Registered Practitioner Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced Clinical Psychologist within the Adult Autism Assessment Service. You will conduct comprehensive assessments and diagnoses of Autism in adults, integrating information from various sources to develop formulations. The position involves leading complex assessments for neurodiversity co-occurring with other conditions and providing specialist consultation on high-risk cases. You will contribute to multidisciplinary decision-making and support service development, quality improvement, and neuroaffirmative practice.
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in a professional area of psychology conferring HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
- Registered or eligible for registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users across a range of care settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of maintaining a highdegree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse and utilising supervision systems to manage the impact of this.
- Previous experience working with autistic People.
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the applied fields of psychology.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups relevant to the service in which the post is based.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group
- Well developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, incorporating a range of methodologies, e.g., clinical interview, psychometrics, structured clinical tools.
- Well developed intervention skills. Including at least one modality- specific clinical training to a high standard.
- Ability to assimilate complex information from a range of sources to complete psychological formulation and clinical risk assessment in order to develop effective treatment plans for service users with complex needs.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively engage service users who may present with significant clinical obstacles to engagement.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain clear and appropriate personal and professional boundaries and to recognise own limitations.
- Well -developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Demonstrated skills in providing consultation to other professional and non - professional groups.
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of applied psychology
- Ability to sit in a constrained position when working with service users.
- Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
- Ability to self -reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
- Ability to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi -media.
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in a professional area of psychology conferring HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
- Registered or eligible for registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist.
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users across a range of care settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of maintaining a highdegree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse and utilising supervision systems to manage the impact of this.
- Previous experience working with autistic People.
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as p
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Adult Autism Assessment Service for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team.
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate psychologist committed to improving outcomes for adults seeking an autism assessment through high-quality, neuroaffirming, person-centred practice.
Working within a dedicated multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in the assessment and diagnosis of Autism in adults.
You will undertake comprehensive assessments integrate information from multiple sources and develop formulations that reflect individuals strengths, needs and life experiences.
You will lead and contribute to complex assessments where neurodiversity co-occurs with mental health difficulties, trauma, learning disability, physical health conditions or other neurodevelopmental differences.
The role includes providing specialist consultation on complex high-risk cases.
You will contribute to multidisciplinary decision-making, communicating outcomes sensitively to individuals, families, carers and professionals, while providing personalised recommendations.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and Trust policies, supporting service development, quality improvement and the promotion of neuroaffirmative practice.
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