The closing date is 17 August 2026

Job Summary
An exciting opportunity to join the Oxleas Adult Autism Service as we seek to appoint a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to be part of our adult diagnostic assessment pathway

This is a full time and permanent position.

The emphasis of the role will be to complete highly specialist diagnostic assessments of Autism Spectrum Disorder across the whole trust (covering Bromley, Bexley & Greenwich) for adults without learning disability.

The role will require a good knowledge of wide spectrum of mental health and psychiatric comorbidities and how these present in autistic people, but equally complete complex differential diagnosis between autism and other psychiatric conditions.

Main Duties of the Job
See attached job description for details of the main duties of this role and description of responsibilities.

About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details
Date posted: 03 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £63,665 to £70,887 a year pa inc
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 277-8191512-ALD
Job locations: Queen Mary's Hospital, Frognal Avenue, Sidcup, London, DA14 6LT, United Kingdom

Job Responsibilities
See attached Job description for details of main responsibilities and duties required for this role.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• HCPC registered
• Clin Psych training or relevant qualification at doctorate level
• ADOS 2 Training and administration Experience with Adults

Desirable

• Additional studies, qualifications, formal knowledge in ASD

Experience
Essential

• Robust experience working with Adults with Autism and psychiatric disorders
• Experience of working within an Adult Diagnostic Service and conducting assessment independently

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of comorbidities and conducting differential diagnosis in Autism

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Queen Mary's Hospital, Frognal Avenue, Sidcup, London, DA14 6LT, United Kingdom

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant Psychologist and Clinical Lead
Dr Andrea Centonze
andrea.centonze1@nhs.net