Consultant Clinical Psychologist

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well established team in North East Lincolnshire providing Neurodiversity services to people with Autism and ADHD. The service aims to meet the unique needs of this population by providing various assessment and treatment, intervention and support pathways using a psychology led, multidisciplinary, needs led, person centred approach and peer led offer.

You will join a well established specialist service to provide specialist clinical psychology input and continue to develop the service in line with recent national recommendations for all age neurodiversity services.

Please note the earliest start date for this position is 2nd November 2026.

Main duties of the job

• The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership and operational management within the Neurodiversity Service, supporting and developing staff members across the team.
• They will oversee MDT assessment and review clinics, undertake specialist psychological assessments, and provide individual and group interventions where appropriate.
• The post holder will also offer clinical consultation to colleagues and those supporting neurodivergent individuals, contributing specialist expertise to service development and clinically relevant projects.
• In addition, they will deliver training, facilitate peer supervision, and promote best practice for professionals working within Neurodiversity Services across North East Lincolnshire.

Job responsibilities

• To provide comprehensive highly specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessments and intervention within a multidisciplinary team.
• This will involve the skilled use, interpretation, and integration of complex information from multiple sources, including psychometric and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, structured observations, and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and carers.
• To formulate, evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors, concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
• Provide expert opinion and deliver detailed written reports for referrers and service users to aid in diagnosis and treatment planning.
• Use and interpret complex psychological measures appropriately and ethically.
• Participate in MDTs, to present psychological findings and offers recommendations and psychological input.
• To provide psychological advice, guidance and consultations to other professionals contributing directly to individuals formulations, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
• Offer short-term evidence-based psychological interventions or recommendations for psychological care pathways where indicated.
• Contribute to staff training and help to support the development of a wider understanding of neurodiversity.
• Contribute to equitable access and culturally competent assessment, taking into account the service users culture, language, education, ethnicity and neurodiversity.
• Undertakes risk assessment and risk management for service users and provides specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• Liaises regularly with other professionals involved with the service users care, ensuring any concerns regarding welfare or risk to self or others is passed on in a timely manner.
• Autonomously manage complex assessments caseload effectively.
• Provide clinical supervision and support to other trained professionals.
• Support with the development of non-qualified psychological professionals and trainees, which may include supervision, teaching or support with their continued professional development.
• Participate in working groups across the organisation, when agreed with line manager, providing a psychological perspective and inputting on clinical pathways when appropriate.
• To build links with local universities, representing the service when required and assist in providing clinical placements to Psychology doctorate students.
• Develop positive working relationships with other local Psychology services, liaising with other Psychology professionals and promoting the service in a professional manner.
• Maintaining professional registrations and accredited status where required, meeting the needs for continued professional development.
• To participate in formal research, as and when required.

Person Specification

Experience

• Demonstrate experience of working as a practitioner psychologist, including in a senior role in this specialised clinical area.
• Experience conducting a variety of diagnostic assessments relevant to this clinical area.
• Experience of working with a variety of client groups, presenting with a range of clinical severity and mental health presentations.
• Experience of working across teams and developing effective professional relationships within a multi-disciplinary framework.

Qualifications

• A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS and HCPC.
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Further training in specific tools of ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment and Diagnosis as required in NICE guidance.
• Trained in clinical supervision and supervision of doctoral trainees.
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD) relevant to this clinical area.

Additional Criteria

• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead and work positively with staff to encourage motivation and embrace change.
• Effective time management and IT skills.

Knowledge

• Evidence of advanced skills and able to demonstrate impact of this on clinical practice and service development.
• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology.
• To ensure up-to-date knowledge of relevant national and local policies and legislation and their application into this specialist clinical field.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.