ADOS Assessor

Vertis Health; Hawkesley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Structured learning and development

Clinical leadership opportunities

Career progression

Genuine flexibility

Job summary

Vertis Health is seeking an experienced ADOS-2 clinician to deliver face-to-face Module 4 assessments for adults across the Worcestershire diagnostic pathway. You will work with a Clinical Psychologist or RMN to gather history and contribute to diagnostic formulations, ensuring high-quality, person-centred experiences.

The role emphasizes collaboration within a multidisciplinary team, safeguarding and governance, and the ability to communicate assessment outcomes sensitively while maintaining

Qualifications

• Experience with face-to-face ADOS-2 Module 4 in adults.
• Ability to work within NHS neurodevelopmental services.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and robust clinical notes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct adult ADOS-2 Module 4 assessments.
• Score and interpret ADOS-2 results per standards.
• Record detailed clinical observations.
• Participate in multidisciplinary diagnostic discussions.
• Provide joint diagnostic feedback to service users.
• Ensure timely clinical documentation and governance compliance.

Skills

ADOS-2 administration

Adult autism knowledge

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Clinical documentation

Education

HCPC/NMC registration

Formal ADOS-2 training

Tools

EMIS

Heidi AI scribe

Job description

Vertis Health is seeking an experienced and motivated experienced ADOS-2 clinician to join our Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Assessment Service. In this role, you will undertake specialist face-to-face ADOS-2 Module 4 assessments for adults referred to our autism diagnostic pathway across Worcestershire.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will collaborate closely with a Clinical Psychologist or Registered Mental Health Nurse who will complete the developmental history and wider clinical assessment. Together, you will contribute to comprehensive diagnostic formulations and provide high-quality, person-centred assessment experiences for adults seeking diagnostic clarity

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Undertake face-to-face ADOS-2 Module 4 assessments for adults referred to the ASD diagnostic pathway.
• Administer, score and interpret ADOS-2 assessments in line with recognised standards and service protocols.
• Record detailed, accurate and clinically relevant behavioural observations.
• Contribute specialist assessment findings to multidisciplinary diagnostic discussions.
• Identify and communicate areas requiring further clinical exploration or consideration.
• Participate in joint diagnostic feedback appointments with service users.
• Communicate assessment outcomes sensitively and in a neurodiversity-affirming manner.
• Complete timely, accurate and comprehensive clinical documentation.
• Maintain compliance with professional standards, safeguarding requirements and clinical governance procedures.

About us

Vertis Health is a federation of general practices delivering high-quality NHS services across Worcestershire. We were founded by local primary care clinicians and are owned by the practices we serve. As a purpose-led limited company, the money we generate is reinvested into the local healthcare economy, helping to strengthen services, support innovation and improve patient care.

Our neurodevelopmental services are being built around clinical quality, meaningful outcomes and strong governance. You will join an organisation that understands NHS systems and values while giving experienced clinicians the opportunity to influence, develop and improve services.

Depending on the role, our benefits include access to the NHS Pension, structured learning and development, clinical leadership opportunities, career progression and genuine flexibility.

Job responsibilities

This post forms part of Vertis Healths multidisciplinary Adult ASD diagnostic pathway.

The ADOS-2 assessor will work alongside a clinician undertaking the developmental history and wider clinical assessment. Diagnostic decisions will be reached collaboratively through multidisciplinary discussion, integrating developmental history, clinical information, available collateral evidence and direct observational findings.

The ADOS-2 assessor may be involved in diagnostic decision making:Following diagnostic decision-making, the ADOS-2 assessor will participate in joint diagnostic feedback with the developmental-history clinician.

We are looking for an experienced ADOS-2 clinician who is confident undertaking adult Module 4 assessments and contributing thoughtful observational evidence to multidisciplinary diagnostic decision-making.

You will bring strong assessment skills, sound professional judgement, attention to detail and a clear understanding that the ADOS-2 forms one component of a broader diagnostic process.

Person Specification

Experience

• Minimum 6 months experience undertaking autism diagnostic assessments, including regular use of ADOS-2 Module 4 with adults.
• Direct one-to-one ADOS experience
• Conducting independently ADOS assessment with adults 18 plus
• Post-diagnostic psychoeducation session
• Experience contributing to multidisciplinary diagnostic decision-making and diagnostic feedback.
• Experience working with adults with complex or overlapping neurodevelopmental and mental health presentations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, clinically robust documentation.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong knowledge of adult autism presentation, including subtle presentations and masking or camouflaging.
• High level of competence in ADOS-2 administration and scoring.
• Understanding of the strengths and limitations of the ADOS-2 within a broader autism diagnostic assessment.
• Knowledge of current NICE guidance relating to the identification, assessment and diagnosis of autism in adults.
• Ability to distinguish behavioural observations from wider diagnostic conclusions.
• Ability to present assessment findings clearly within a multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of safeguarding, professional accountability and clinical governance.
• Commitment to person-centred and neurodiversity-affirming clinical practice.
• Substantial experience administering ADOS-2 Module 4 with verbally fluent adults.
• Experience working within NHS or NHS-commissioned adult neurodevelopmental services.
• Experience using online clinical system, EMIS and Heidi or a comparable AI medical scribe / ambient clinical documentation tool to support clinical documentation.
• Additional postgraduate training in autism or neurodevelopmental assessment.

Qualifications

• Current HCPC/ NMC
• Formal ADOS-2 training.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.