Consultant clinical psychologist-specialist autism services (all age)

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Consultant Clinical Psychologist-Specialist Autism Services (All Age)

The closing date is 02 July 2026

We are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity that has arisen for an 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist to be part of the Senior Leadership Team for Specialist Autism (all age) services here at LSCFT.

This is an exciting and innovative new role, created in recognition of the need for dedicated psychological leadership, oversight and specialist input for this client group. As a Trust we are committed to delivering the highest standard of care for our patients. Our Specialist Autism Services offer trauma informed, evidence based, person centred support that prioritise safety, clinical excellence, and meaningful outcomes. We are looking for an experienced clinician who will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening this service. The new post holder would work closely with senior MDT colleagues to deliver high-quality care for autistic children, young people and adults, working alongside and in partnership with other mental health services to deliver the best possible care and support.

The role will sit across all Specialist Autism Services within LSCFT across the age range for strategic, consultative, governance and supervisory support; however the clinical input for the role would be within the Children and Young People Autism Intensive Support Service (AISS).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join the Senior Leadership Team for the all age Specialist Autism Service within LSCFT. The post holder will work as a senior member of the service to assist in providing clinical leadership and strategic service development to the clinical teams and services across the Adult Specialist Autism Tea, the Children and Young People Autism Intensive Support Service and the Learning Disability and Autism Key working Service. The post holder will work closely with other senior clinical and managerial staff within the Specialist Autism Service Line to provide a psychological perspective to service planning, service development and clinical service transformation across the Trust.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under‑represented groups. We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi‐time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist (clinical).
• Eligibility for consultant clinical psychologist appointment approval from external BPS assessor.

Knowledge & Skills

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology, including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of legislation and its implication for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.

Experience

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, in various settings including outpatient, community, primary care inpatient and residential care settings. Also including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threats of physical abuse.
• Experience of providing a range of complex psychological assessment and interventions using information derived from a variety of sources and requiring highly developed analytic and interpretative skills.

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.