Job overview
Do you want to make a difference in the lives of young people and their families? Are you interested in changing perceptions, shaping neurodevelopmental assessment services, promoting positive outcomes for neuro-divergent young people and their families?
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Clinical Psychologist who has a strong interest in neurodiversity within our Doncaster Neurodevelopmental (ASD & ADHD ) assessment pathway. We have a permanent 7/8a developmental post with either full-time or part-time working hours. You will be required to undertake psychological assessments of children up to 18 years, as part of a wider team.
There are strong links with the Clinical Psychology training course at both the University of Sheffield and Hull.
This is an exciting time to be joining this service as the Neurodevelopmental pathways in the Children’s care group have been working closely with our partner agencies to develop a more integrated and multi-agency/ disciplinary service. You will be joining a dynamic and supportive group of psychologists and other professionals who are committed to working within a compassionate framework where your development and well-being will be prioritised and encouraged.
Experience of assessment and working with ASD and ADHD would be desirable though not essential, applications are welcomed from recently qualified or soon to qualify Clinical Psychologists as well as established Clinical Psychologists.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to have excellent communication skills and will provide consultation to families, schools and other professional and agencies when there is Autism and/or ADHD queries. There will also be a requirement to undertake ADHD and Autism assessments and to consider differential diagnoses. You will have relevant demonstrable experience of working as a clinical psychologist or trainee clinical psychologist and of specialist psychological assessment and interventions of clients across the full range of care settings, along with experience of working in multi-agency teams and with a wide variety of client groups which reflect the full range of clinical severity. Formulation is key in the service that we provide and it is essential that you can demonstrate the ability to formulate a young person’s strengths and needs. A Doctoral level knowledge of research and design and methodology is essential as is the ability to work effectively in a team setting.
We are strongly committed to personal and professional development; the role is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist knowledge and transferable skills in a supportive team environment. There are multiple opportunities for peer support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person specification
Personal
Essential
- The capacity to tolerate frequent exposure to unpredictable working conditions including demanding, verbally and possibly physically aggressive clients.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to maintain high quality clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and stressful conditions.
- Ability to take care of oneself (and others) in a pressured work with minimal supervision in an environment with difficult clients and high stress job demand.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive behaviour
- Ability to administer accurately and speedily complex psychometric test materials Capacity to concentrate intensely for clinical work
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills
- Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
- Experience of working in multiagency teams and with a wide variety of client groups which reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of physical abuse
Desirable
- Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist and appropriate experience or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychology
- Experience of teaching and training
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in evidence based psychological interventions. Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups. Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and therapies
- Leadership skills
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
- Continued professional development through structured self-study, specialist clinical supervision, and/or relevant combination of short courses
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
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This advert is for Specialist Clinical Psychologist (Band 7/8a) with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Doncaster, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Jul 2026.
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