Tarve
Start Free Trial →

Verified Skilled Worker sponsor

Children's Autism Team Lead

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chesterfield, S44 5BL £49,387 – £56,515 a year Permanent Posted 19 August 2026 Apply by 9 September 2026

Home Office register entry: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chesterfield

Visa sponsorship

This role is listed by an employer that holds a live Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route.

NHS roles fall under the Health and Care Worker route. Public reference figures for that route: the general salary minimum is £25,000 a year, and salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement. Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.

Role description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for Autism Team Leader for our Child Development Psychology team to join our Child Health Department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and operationaldelivery of autism assessments conducted by The Autism Team as part of the Paediatric Autism Pathway at Chesterfield Royal.

The Autism Team consists of multi-disciplinary professionals which shall consist of clinical psychology, assistant psychologist, mental health nurses and speech and language therapists.

You will provide first line management and leadership to clinicians in TheAutism Team ensuring that care is of the highest standard and delivered inaccordance with Policies and Procedure.

Main duties of the job

You will be an active, autonomous member of a multi-disciplinary team providing specialist psychological services to children, adolescents, and families in North Derbyshire. Your role will include:

Being responsible for the effective day to day operational delivery of autism assessments provided by The Autism Team.

To be an active member of the Autism Pathway Clinical Leadership.

To be responsible for updating the Care Unit Management Team of team work and in partnership plan to meet any gaps or issues identified in service delivery.

To be responsible for staff development and training.

To support the development of protocols for pathways of assessment and the assessment process.

To provide management and leadership for The Autism Team.

About us

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff.

We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.

Details

Date posted

19 August 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

166-FC-8194666

Job locations

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Calow

Chesterfield

S44 5BL

United Kingdom


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Knowledge of appropriate clinical models and approaches relevant to working with young people with Autism
  • Experience of carrying out service evaluations
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desirable

  • Skills in working with emotional and behavioural problems with children and families
  • Knowledge of relevant NICE guidelines

Personal

Essential

  • Ability to tolerate and manage highly distressing emotional issues
  • Ability to manage and work with organisational stress and to effectively manage the stress of others
  • Ability to engage in sustained mental effort involving tasks demanding intense concentration

Trust Values

Essential

  • Proud to CARE

Experience

Essential

  • Experience and knowledge of working with young people with learning disabilities/autism/neuro-development diagnoses/Epilepsy
  • Expeience of carrying out complex psychological assessments with young people
  • Writing concise psychological reports.
  • To have worked therapeutically with young people and families

Desirable

  • Experience of delivering training to professionals and parents.
  • Experience of working with other professionals as part of an assessment team
  • Experience of supervising others

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral Qualification in Clinical Psychology

Desirable

  • Additional training post doctorate
  • Training in a specific therapeutic approach

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Calow

Chesterfield

S44 5BL

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/

Apply now

Last verified against our ingestion on 19 August 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.