, and supported – and where difference is celebrated. If you need adjustments during the process, tell us when you apply or email [email protected]. Learn more about how we hire and our commitment to equity in our Candidate FAQ → https://unmind.notion.site/Unmind-Candidate-FAQs-b2f30c27bc57453b8edaee099aad4596 🎯 THE ROLE — CLINICAL AI SCIENTIST Nova is Unmind's AI wellbeing coach and the centre of our product offering. Its value to clients depends on it being demonstrably effective, safe, and continually improving. We're hiring a Clinical AI Scientist to join a small, ambitious clinical AI function and drive the day-to-day clinical work behind Nova's in-product measurement, safety, and structured experience programmes. What you'll do - Drive the day-to-day clinical delivery of how we measure user outcomes inside Nova at scale, in close partnership with our research and data science functions. - Help shape the clinical design of Nova's structured wellbeing experiences, including the safety architecture that sits underneath them. - Run the day-to-day evaluation, rubric, and safety-testing work that helps govern Nova's clinical qu
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