We are hiring for the role of a senior occupational Therapist to join our new Autism Specialist Team

Overall Purpose of the Post:

The Senior Occupational Therapist will work as a member of an Autism Specialist MTD Team to provide comprehensive Multidisciplinary autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnostic assessments and reports to children and their families residing in the Clare, Limerick and Noth Tipperary areas.  These assessments and reports will be conducted under the PSI guidelines for ASD assessment, and diagnosis will be given based on the DSM-V or ICD-11 criteria and will be delivered by a team of suitably highly skilled, competent and experienced clinicians.  The MTD team will be comprised of a Senior Psychologist, a Senior Speech & Language Therapist and a Senior Occupational Therapist.

The post holder will work across a variety of settings including home, clinic and the child’s home and their school.

The post holder must meet specific qualifications and training criteria, adhere to assessment protocols, and maintain clinical accountability overseen by the Head of Clinical Services. The assessment process follows a structured format, encompassing document review, clinical interviews, observations, and comprehensive reporting, with feedback sessions and an element of intervention recommendations provided to families and children as appropriate.

Applications from non-EEA qualifications or EEA qualifications of non-EEA nationals will be assessed in line with the processes of the validation unit of the Department of Health.

Requirements:

Professional:

• Hold a relevant qualification that is recognised and registered by CORU.
• Currently work as a Senior Occupational Therapist or meet the criteria of this grade
• Have specific training and experience and certification of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADIR) and the Structured Play based Assessment diagnostic (ADOS) tools.
• Have up-to-date training certification in GDPR, Children First, Consent and Health and Safety

General

• Possess excellent planning and organising skills that will equip the post holder to deliver a quantum of assessments, reports and feedback sessions within an agreed timeframe and within agreed key performance indicators.
• Services may be delivered across a range of settings including but not limited to clinic, home, education (including special educational placements) and community settings.
• Link directly with families and relevant professionals, make appointments and bookings as necessary and complete the relevant sections of the diagnostic report.
• Maintain appropriate service user records and statistics in accordance with Resilience Healthcare requirements and local guidelines, Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Acts and other relevant legislation.
• To work in a safe manner with due care and attention to the safety of self and others and to adhere to local and national Risk Management policies including reporting of incidents, accidents and near misses.
• To comply with policies and procedures of Resilience Healthcare
• To promote and deliver services within Resilience Healthcare’s family principles and within a model of trauma-informed care.

Quality Assurance

• To ensure safe, effective and efficient service delivery.
• To hold an appropriate and effective set of professional values and beliefs and behave in line with professional standards as set down by Resilience Healthcare
• To contribute towards the ongoing development of the service, including participation in the evaluation of service delivery and in research initiatives.
• To demonstrate a sound understanding of administrative practice and protocol in decision making.
• To make informed decisions in a timely manner, taking all relevant information into consideration.
• To anticipate potential consequences of decisions being taken, and to consider precedence in order to ensure consistency.
• To recognise when it is appropriate to refer decisions to a higher level of authority or to include other colleagues in the
• To use logical analysis to break down complex problems into their component parts.
• To promote and consistently support the demonstration and development of evidence based service delivery.
• Engage in audits related to the processes of the service using a standardised audit tool.

Team Working:

• To work as part of the Multi Disciplinary team providing autism-specific assessment and diagnostic services to young children and their families that involves collaborative and professional team working
• To contribute an Occupational Therapy perspective to each case, in line with national AOTI guidance and Resilience Healthcare.

Leadership:

• To build credibility and portray the profession/service in a positive light by being professional and well informed.
• To show enthusiasm and a high level of motivation in leading team projects and service planning.
• To demonstrate determination and initiative to achieve results and improve the service.
• To clearly accept accountability for standards of performance in the post.
• To inspire others to work to high standards and maximise their potential by being enthusiastic about the profession and the service.
• To maintain ethical and personal standards at all times.

Resilience is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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