Highly Specialist SLT/OT/Clinical Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week.

We are looking for a passionate, highly motivated professional who is keen to further develop their knowledge and experience of Autism and ADHD assessment in children and young people. This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of shaping the future of these services in Gloucestershire. You will be part of developing a robust, evidence based, multi-agency assessment and post diagnostic intervention service, whilst developing your clinical skills around neurodiversity.

You will join a robust MDT ofPaediatricians, Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychologists, Speech & Language Therapists, Nurses and Occupational Therapists, in addition to working closely with Education Professionals. You will have the opportunity to positively impact the future of children and young people by offering robust assessments of Autism and ADHD, comprehensive formulations of need and tailored post diagnostic support. You will also be offered the opportunity to support the evaluation and development of the service, through both local resources and linking to teams across the South West.

We are looking for practitioners who have an interest and expertise in Autism and ADHD diagnostic work, but are flexible as to which clinical background you specialise in, as we have a diagnostic team which include a range of different professional backgrounds.

Main duties of the job

  • Work as part of an MDT to complete assessments for Autism and ADHD with children and young people
  • Complete profession specific assessments to aid formulation
  • Offer supervision and consultation to professionals working with neuro-diverse young people and families
  • Take responsibility for, and develop, projects to improve the experience for neuro-diverse young people in Gloucestershire, both within the service and within the wider network.
  • To work closely with education colleagues to ensure young people’s needs are understood and met.
  • Offer pre/post diagnostic groups to families.

We offer robust clinical supervision, a wide range of CPD opportunities and specialist training/experience. We will create a personalised development plan around the post holder to enable them to continue to develop their clinical skills. As a service connected to Specialist CAMHS there are possibilities of working in other clinical areas/specialities alongside this role as part of continuing development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant professional registration
  • Degree in relevant profession

Desirable

  • Additional post graduate course in Autism or ADHD
  • Masters or doctorate level qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children young people and families
  • Experience working with Neurodiverse young people

Desirable

  • Experience of working in Mental Health
  • Experience completing complex, profession specific, assessments
  • Experience completing ADOS assessments
  • Experience teaching or presenting to a range of audiences
  • Additional skills and training in key areas such as DLD, DCD, Learning disability
  • Positive, passionate, proactive approach

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 4 October 2026

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