Clinical Psychologist

Contract Type: Permanent 

Working hours: 3 - 5 days per week, Mon - Fri

Salary: £50,000 per annum

Work Type: Hybrid role

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Providing specialist psychological assessments, using and interpreting information gathered through tests, rating scales, observations and interviews (namely ADOS and ADI-R)
• Evaluating and making decisions about treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning the patient's history.
• Exercising autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care.
• Providing specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, contributing towards a client's formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Providing clinical supervision to less experienced psychologists within the team.
• Working alongside Lead Clinical Psychologists to provide staff training and embed psychological thinking within the wider team.
• Conducting ASD diagnostic assessments with children and adults.
• Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
• Ensuring an excellent quality of service in both remote and face-to-face assessment settings.

Our Client

• Our client is a multi-disciplinary therapy centre, offering a wide range of in person and online therapies and assessments nationwide.
• Therapies include speech and language, occupational therapy, art, drama and play therapy as well as Autism and ADHD assessments. 

Essential Criteria :

• A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (recognised by both the BPS and HCPC)
• Full ADOS training
• Extensive experience in completing detailed developmental histories (ADI-R training is highly desirable)
• Experience delivering online and face-to-face ASD diagnostic assessments, including differential diagnosis experience
• HCPC registration
• Strong understanding of DSM-V criteria and NICE guidelines in relation to ASD
• Experience working in MDTs

Blackstone Benefits: 

✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant

✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs

✅Complete onboarding support

✅Informed tailored career advice

✅Personalised job alerts

✅Unlimited referral bonus

✅Prompt payroll

For further information on this role, please contact Finley Chatfield at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now !