# Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead Autism Services

**Company**: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Sidcup
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £85,641 to £97,746 a year pa inc
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for Autism Services to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Providing highly specialist psychological diagnostic assessments of clients referred to the team

- Formulating and implementing plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients' mental health problems

- Exercising full responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients

- Providing expertise and specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals

- Participating as a senior clinician in the development of a high-quality, responsive and accessible service

- Advising both service and professional management on aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing

- Supervising and supporting the psychological diagnostic assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and clinical members of the team

- Ensuring that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of all other psychological therapists within the ASD Assessment Team

The post holder will also be required to carry out audit, policy, service development and research activities, and propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team/service.

## Benefits

The Trust offers a range of benefits, including:

- Agenda for Change pay scheme

- Band 8c salary (£85,641 to £97,746 per annum)

## About Us

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a large NHS organisation providing healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. We have over 4,300 members of staff working in many different settings, including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

## Skills

### Required
- clinical psychology
- autism services
- psychological assessment
- therapy
- leadership
- management

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