Neurodevelopmental Practitioner Wiltshire

Meeveem Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension with AfC terms

Discounts via My Reward Hub

Access to wages as you earn them

Job summary

HCRG Care Group Wiltshire is seeking a Band 6 Health Professional to join the Neurodevelopmental Pathway for children and young people under investigation for autism spectrum disorders. You’ll work with parents/carers and the MDT, contributing to assessments and onward signposting or referrals.

The role is part-time (22.5 hours per week) with base hubs at Chippenham, Bath, Salisbury or Trowbridge.

Qualifications

• Essential health professional degree qualification or equivalent.
• Registration with relevant professional body (and Health Professionals Council if relevant).
• Knowledge of assessment tools for children and young people with social communication differences and attention differences.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines and national policies.
• Up-to-date knowledge of autism research and developments.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice in autism.
• Knowledge of interventions for the client group.
• Understanding of roles of other professionals.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and organisational skills.
• Full UK driving licence and travel to community locations.

Responsibilities

• Make assessment and differential diagnosis of a child’s communication and social interaction needs using specialised assessments and consultant with parents/carers and professionals.
• Inform sound clinical judgements for case management.
• Collate information to reach the appropriate diagnostic outcome with MDT involvement.

Skills

Health professional degree

Professional registration

Assessment knowledge

NICE guidelines

Autism knowledge

Interventions knowledge

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Presentation skills

Organisational skills

Driving licence

Education

Recognised health professional degree

UK professional registration

Job description

Package Description

As a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Practitioner you will be part of our valued team in our Wiltshire Children's Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Health Professional to join our friendly and welcoming team in Wiltshire that provide a specialist assessment service within the Neurodevelopmental Pathway for children and young people when investigating a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD).

You’ll work in partnership with parents/carers and the multi-disciplinary team along with other agencies.

You will be an appropriately qualified Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Nurse, or Psychologist.

You will be expected to provide contributions of assessment information to the Neurodevelopmental Pathway, as well as contributing to the team in their specialist areas of knowledge. The Neurodevelopmental Pathway provides robust assessment of children and young people with suspected autism and/ or ADHD, and appropriate onward signposting and referral.

As a Neurodevelopmental Practitioner you will support the service in varied aspects of diagnostic assessment and post diagnostic advice to parents, carers, education staff and children and young people.

This is a part-time role working 22.5 hours per week.

The base location is to be agreed but will be at one of the following hubs: Chippenham, Bath, Salisbury or Trowbridge

For any enquiries please contact [e-mail]

Main Responsibilities

• Making assessment and differential diagnosis of a childs communication and social interaction needs through the use of highly specialised standardised and non-standardised assessments, reflection on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of a childs communication, informal observation, specialist knowledge and consultation with parents/carers, and other professionals (Possibly including ADOS, virtual assessment, telephone consultation and completion of diagnostic paperwork)
• Use specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements/decision making for case management
• To accurately collate key information gathered in order to come to the most appropriate diagnostic outcome through liaison with the child/ young person, their family and the Multi-Disciplinary Team

For a full list of role responsibilities please refer to the attached job description.

Person Specification

Essential

• Recognised health professional degree qualification or equivalent
• Registration with relevant professional body (and Health Professionals Council if relevant)
• Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to children and young people with social communication differences and attention differences
• Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the specialist client group such as NICE guidelines
• Up to date knowledge of relevant research and developments in the field of autism
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice within the field of autism
• In depth knowledge of a range of appropriate interventions relevant to the client group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• Understanding of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
• Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Excellent presentation skills both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational and diary management skill
• Full UK driving licence and ability to travel to community locations (including rural areas)

Desirable

• Experience of working in a neurodevelopmental assessment service which considers autism and ADHD

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised health professional degree qualification or equivalent; Registration with relevant professional body

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name: HCRG Care Group

Address: HCRG Care Group, Wiltshire, SP4 6AT, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Recruitment Team, HCRG Care Group, [e-mail]

Job Details

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Job locations: HCRG Care Group, Wiltshire, SP4 6AT, United Kingdom