Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit Health and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK 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 report 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. Advert To act as an autonomous practitioner within a specialised Neurodevelopmental Assessment service. 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. To be able to monitor and review service outcomes and report on these as required. To maintain up to date, evidence-based knowledge and continuous professional development and provide clinical leadership to others in the team. Working for our organisation 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 role and requirements on the government website. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical 1. To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of a defined assessment caseload, as required. To ensure a high standard of clinical care (for the patients under your management) in order to maximise function and independence. 2. To act as an expert source of knowledge, offering specialist clinical advice and support to other healthcare professionals, families, and agencies across organisational boundaries, following a tiered system approach. 3. To work autonomously and demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills in the management of a defined highly complex patient caseload, whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team. 4. To demonstrate the ability to carry out specialist occupational assessment and interventions supporting children with neuro-disability and neuro-developmental problems, including those with ASD, ADHD, assessing specific motor, perceptual and sensory difficulties. 5. Where appropriate exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the diagnosis of and discharge of clients, ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and interventions, communicating with the referral agent and others involved with the care on a regular basis. 6. To demonstrate highly specialist assessment, diagnostic, treatment and management plans for families and support systems to implement. 7. To contribute to the delivery of the service in a variety of defined clinical settings, which may school and the patient’s home. 8. To develop and maintain good working relationships with other healthcare professions, social care, and other appropriate agencies, to ensure integrated and high-quality patient outcomes and to make timely and detailed referrals when appropriate. 9. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice for other professionals on all aspects of risk assessment and management. 10. To refer, liaise and negotiate with other health and education professionals determining the best holistic approach in order to best meet the child’s complex needs. 11. To provide highly specialist verbal and written advice to a range of professionals. 12. To maintain accurate documentation in line with professional standards and local policies and procedures. 13. To write highly specialist reports, as required, including those for the EHCP Process. 14. To provide accurate and timely written information and reports to referring agents and other agencies where appropriate. 15. To record and submit clinical activity data as required by the Trust in an accurate and timely manner. 16. Where appropriate communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and diagnosis of clients under their care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni and multi-disciplinary care. Professional 1. To act in accordance with the Rules of Professional Conduct and Standards of practice set by the Royal College of Occupational therapy (RCOT) and Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). 2. To maintain own continuing professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any trends and developments and incorporate them as necessary into your work. Being responsible for maintaining written evidence within CPD portfolio. 3. To be an active member of the in-service training programme available via staff meetings, tutorials, training sessions, external courses and reflective practice by regular attendance and participation in the former including the delivery of presentations. 4. To participate in the staff appraisal scheme, personal development review (PDR) and clinical supervision. 5. In common with all practitioners to receive regular clinical supervision and professional management, according to good practice guidelines, from a senior clinician and where appropriate clinical supervision from other senior professional colleagues. 6. Where appropriate provide specialist clinical placements for trainees or students ensuring that they acquire the necessary clinical and diagnostic skills to achieve their competencies 7. To participate in service development and review, taking into account the views of service users i.e. parents, carers and other professionals. 8. To participate in evidence-based projects/audits contributes to the implementation of these changes within designated team/area. 9. To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s), social services, education colleagues and voluntary organisations to ensure delivery of a timely and co-ordinated multi-agency service. This will include the identification of issues and attendance of patient reviews in variety of settings and the planning of ongoing care. 10. To demonstrate a sound understanding of Trust values, Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to the work situation. 11. To attend Mandatory Training and incorporate these within working practices. 12. To attend Safeguarding training and work in accordance within the local and national guidelines. 13. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both children and families and neurodevelopmental conditions. 14. To attend and contribute to service meetings and development and articulation of best practice in ASD across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflective practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of ASD and related disciplines. 15. To be aware of Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents and incidents (in line with policy), and ensuring that equipment use is safe. 16. To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out occupational therapy duties, and to adhere to departmental policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure its safe use by others through, teaching, training and supervision of practice We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [email protected] or call 0151 282 4599 Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application. Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.