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

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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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Clinician from any appropriate discipline to join the ASD Team, within the community division at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust.


To provide specialist assessments of clients referred to the Developmental Paediatrics Team for the diagnostic assessment of ASD, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including specialist assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.

Where appropriate contribute to plans for the treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and highly specialist clinical service for children/adolescents with neurodevelopmental difficulties and their carers/parents and families.

To highly undertake specialist multi-disciplinary, assessments of children suspected of having ASD in conjunction with Community Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapist and other supporting services.


Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year.

In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey 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 Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.

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.


  • To provide specialist assessments of clients referred to the Developmental Paediatrics Team for the diagnostic assessment of ASD, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including specialist assessments, selfreport measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semistructured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.

  • Where appropriate contribute to plans for the treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

  • To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and highly specialist clinical service for children/adolescents with neurodevelopmental difficulties and their carers/parents and families.

    To highly undertake specialist multidisciplinary, assessments of children suspected of having ASD in conjunction with Community Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapist and other supporting services.
  • Where appropriate make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about diagnosis taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
  • 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.
  • To highly provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation to the multidisciplinary formulation of appropriate therapeutic approaches or intervention plans, and be involved in, or oversee and coordinate specialist aspects of their implementation in collaboration with other staff.
  • To undertake highly skilled 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.
  • 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 multidisciplinary care.
  • To take the advanced practice lead in specialist MDT clinics and aspects of service provision as agreed or directed by the of Head of Service to whom the post holder is accountable, for example Autistic Spectrum Clinics. Specific allocated time up to 2 sessions can be negotiated for these activities.
  • To provide consultation about the a
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