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Locum Out of Hours Prescriber

Locum Out of Hours ACP / Paramedic Practitioner / Prescribing Pharmacist   £40–£55 per hour | West Midlands | Saturday shifts If you enjoy autonomous practice and want occasional out-of-hours work where your clinical judgement is genuinely relied upon, this is a good opportunity to support patients across community hospital settings.   The service provides out-of-hours clinical cover for adult inpatients receiving rehabilitation, intermediate care, sub-acute, palliative and step-up care. You will support nursing teams with assessment, treatment decisions, prescribing where within scope, escalation planning and advice.   It is a varied role rather than a traditional clinic list. Presentations can include acute deterioration, pain, falls, frailty and sub-acute illness, with a mixture of telephone advice, remote review and face-to-face assessment depending on clinical need.   Why consider it? £40–£55 per hour, depending on experience and professional background. Saturday shifts available either 10am–2pm or 2pm–8pm. Genuine autonomous clinical practice within your professional scope. A broad mix of urgent, frailty, rehabilitation and palliative presentations. Opportunity to use prescribing skills rather than working in a narrowly defined assessment role. Work closely with experienced nursing teams, GPs, palliative care, ambulance services and wider community teams.   For independent prescribers, the role includes medication review, medicines optimisation, electronic prescribing and treatment adjustment using clinical and blood results. Non-prescribing practitioners can also be considered where the service model allows, with prescribing recommendations escalated appropriately.   Who they are looking for. The service can consider experienced: Advanced Clinical Practitioners. Paramedic Practitioners. Prescribing Pharmacists.   You will need current professional registration, strong advanced assessment and clinical decision-making skills, and experience within urgent care, primary care, community, frailty, emergency or intermediate care. You must also be comfortable assessing acutely unwell adults and working autonomously within your scope of practice.   If you already work within advanced practice and want some additional weekend capacity without committing to another full working week, get in touch for a confidential discussion on 0203 053 1048 or email jamie@leadersincare.co.uk

Clinical Psychologist – Adult Autism

Clinical Psychologist – Adult Autism £60,000–£66,500 | West Midlands | Hybrid | Full-time or part-time For a Clinical Psychologist who enjoys neurodevelopmental work but still wants the space for formulation, differential thinking and proper MDT discussion, this is a strong opportunity. You will join a clinician-led adult autism service where psychology is central to diagnostic reasoning. The role covers detailed clinical interviews, developmental history, psychological assessment, formulation and complex differential diagnosis within a governed MDT pathway. You will work alongside psychology, nursing, SLT, OT and senior medical colleagues, with Consultant Psychiatrist and GP clinical oversight available for complex cases and escalation. Why consider it. Psychology has a clear role in diagnostic decision-making, rather than simply delivering one part of an assessment. There is room for proper formulation and differential reasoning across autism, ADHD, mental health, trauma, learning disability and other complex presentations. You will contribute to personalised recommendations and support planning, not simply diagnostic outcomes. The service has defined MDT, supervision, peer review and governance structures. There is scope to contribute to audit, service improvement and supervision of other clinicians. The weekly job plan includes 18–22 hours for clinical assessment and feedback, 8–10 hours for formulation and reporting, and protected MDT, supervision and governance time. You will need HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist and direct experience contributing to adult autism diagnostic assessments within an MDT. ADOS-2, ADI-R and Right to Choose experience are desirable rather than essential. If you want to stay clinically hands-on while working in a service where psychological reasoning is properly valued, get in touch for a confidential discussion on 0203 053 1048 or email jamie@leadersincare.co.uk

Adult Autism Speech & Language Therapist

Adult Autism Speech & Language Therapist £40,000–£50,000 | West Midlands | Hybrid | Full-time or part-time If you want your SLT expertise to play a genuine part in autism diagnosis, rather than sit around the edges of the pathway, this role is worth considering. You will join a multidisciplinary adult autism service where speech, language, communication and social interaction are treated as core parts of diagnostic understanding. Your clinical reasoning will feed directly into MDT discussion, formulation and recommendations for the person being assessed. The service works across psychology, nursing, OT, SLT and senior medical colleagues, with clear clinical oversight and governance. Core diagnostic assessments are face-to-face, with hybrid working available for suitable non-diagnostic elements. What makes the role appealing. Your SLT perspective has a clear place within diagnostic decision-making. You will explore communication across relationships, work, education and everyday life, not just within a clinic room. There is protected time for assessment, report writing, MDT work, supervision and service development. You can contribute to personalised recommendations around communication, reasonable adjustments and onward support. There is scope to support junior clinicians and contribute to how the pathway develops. The job plan includes around 18–22 hours of clinical assessment activity, 8–10 hours for reporting and formulation, and dedicated MDT, supervision and governance time. You will need HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist, alongside significant post-qualification adult experience and confidence assessing communication and social interaction differences. Adult autism pathway experience is desirable rather than essential. If you are looking for an SLT role where your expertise genuinely shapes the diagnostic picture, get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Adult ASD Assessor

Adult Autism Assessor and Reviewer £46,148–£55,504 FTE | West Midlands | Hybrid | Full-time or part-time If you are experienced in adult autism assessment and want a role where there is proper clinical oversight, MDT input and time to make considered diagnostic decisions, this is worth a look. You will join an established, clinician-led neurodevelopmental service delivering adult autism assessments through a multidisciplinary model, alongside wider ADHD and CYP pathways. The role is focused on good diagnostic practice rather than simply increasing assessment volume. You will have responsibility for structured assessments, reviewing developmental history, functional impact, co-occurring needs and risk, before bringing more complex cases into MDT discussion. There is senior clinical oversight from a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead, with support from colleagues across psychology, nursing, SALT, OT and the wider neurodevelopmental team. What the role offers. Permanent employment with full-time or part-time options. Hybrid working across agreed parts of the assessment pathway. A multidisciplinary environment with clear clinical governance. Scope to contribute to audit, quality improvement and how the pathway develops. The opportunity to support induction and teaching for other clinicians. A service focused on person-centred assessment and clear, clinically useful outcomes. Who they are looking for. You will need recent UK adult autism assessment experience and an appropriate professional registration. The service can consider: NMC-registered Nurses. GPhC-registered Clinical Pharmacists with Independent Prescriber annotation. GMC-registered GPs. Other HCPC-registered clinicians with a mental health specialism. You should also have a working knowledge of ADOS-2-informed practice, safeguarding and risk, alongside strong written communication and the ability to manage a clinical caseload effectively. If you are looking for an adult autism role where your clinical judgement is valued and you can work as part of a properly governed MDT, get in touch for a confidential discussion.

CYP Clinical Psychologist – ADHD Assessment Service

CYP Clinical Psychologist – ADHD Assessment Service £60,000–£66,500 | Redditch | Full-time A good ADHD assessment should involve more than working through a checklist. This role gives a Clinical Psychologist the space to bring formulation, developmental understanding and differential thinking into a structured CYP ADHD pathway, working alongside a wider multidisciplinary team. You would contribute to diagnostic decisions through psychological assessment, formulation and clinical reasoning, with a clear emphasis on robust conclusions and useful communication for children, families and referrers. The service sits within a wider neurodevelopmental team including psychology, nursing, SALT, OT and medical colleagues, with senior clinical oversight and established governance structures around the pathway. Why consider it. There is protected time built into the week for the work that often gets squeezed elsewhere. Around 18–22 hours for assessment and feedback. 8–10 hours for report writing and formulation. 3–5 hours for MDT work, supervision, governance and audit. Separate time for liaison and administration. Clinically, you will integrate developmental history, functional impact, school and family information, questionnaires and previous records rather than looking at symptoms in isolation. You will also contribute to differential thinking, co-occurring presentations and safeguarding where required. The role also gives exposure to the wider neurodevelopmental pathway, including cases where ADHD and autism may overlap. You will need. HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist. Significant post-qualification CYP experience within neurodevelopmental, CAMHS or a related setting. Direct experience contributing to CYP ADHD diagnostic assessments within an MDT. Strong formulation, clinical reasoning and report-writing skills. A sound understanding of safeguarding and risk. If you want to remain clinically involved in CYP ADHD work while having proper space for formulation, MDT discussion and high-quality reporting, this could be a strong fit. Get in touch on 0203 053 1048 or email jamie@leadersincare.co.uk