Applicants are invited to join an expanding service and be a part of a supportive and caring team. The Team consists of the following- Clinical Lead, Team Coordinator, Office Manager, Admin, Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists, Highly Specialist Autism Assessors, Specialist Autism Assessors, Autism Assessors, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Assistant Practitioners.
This role will sit across both our diagnostic and post diagnostic pathways. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team offering Autism assessments, supporting adults who have recently been diagnosed in understanding and adapting to a new diagnosis, offer 1:1 intervention, supporting in the running of groups sessions, providing supervision and support to other members of the team and contributing to, and leading team projects. You will, with support from members of the leadership team, support in leading the direction and the development of the post-diagnostic team.
The Autism Diagnostic Teams core hours are Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm and our office is based at Unit 8, The Point, Lion’s Way, Sleaford. The post covers the whole county and therefore ability to travel independently is essential.
This post is open to a Newly Qualified Clinical Psychologist and if successful will be offered a developmental post from Band 7 to Band 8a.
To work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide a differential diagnosis of Autism.
To provide specialist assessment.
To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness, using evidence-based practice, adapting practice to meet individual service users’ circumstances; including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences, and by evaluating outcomes
To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
To manage a complex and highly specialist caseload independently
Provide specialist, expert, clinical knowledge to colleagues and healthcare professionals and to refer on to other services/professionals as appropriate.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Please refer the Job description for details