Senior Clinical Psychologist – ASD Assessments

The role

You will act as lead clinician for ASD assessments for children and adolescents. You will integrate multidisciplinary assessment data into diagnostic formulations and provide feedback to families.

What you will do

• Lead and deliver full ASD diagnostic assessments
• Complete clinical intake and informed consent
• Conduct ADI-R developmental history interviews
• Complete ADOS-2 assessments face to face in clinic
• Carry out cognitive assessments (WISC-V / WAIS)
• Integrate multidisciplinary assessment data into a clear diagnostic formulation
• Provide feedback sessions to families
• Produce high-quality comprehensive diagnostic reports
• Participate in clinical supervision and service development activity

Required qualifications

• Doctorate or equivalent qualification in Clinical Psychology
• PSI Chartership (overseas qualifications must be validated with department of health)
• Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience
• Formal ADOS-2 training
• Experience completing ASD assessments independently
• Strong report-writing and diagnostic formulation skills

Nice to have

• ADI-R experience
• Previous experience within a Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT)
• Experience working within neurodevelopmental or ASD-focused services

Benefits

• Permanent, secure role within a specialist service
• Excellent work–life balance with 80% remote working
• Structured clinical supervision and peer support
• Opportunity to focus on assessment-only work, without ongoing caseload management

About the company

The employer is a Specialist Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service.