Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist; LTV and Complex Needs

We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist with skills in managing children with long term needs including Long Term Ventilation, neurological and complex medical conditions to work within the Acute Integrated Therapy Team.

The post holder will carry a complex caseload of children with complex needs who are under the care of the Long Term Ventilation team, and other specialist teams across Alder Hey. They will work in partnership with parents, carers, education and other service providers to ensure a child centred approach to therapy.

The post holder will work jointly with physiotherapist colleagues to manage this caseload.

We are looking to recruit a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist, to work as an autonomous clinician using specialist assessment skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for patients who have acute and long term conditions.

We are looking for a Occupational Therapist with highly developed analytical & judgment skills to be directly involved in the clinical decision-making process as part of the MDT, using and interpreting the results of diagnostic tests to progress the management of the child's condition.

To be directly involved in the clinical decision-making process as part of the long term ventilation multidisciplinary team, providing appropriate advice and education to families and colleagues to promote optimal therapy management., To work as a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist, responsible for the delivery of assessments and interventions to children with complex needs, both as inpatients and outpatients.

Working with a complex caseload, the successful candidate will use advanced clinical reasoning as part of assessment and treatment delivery. The post holder will be able to lead the specialist assessments and advice on 24-hour postural management, sensory stimulation and early neurodevelopment, based on advanced clinical reasoning skills.

To evaluate demand and service need, working with Therapy Managers to make recommendations for service growth and efficient delivery.

The post holder will work within the LTV team linking closely with other specialities to ensure children receive early interventions to support the immediate and ongoing health care needs.

The post holder will work with a caseload with diverse presentations and complex conditions.

The post holder will work closely with Physiotherapists and will provide leadership for junior Therapists and Therapy assistants, support service development and quality improvement projects.

The post holder may be required to provide input to other areas of the service as required.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a major teaching hospital with 270 beds. It is a supra-regional centre for cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and Paediatric major trauma. Alder Hey is one of Europe's busiest children's hospitals and we care for over 270,000 young people and their families every year.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is located in the vibrant city of Liverpool in the North West of England.