Children's Autism Team Lead in Chesterfield

We have an exciting opportunity for Autism Team Leader for our Child Development Psychology team to join our Child Health Department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and operational delivery of autism assessments conducted by The Autism Team as part of the Paediatric Autism Pathway at Chesterfield Royal. The Autism Team consists of multi-disciplinary professionals which shall consist of clinical psychology, assistant psychologist, mental health nurses and speech and language therapists. You will provide first line management and leadership to clinicians in The Autism Team ensuring that care is of the highest standard and delivered in accordance with Policies and Procedure.

Main duties of the job:

• You will be an active, autonomous member of a multi-disciplinary team providing specialist psychological services to children, adolescents, and families in North Derbyshire.
• Being responsible for the effective day to day operational delivery of autism assessments provided by The Autism Team.
• To be an active member of the Autism Pathway Clinical Leadership.
• To be responsible for updating the Care Unit Management Team of team work and in partnership plan to meet any gaps or issues identified in service delivery.
• To be responsible for staff development and training.
• To support the development of protocols for pathways of assessment and the assessment process.
• To provide management and leadership for The Autism Team.

About us:

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff. We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.

Person Specification:

• Skills Essential: Knowledge of appropriate clinical models and approaches relevant to working with young people with Autism, Experience of carrying out service evaluations, Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Desirable: Skills in working with emotional and behavioural problems with children and families, Knowledge of relevant NICE guidelines.
• Personal Essential: Ability to tolerate and manage highly distressing emotional issues, Ability to manage and work with organisational stress and to effectively manage the stress of others, Ability to engage in sustained mental effort involving tasks demanding intense concentration.
• Trust Values Essential: Proud to CARE.
• Experience Essential: Experience and knowledge of working with young people with learning disabilities/autism/neuro-development diagnoses/Epilepsy, Experience of carrying out complex psychological assessments with young people, Writing concise psychological reports, To have worked therapeutically with young people and families.
• Desirable: Experience of delivering training to professionals and parents, Experience of working with other professionals as part of an assessment team, Experience of supervising others.
• Qualifications Essential: Doctoral Qualification in Clinical Psychology.
• Desirable: Additional training post doctorate, Training in a specific therapeutic approach.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.