Highly Specialised Speech and Language Therapist
Posted 5 days ago by Coyle Personnel
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London
Summary: The role of Highly Specialised Speech and Language Therapist involves delivering high-quality autism assessments and contributing to the development of a new ADHD & Autism Diagnostic Service. The position requires advanced clinical expertise and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team. The therapist will be responsible for conducting assessments, producing diagnostic reports, and providing feedback to families. This is an opportunity to shape a new service while engaging in meaningful professional development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver specialist speech, language and social communication assessments within the ASD diagnostic pathway
- Administer, score and interpret ADOS-2 and ADI-R
- Contribute to detailed developmental history taking and diagnostic formulation
- Undertake complex differential diagnosis where autism overlaps with ADHD, DLD and mental health presentations
- Produce high-quality, comprehensive diagnostic reports suitable for clinical and statutory processes
- Provide strengths-based, neuroaffirmative feedback to families
- Support the development and implementation of assessment pathways, triage systems and governance frameworks
Key Skills:
- HCPC registration as a Speech & Language Therapist
- Significant post-qualification experience in neurodevelopmental assessment
- ADOS-2 trained
- ADI-R trained with demonstrable experience administering and interpreting assessments independently
- Experience contributing to multidisciplinary autism diagnostic decision-making
- Excellent formulation, analytical and report-writing skills
- A proactive, flexible and solution-focused approach suited to a developing service
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
We are establishing a new ADHD & Autism Diagnostic Service and are seeking an experienced, highly skilled Speech & Language Therapist to play a central role in delivering high-quality autism assessments and supporting the development of the service from inception.
This is an exciting opportunity to combine advanced clinical expertise with meaningful service development within a growing multidisciplinary team.
The Role
You will:
- Deliver specialist speech, language and social communication assessments within the ASD diagnostic pathway
- Administer, score and interpret ADOS-2 and ADI-R (essential requirements)
- Contribute to detailed developmental history taking and diagnostic formulation
- Undertake complex differential diagnosis where autism overlaps with ADHD, DLD and mental health presentations
- Produce high-quality, comprehensive diagnostic reports suitable for clinical and statutory processes
- Provide strengths-based, neuroaffirmative feedback to families
- Support the development and implementation of assessment pathways, triage systems and governance frameworks
About You
You will have:
- HCPC registration as a Speech & Language Therapist
- Significant post-qualification experience in neurodevelopmental assessment
- ADOS-2 trained – essential
- ADI-R trained with demonstrable experience administering and interpreting assessments independently – essential
- Experience contributing to multidisciplinary autism diagnostic decision-making
- Excellent formulation, analytical and report-writing skills
- A proactive, flexible and solution-focused approach suited to a developing service
Why Join Us?
Opportunity to help build and shape a new specialist ADHD & ASD service
Supportive and collaborative MDT environment
Commitment to CPD and ongoing professional development
Flexible working options considered
If you are passionate about delivering gold-standard autism assessments and motivated to help establish an innovative diagnostic pathway, we would love to hear from you.