To be a team member of Alder Hey's Neurodevelopmental Service as a highly Specialist Occupational Therapist within the clinical area of Sensory Processing, motor difficulties and daily functional performance difficulties.
The role is to lead on the planning, implementation and delivery of occupational therapy assessments to identify the needs of children and young people, who are unable to manage their daily occupations due to problems processing sensory information or motor planning difficulties.
The initial remit of this role is to provide an advanced level of specialist occupational therapy knowledge and skills in relation to sensory processing and motor differences: to lead on delivery of an assessment service, which will offer comprehensive assessment reports to identify recommendations, support and advice to parents, carers, education staff and other health professionals.
The post holder will also be required to have advanced skills in the occupational therapy assessment of children with a range of presentations and needs, with experience working with children with neurodisability, complex long-term conditions, neurodevelopmental conditions and daily functional performance difficulties.
Main duties of the job
1. To act as an autonomous practitioner within a specialised Neurodevelopmental Assessment service.
2. To be confident in the planning, delivery and evaluation of a range of assessment methods and to support parents and professionals to meet the occupational therapy needs of the child or young person.
3. To be able to monitor and review service outcomes and report on these as required.
4. To maintain up-to-date, evidence-based knowledge and continuous professional development and provide clinical leadership to others in the team.
Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and requirements on the government website.
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