Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• The ability to travel to Leeds, Harrogate and Halifax during induction and for training.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• The ability to travel to Leeds, Harrogate and Halifax during induction and for training.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• Essential
• For practitioners within commuting distance, there will be on-site attendance required for direct observations.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• Essential
• For practitioners within commuting distance, there will be on-site attendance required for direct observations.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• Essential
• For practitioners within commuting distance, there will be on-site attendance required for direct observations.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• Essential
• For practitioners within commuting distance, there will be on-site attendance required for direct observations.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• Essential
• For practitioners within commuting distance, there will be on-site attendance required for direct observations.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• Essential
• For practitioners within commuting distance, there will be on-site attendance required for direct observations.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• Essential
• For practitioners within commuting distance, there will be on-site attendance required for direct observations.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• Essential
• For practitioners within commuting distance, there will be on-site attendance required for direct observations.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• The ability to travel to Leeds, Harrogate and Halifax during induction and for training.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusionsindependentlywhen operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilising the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Minimum of 1 year of direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• About You:
• We are looking to recruit ND Practitioners to work across all of our pathways and across all age ranges ( We will provide training to build your assessment certification and support you to broaden your experience and competency once you have gained additional certifications.
• We offer a range of working arrangements including fully remote for those practitioners not within commuting distance of our centres.
• Qualifications & Professional Registration
• Essential
• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work
• Ability and willingness to undertake certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g., ADOS-2, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Essential
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Desirable
• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility and Flexibility

Essential

• The ability to travel to Leeds, Harrogate and Halifax during induction and for training.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusions independently when operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilizing the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records.

Desirable

• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, SCQ, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways

Mobility & Flexibility

Essential

• Ability and willingness to travel between designated Oakdale centres as required by service needs.

Desirable

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Qualifications

Essential

• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical Practice & Assessment

• Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in accordance with Oakdale pathways, professional standards and national clinical guidelines (e.g., NICE)

• Conduct developmental history interviews, direct observations and other assessment activities appropriate to professional background, training and documented competency level.

• Gather, analyse, and integrate multi-source information to form robust clinical formulations and support diagnostic decision-making.

• Formulate diagnostic outcomes and clinical conclusions independently when operating on single-clinician assessment pathways (e.g., ADHD), ensuring practice aligns with professional guidelines and formal sign-off against the internal framework

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions and panel formulations to co-produce final diagnostic conclusions, utilizing the oversight and support of senior clinicians where required.

• Utilise and oversee service-approved technology solutions (including dictation, transcription, and automated documentation systems) to enhance pathway efficiency, maintaining ultimate clinical accountability for decision-making and reviewing, quality-checking, and professionally signing off the clinical accuracy of all final outputs.

• Communicate assessment outcomes and recommendations clearly, professionally and compassionately to clients, families and external professionals.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Documentation

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and professional clinical records in accordance with organisational and professional regulatory standards.

• Complete clinical documentation, reports, risk assessments and administrative tasks within agreed timescales.

• Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making that meets established quality assurance standards

• Participate actively in clinical audits, quality assurance processes, and service improvement initiatives

• Work strictly within professional scope of practice, maintaining a comprehensive awareness of relevant healthcare legislation, safeguarding frameworks, and professional guidance, seeking support where required.

• Identify, assess and appropriately manage safeguarding concerns and clinical risks, escalating concerns promptly in accordance with Oakdale policies and procedures

3. Multidisciplinary Team Working & Communication

• Participate actively in multidisciplinary discussions, panels and decision-making processes.

• Build and maintain highly effective, collaborative, and professional working relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

• Engage proactively with organisational communications and professional directives.

4. Organisation & Service Delivery

• Manage individual workloads and caseloads efficiently to optimise pathway flow, service delivery requirements, and agreed productivity expectations.

• Proactively monitor capacity and escalate operational barriers, constraints, or service risks to management in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate flexibility regarding working practices, designated clinical locations, and evolving service priorities

5. Professional Development & Reflective Practice

• Maintain active, professional registration and comply fully with the codes of conduct of the relevant regulatory body.

• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development, lifelong learning, and maintaining an up-to-date log of clinical competencies

• Attend and actively participate in supervision, training, reflective practice, and competency development activities, and demonstrate learning through application of feedback.

• Contribute positively to team development, peer learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within a mental health, neurodevelopmental, neurodiversity-focused, or relevant clinical setting.
• Experience producing high-quality, comprehensive clinical documentation and robust multi-source formulations to a professional standard.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to clinical formulations and shared decision-making.
• Experience operating within safeguarding, risk management, and professional clinical governance frameworks.

Desirable

• Direct, autonomous experience delivering neurodevelopmental assessments with children, young people, and/or adults across either single-clinician or MDT pathways

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD) and a clear understanding of the assessment process.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey sensitive information and build professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time-management skills, with a track record of meeting clinical and operational deadlines.
• Proficiency in the use of digital systems and technology, including electronic patient records

Desirable

• Direct competency or certification in neurodevelopmental assessment tools and measures (e.g, ADOS-2, SCQ, ADI-R, DIVA, or Young DIVA).

Mobility & Flexibility

Essential

• Ability and willingness to travel between designated Oakdale centres as required by service needs.

Desirable

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Qualifications

Essential

• Core professional qualification and current, active registration with one of the following regulatory bodies:
• NMC: Nursing
• HCPC: Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Social Work England: Social Work

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).