# Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-clinical-psychologist/7c18ce90-bd2b-4956-9bb3-84563caa2a6a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-clinical-psychologist/7c18ce90-bd2b-4956-9bb3-84563caa2a6a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Emergency/Out of Hours Dental Services - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 per annum, inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - This post requires at least 3 days working from the office and involves travelling between 2-3 sites as well as community or hospital visits. - **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T13:01:21.545Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v8237273 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8237273?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join the Central London Adult Autism Service (CLAAS) as a Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist and help deliver high-quality, neuroaffirmative care to autistic adults. We are a psychology-led diagnostic service for adults without a learning disability across Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham. This rewarding role focuses on delivering comprehensive autism assessments and providing brief post-diagnostic support. You will work as an autonomous practitioner within a supportive multidisciplinary environment, using your clinical expertise to consider differential diagnosis, co-occurring mental health needs, and presentations that may have been masked or recognised later in life. We offer a collaborative and supportive team environment, with access to: - Regular clinical supervision - Protected continuing professional development (CPD) - Specialist Autism assessment training - Opportunities to contribute to service development, audit and research We welcome applications from suitably qualified psychologists with relevant autism assessment experience. For an exceptional candidate who demonstrates the potential to develop into the full responsibilities of the post, the role may be offered as a Band 7 to Band 8a development opportunity. ### Main duties of the job As a key member of the Central London Adult Autism Service, you will use your specialist clinical skills to deliver high-quality, person-centred and neuroaffirmative autism assessments and support. Your responsibilities will include: - Delivering comprehensive autism diagnostic assessments, including the use of ADOS-2 where appropriate - Reaching clear, evidence-based clinical conclusions, considering differential diagnosis, co-occurring mental health needs, and masked or later-recognised presentations - Communicating assessment outcomes sensitively, clearly and in a neuroaffirmative way - Providing brief post-diagnostic support and guidance - Offering consultation and specialist advice to other professionals and services regarding autistic presentation - Providing supervision and quality assurance for pre-qualified staff, in line with your level of responsibility and professional competence - Managing an allocated caseload and working towards agreed activity expectations within a structured clinic model, supported by supervision and job planning - Contributing to audit, research, evaluation and service development You will have the opportunity to work independently while being part of a supportive team committed to continuous learning, high-quality practice and improving the experience of autistic adults accessing our service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This is a broad summary of the role. For the full range of duties, responsibilities and criteria, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which candidates are encouraged to read closely before applying. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and support across a range of care settings - Experience of working with autistic adults, including those with co-occurring mental health conditions - Experience of teaching and supervising junior psychologists - Experience of applying clinical psychology across different cultural contexts **Desirable** - Experience of conducting autism diagnostic assessments within an adult service - Experience of service development, audit or research - Experience of co-production or working alongside experts by experience ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Knowledge of differential diagnosis between autism and other conditions, including masked, atypical and late-recognised presentations - Knowledge of neuroaffirmative approaches and current autism research, legislation and drivers - Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information compassionately to autistic adults, families and professionals **Desirable** - Ability to communicate in a community language spoken in the boroughs served - Knowledge of local systems and pathways across health, social care and the third sector ### Education / Qualification **Essential** - Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology, BPS accredited - HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist - Evidence of continued professional development **Desirable** - Formal training in standardised autism assessment tools, e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R - Additional qualifications or formal training in autism, supervision or research ### Personal and professional attributes **Essential** - Demonstrates genuine commitment to improving the lives of autistic adults, with specific supporting evidence - Evidence of managing own workload autonomously and meeting deadlines under competing demands - Evidence of effective team working and constructive contribution to an MDT - Evidence of using supervision reflectively and responding meaningfully to feedback **Desirable** - Evidence of continued learning about autism, including from autistic voices and lived experience - Evidence of advocating for or empowering disadvantaged service users ## Documents - [clch trust values (pdf, 893.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562651) - [functional requirements (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562650) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 544.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10573502) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.