Senior Neurodevelopmental OT Lead – Autism & Training

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Clinical supervision

CPD support

Career progression

Service development opportunities

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Band 7 Occupational Therapists for the Neurodevelopmental Team within Inclusion Services. The role focuses on specialist assessment and diagnosis of neurodivergent children, with clinical leadership for junior staff.

Post holders work across community settings, including some virtual assessments, in collaboration with education and local authority partners.

Qualifications

• First degree relevant to the service area.
• Post-graduate training in sensory integration or neurological rehabilitation.
• Training in clinical leadership.
• Evidence of recent CPD in the specialist area.
• Full membership of a relevant professional body.

Responsibilities

• Carry out specialist assessments and diagnosis, including standardised autism assessments.
• Develop and deliver individual and group care and treatment programmes.
• Make clinical judgements and discharge decisions for complex cases.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and mentoring to assistants, junior therapists and students.
• Manage complex cases with multidisciplinary colleagues and carers, including referrals and clinical risk.
• Triage referrals against service referral criteria.
• Assess, provide and monitor therapeutic equipment, teaching carers about its safe use.
• Advise parents and other professionals on the support needed at home and school.
• Lead audits and reviews of evidence, and contribute to outcome measurement and protocol development.
• Deliver training and second opinions in the specialist area.
• Contribute to service development, foreseeing risks and opportunities, and to service transformation.
• Assist or lead on the management of complaints and incidents at local level.

Skills

Electronic practice systems

Communicating complex information

Delivering professional training

Education

Bachelors in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Post-graduate training in sensory integration or neurological rehab

Clinical leadership training

Evidence of CPD in the specialist area

Job description

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Band 7 Occupational Therapists for the Neurodevelopmental Team within Inclusion Services. The role focuses on specialist assessment and diagnosis of neurodivergent children, with clinical leadership for junior staff.

Post holders work across community settings, including some virtual assessments, in collaboration with education and local authority partners.