Autism Assessment Psychologist (0-6) — MDT Lead, Flexible

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Edgware; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a full-time Band 8a Clinical Psychologist in the TAASC pathway, Edgware Hospital, Barnet. You will assess young children (0–6) for autism using ADOS-2, interview families, and collaborate with MDT colleagues to decide outcomes.

The role includes supervision of junior staff and contributing to service development. We seek an experienced clinician with extensive autism experience in MDT settings, ADOS-2 expertise, and a commitment

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and HCPC registration.
• Experience assessing children for autism including ADOS-2.
• Strong MDT collaboration and multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Experience providing clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists.

Responsibilities

• Assess children 0–6 for autism using ADOS-2 or other tools.
• Interview parents/carers and liaise with schools.
• Provide supervision to band 5 Assistant Psychologists.
• Lead service improvement, audits and research initiatives.

Skills

ADOS-2 trained

Experience assessing autism

MDT collaboration

Clinical supervision

Risk & safeguarding experience

Diagnostic conversations with parents

Service evaluation / audit

2+ years as Clinical Psychologist

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a full-time Band 8a Clinical Psychologist in the TAASC pathway, Edgware Hospital, Barnet. You will assess young children (0–6) for autism using ADOS-2, interview families, and collaborate with MDT colleagues to decide outcomes.

The role includes supervision of junior staff and contributing to service development. We seek an experienced clinician with extensive autism experience in MDT settings, ADOS-2 expertise, and a commitment