Clinical Team Leader- Neurodevelopmental Services
Are you ready to lead a passionate team in delivering vital assessments for individuals with neurodevelopmental needs? As the Team Lead for our Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team at Evolve Psychology Services, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our clinic. This position offers an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of children and adults referred for Autism and ADHD assessments. If you're an experienced clinician looking to elevate your career while supporting your colleagues and enhancing clinical processes, this is the role for you! Join us, and become part of an award-winning team dedicated to excellence in psychological and neurodevelopmental services across the UK and Ireland.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will be the point of contact for all matters related to the day-to-day running of the clinic, conducting and overseeing comprehensive specialist assessments for individuals suspected of Autism and/or ADHD. You'll be responsible for writing up assessment reports promptly and professionally, providing actionable recommendations and interventions. Additionally, you'll maintain a clinical overview of all current assessment cases, ensuring clear plans are in place for each. Liaising with ND admin, you'll address logistical challenges, problem-solve issues like clinician sickness, and support newer team members in their transition. You'll also identify areas for improvement in clinic processes, chair multidisciplinary discussions, and pinpoint training needs, collaborating with senior leadership to enhance our services. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and innovate in a busy service while making a meaningful impact on clients' lives.
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities include:
* Being a point of contact for all matters related to the day-to-day running of the clinic.
* Being familiar with all the resources (e.g. questionnaires)/ components (e.g. cognitive assessment) that support the assessment process and guiding other clinicians.
* Have a clinical overview of all the current assessment cases in the clinic, ensuring each case is led by a particular clinician, that there is a clear plan for each, that there is no drift.
* Liaising with ND admin about new cohorts of cases, ensuring logistics are suitable from a clinical point of view.
* Problem-solving issues in a clinic (e.g. clinician sickness/ reallocation of cases/ redistributing time).
* Supporting newer members of the team to make transition into the work/ support development of skills/ offering support where needed.
* Identifying issues in the clinic processes that may need improvement and working with senior leadership/ management to resolve.
* Chairing MDT discussions.
* Identifying training needs/ topics for teams and individuals and signposting/ discussing with senior leadership/ management.
Qualifications
* HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist or NMC registered nurse.
* Neurodevelopmental practitioner experience with specialist training.
* Must be eligible to work in the UK.
* Experience in conducting diagnostic Neurodevelopmental/ Specialist developmental assessments with children and/ or adults.
* Experience working with children and/ or adults with neurodevelopmental disorders or mental health difficulties in a clinical setting.
* Knowledge of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and appropriate assessment tools for Autism and ADHD.
* Knowledge of differential diagnosis.
* ADOS-2/ ADI-R trained.
* Ideally QB Trained.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* Experience in report writing and record keeping.
* Additional qualifications in relevant areas of Autism and/ or ADHD.
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.
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