Children's Autism Team Lead
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chesterfield, S44 5BL
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for Autism Team Leader for our Child Development Psychology team to join our Child Health Department at Chesterfield R...
You will be an active, autonomous member of a multi-disciplinary team providing specialist psychological services to children, adolescents, and families in North Derbyshire. Your role will include:
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.
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
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.
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
- Expeience 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
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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