Asd Practitioner - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The practitioner will be based in the newly launched ASD pathway. This is a full-time, permanent position.

The ASD service is a small team, consisting of clinical psychologists, assistant clinical psychologists, paediatricians, neuro-developmental practitioners, speech and language therapists, healthcare assistants, a physician associate and administrators.

The post holder will be required to undertake assessment and diagnostic activities for children and young people referred to the Developmental Paediatric Service with suspected ASD.

The post holder will:

Work as a member of the Developmental Paediatric Team, providing a high quality assessment and support to patients presenting for diagnostic assessment for Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Sefton and Liverpool.
Work autonomously within professional guidelines and support the systemic governance and development of practice within the Developmental Paediatric Team for patients and their families.
To utilise skills assessment, audit, and policy and service development as required.

The post holder will be expected to work independently and also as part of a team. All activities undertaken will be at the delegation of the ASD Head of Service.

The post holder will work to Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

To be working with clients in their own homes and in clinics and schools in order to assess and support children, young people and family's needs.

Alder Hey has already earned our place as one of the world's leading children's hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work.

We treat 250,000 young patients a year and have a broad range of hospital and community services, serving the local population of children, as well as being a tertiary referral centre for children from across Merseyside, Cheshire and parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales.

Every individual makes a valuable contribution and Alder Hey is proud of its long history of providing pioneering and innovative healthcare to children and young people.

The post holder must adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures at all times.

The Trust is committed to carefully screening all job applicants to ensure the safeguard of children and to an environment that promotes equality and embraces diversity.

The trust operates a flexible working policy.

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and operates a no smoking policy.

Main duties and Responsibilities

Skills:

Managerial
The post holder will be required to manage their own workload in a timely fashion and to bring to the attention of the ASD Specialist Practitioner any problems encountered with workload.
The post holder will be required to undertake risk assessments and to have knowledge of health policies and procedures.
Analyse and respond to situations arising in school, home and clinic settings.
To be responsible for managing client appointments.
Leadership
To participate in the induction and training of new staff and preregistration students.
The post holder will be required to have a designated workload and be responsible to their clinical supervisor / ASD Specialist Practitioner.
To identify and develop good practice and reflect upon own care delivery.
Clinical
Under the direction of the ASD Specialist Practitioner, conduct assessments, home visits, or virtual clinics o support, assess and identify problems.
To report back to the ASD Specialist Practitioner following any contact with children, young people and families.
To undertake height, weight and blood pressure monitoring when necessary.
To deliver public health promotion both opportunistically and planned.
To promote the importance of play and stimulation to encourage positive behaviours through interaction with parent, child and others.
To provide information and guidance in relation to accident prevention, home safety and safe play.
To deliver planned programmes of advice and support in respect of children and young people under direction of the ASD Specialist Practitioner to other agencies.
To be involved in clinic duties when necessary
Monitors and evaluates standards of care and reports to Specialist Practitioner.
Non-Clinical
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records in line with Trust policies.
To be responsible for the maintenance of equipment.
Supports implementation of service by preparation of materials and administrative/resource based tasks associated with delivery of service.
To be able to use a variety of information resources.
To be involved in the maintenance of databases.
To attend meetings and inservice training as required.
To be involved in the development of the service.
To work in accordance with safeguarding children policies.
To be involved in teaching and support in a onetoone or small group setting.
Cooperate and work effectively with other professionals in the multidisciplinary team and community services to ensure continuity