Band 7 Allied professional Autism servcie | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£55,524 - £62,652 per annum inc HCAS
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Brent, NW9 9QY
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	4 Nov 2026

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Summary

We are seeking two enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced Allied Health Professionals to join our Adult Autism Service within Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust on a6-month fixed-term contract, funded through additional service investment.

This is an exciting opportunity for clinicians with a passion for neurodevelopmental services to contribute to the assessment and support of adults referred for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnostic pathways. The post holder will play a key role within the multidisciplinary team, undertaking specialist assessments, contributing to formulation and diagnostic decision-making, and supporting service users throughout their diagnostic journey.

As a Band 7 practitioner, you will be expected to work with a high degree of autonomy within your professional scope of practice, contributing specialist knowledge, service development initiatives, and participating in service evaluation and quality improvement projects.

You will demonstrate strong assessment, formulation, communication, and multidisciplinary working skills, alongside a commitment to developing expertise in adult autism assessment and support.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop specialist clinical skills within a growing and innovative service dedicated to improving outcomes for autistic adults.

· To provide specialised and comprehensive Autism assessment for service users who may have needs including complex physical, psychological and sensory impairment, potentially presenting with distress, mental health issues and/or behaviours that challenge.

· To work flexibly as needed to support the multi-disciplinary team.

· To educate and advise service users, their families and carers, and staff teams about the person’s difficulties and needs, and work collaboratively to develop suitable management plans.

· To be proactive in personal professional development.

· To provide support and supervision to more junior colleagues, assistants and students.

· To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

· To maintain clinical records as an autonomous practitioner.

· The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.

· The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an on-going basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Service or Organisation.

There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverserange of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

· To work as a qualified band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, Nurse or Allied Health Professional within the multidisciplinary Autism Diagnostic Service

· To be an autonomous practitioner assessing service users, defining needs in relation to and carrying out autism assessments, and maintaining clinical records.

· To be practice guided and supported by senior staff within the clinical area when necessary

· To be responsible for own continuous professional development; build on previous experience enabling further development of clinical, administrative and leadership competencies.

· To supervise and support more junior colleagues.

· To be involved in service audit projects.

To attend relevant departmental meetings and in-service training opportunities

This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026

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