Associate Clinical Psychologist – Autism (ASD) Assessments
Location: Remote
Salary: £80 – £100 per hour
Hours: Sessional, flexible around your availability
About the Role
RTN Mental Health Solutions is a leading provider of ADHD and autism diagnostic services. After a year of strong growth, we are expanding our clinical network. We are looking for experienced Clinical Psychologists to support autism assessments for children and/or adults as part of our multidisciplinary ASD assessment pathway.
You will complete agreed elements of each assessment, review and interpret clinical information, and contribute your expertise to team discussions and diagnostic decisions. Depending on your experience and training, this includes clinical interviews, developmental history taking, structured observations, ADOS-2 assessments, report writing and feedback sessions. Every person we assess should have a respectful, professional and supportive experience.
What You'll Be Doing
Completing agreed components of autism assessments for children and/or adults
Gathering, reviewing and interpreting clinical information, completing structured assessments and writing clear, accurate reports
Sharing your findings, formulation and recommendations in MDT discussions and diagnostic decision-making
Supporting clear, sensitive and neuroaffirming feedback to individuals and families
Delivering every assessment with empathy and respect for the person's needs, presentation and lived experience
Keeping accurate records and following clinical, safeguarding and information governance standards
Working within your scope of practice and maintaining your registration, training and competence
What You'll Bring
A recognised qualification in Clinical Psychology
Current HCPC registration
Formal ADOS-2 training, with experience administering, scoring and reporting on ADOS-2 assessments
Experience working with children and/or adults in autism assessment pathways
Experience contributing to multidisciplinary diagnostic discussions and decision-making
Strong clinical assessment, formulation and professional judgement
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong attention to detail
A person-centred, respectful and neuroaffirming approach
Appropriate professional indemnity insurance
The ability to work independently while contributing to a wider clinical team
What's on Offer
Competitive hourly rate of £80 – £100, including report writing and feedback (child ADOS-2 assessments take about 2.5 hours and adult ASD assessments about 3 hours)
Sessional work that fits around your availability
Remote, independent working
A meaningful role supporting access to timely autism assessments
A supportive multidisciplinary assessment pathway
An inclusive organisation where individuality and neurodiversity are celebrated
The chance to work alongside a growing, values-led clinical and operational team
Additional Information
Our values of Respect, Transformation and Nurture guide everything we do. We listen with empathy and value lived experience, stay curious about better ways to deliver, and invest in the growth of our people.
You may have experience in the following: Clinical Psychologist, Sessional Clinical Psychologist, Locum Clinical Psychologist, Autism Assessor, ADOS-2 Assessor, Neurodevelopmental Psychologist, Autism Diagnostic Psychologist, Child Clinical Psychologist, Adult Clinical Psychologist, Practitioner Psychologist, etc
