Senior Neurodevelopmental Psychologist Autism/ADHD Lead

Tewv; Doncaster; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Principal Applied Psychologist for a 9-month secondment to lead the Neurodevelopmental Pathway. The role focuses on high-quality assessments, diagnostic pathways for children and young people, and service development.

You will provide specialist leadership, support clinical decision making, and collaborate with education and partner agencies to deliver child-centred, trauma-informed care.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience as a qualified applied psychologist within a multidisciplinary service.
• Experience providing leadership and clinical governance within neurodevelopmental pathways.
• Strong track record in quality improvement and service evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Providing highly specialist psychological assessment and leadership within Neurodevelopmental Pathways.
• Leading MDT diagnostic discussions for Autism, ADHD and related neurodevelopmental presentations.
• Providing supervision and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues across the pathway.
• Supporting development and evaluation of evidence-based neurodevelopmental assessment pathways.
• Maintaining strong links with education, health and partner organisations to support collaborative working.
• Leading service evaluation, audit, quality improvement and transformation initiatives.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Leadership

Quality improvement

Complex presentations

Clinical supervision

Practice research

Autism/ADHD expertise

Education

Doctoral level clinical/counselling/forensic psychology training

HCPC registration

Clinical supervision qualification

Postdoctoral training in specialised areas

ADOS-2/ADI-R training

Tools

ADOS-2

ADI-R

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Principal Applied Psychologist for a 9-month secondment to lead the Neurodevelopmental Pathway. The role focuses on high-quality assessments, diagnostic pathways for children and young people, and service development.

You will provide specialist leadership, support clinical decision making, and collaborate with education and partner agencies to deliver child-centred, trauma-informed care.