Neurodevelopmental Specialist Practitioner

The post holder will predominantly be responsible for supporting young people and families who access the neurodevelopmental service. This role will involve managing duty telephone calls, managing referrals into the service and assisting in the assessment of children and young people pursuing a neurodevelopmental diagnostic assessment. The post holder will also have opportunities to develop and facilitate intervention groups directly with children and young people or if a nurse, train to be a nurse prescriber for the service., Contribute to the triaging of referrals for children and young people pursuing a diagnostic assessment for ASC and/or ADHD, often in the context of other suspected or diagnosed neurodevelopmental conditions, traumatic experiences, and emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties

• Contribute to the maintenance of diagnostic assessment waitlists
• Carry out developmental history assessments directly with parents/carers, and create subsequent reports as part of the diagnostic assessment process
• Gather, analyse, report, and present information as part of the diagnostic assessment and report-writing process
• Support, and with training, lead on structured interviews and observation-based diagnostic assessments with a registered clinician
• Create post-diagnostic reports to include personalised recommendations
• With appropriate training, contribute to the delivery of cognitive assessments, and subsequent interpretation and report creation, under supervision from an HCPC registered psychologist
• In line with service demands, co-facilitate psychoeducation and skills-based intervention groups for children and young people with a range of presentations, with a registered clinician
• Assess, plan, organise, and deliver goal-based brief interventions with children, young people, and parents/carers, in line with skills, training, and experience, as agreed with the supervising clinician, and in line with service demands and clinical governance, Contribute to the triaging of referrals for children and young people pursuing a diagnostic assessment for ASC and/or ADHD, often in the context of other suspected or diagnosed neurodevelopmental conditions, traumatic experiences, and emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties
• Contribute to the maintenance of diagnostic assessment waitlists
• Carry out developmental history assessments directly with parents/carers, and create subsequent reports as part of the diagnostic assessment process
• Gather, analyse, report, and present information as part of the diagnostic assessment and report-writing process
• Support, and with training, lead on structured interviews and observation-based diagnostic assessments with a registered clinician
• Create post-diagnostic reports to include personalised recommendations
• With appropriate training, contribute to the delivery of cognitive assessments, and subsequent interpretation and report creation, under supervision from an HCPC registered psychologist
• In line with service demands, co-facilitate psychoeducation and skills-based intervention groups for children and young people with a range of presentations, with a registered clinician
• Assess, plan, organise, and deliver goal-based brief interventions with children, young people, and parents/carers, in line with skills, training, and experience, as agreed with the supervising clinician, and in line with service demands and clinical governance
• Document and maintain accurate clinical records within the trust's electronic records system.
• Identify and report any concerns with regards to the potential abuse/neglect of people and carers in line with the Surrey Safeguarding Adults and Children Processes.
• Carry out service audit, service development and evaluation projects, under the supervision of a registered psychologist.
• Attend regular multi-disciplinary (MDT) meetings
• Participate in team audits and teaching sessions in the team as required
• Carry out any other duties at the request of the supervisor that are in line with the role
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description. As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire. We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers. Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.