Highly Specialised Speech and Language Therapist

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