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About Vertis Health
Vertis Health is a federation of general practices delivering high-quality NHS services across Worcestershire. We were founded by local primary care clinicians and are owned by the practices we serve. As a purpose-led limited company, the money we generate is reinvested into the local healthcare economy, helping to strengthen services, support innovation and improve patient care.
Our neurodevelopmental services are being built around clinical quality, meaningful outcomes and strong governance. You will join an organisation that understands NHS systems and values while giving experienced clinicians the opportunity to influence, develop and improve services.
Depending on the role, our benefits include access to the NHS Pension, structured learning and development, clinical leadership opportunities, career progression and genuine flexibility.
Why this role exists
To contribute specialist occupational therapy assessment expertise within the CYP ASD and/or ADHD diagnostic pathways, supporting safe, timely and evidence-based diagnostic decision-making through structured functional and sensory assessment, multi-informant evidence gathering, MDT discussion, and high-quality reporting.
Functional impact, sensory processing and daily living participation are critical domains in CYP neurodevelopmental assessment that require dedicated OT expertise. This role strengthens MDT capacity by embedding that specialist perspective directly within the pathway, improving the quality and defensibility of diagnostic formulation and ensuring children and young people receive recommendations grounded in their functional experience.
About the Service
The CYP ADHD service is one of four Mental Health & Neurodevelopmental Services offered by Vertis Health:
Adult ADHD – assessment and ongoing clinical reviews, with medication titration delivered under appropriate prescribing governance and shared care with GPs where agreed.
Adult ASD – diagnostic assessment pathway delivered through an MDT model.
Children and Young People (CYP) ADHD – an assessment and diagnosis pathway (with onward treatment and medication pathways subject to commissioning and wider system arrangements).
Children and Young People (CYP) ASD – a diagnostic assessment pathway delivered through a multidisciplinary model, aligned to national guidance and local commissioning arrangements.
The postholder will be working primarily within the Children & Young People’s ADHD service and its commissioned scope and agreed clinical governance arrangements, contributing to pathway improvement without over-promising provision outside current remit. From time to time however, you may have opportunities to collaborate with colleagues elsewhere across these four services, particularly the CYP ASD service—as these services work in tandem as a combined CYP service area.
Diagnostic assessments are delivered face-to-face at our Redditch HQ or a similar Worcestershire location. The service is open to eligible patients aged 6-17 who are registered with a Worcestershire GP.
The end-to-end pathway includes referral screening, pre-assessment questionnaires, initial contact, face-to-face clinical assessment, MDT diagnostic decision-making, report production, support planning and post-diagnostic signposting, with clinicians contributing to all aspects of the assessment process.
Key responsibilities
Contribute specialist occupational therapy assessment within CYP ASD and/or ADHD diagnostic pathways, working within service SOPs and NICE guidance.
Review referral information and supporting evidence, applying OT-specific clinical knowledge to support pathway triage and readiness decisions.
Conduct structured functional and sensory assessments as part of the MDT model, using validated tools and professional judgement to inform diagnostic formulation.
Gather and integrate multi-informant evidence from home and education settings on daily living, functional participation, sensory processing and motor development, within consent and information governance requirements.
Contribute to MDT discussion and diagnostic decision-making, providing clear OT-informed clinical reasoning aligned to DSM-5 criteria.
Identify co-occurring functional, sensory, adaptive and developmental needs; escalate safeguarding concerns and clinical risk via appropriate governance routes.
Produce high-quality OT assessment reports and MDT contributions within agreed timeframes, written in neurodiversity-affirming language and accessible to families, schools and professionals.
Communicate assessment findings sensitively to children, young people and families, and contribute to outcome-sharing in line with consent and information governance requirements.
Provide practical, functional recommendations on daily living support, sensory strategies, environmental adaptations and reasonable adjustments within service remit.
Ensure records are accurate, timely and complete using agreed templates and documentation standards.
Liaise with partner services (CAMHS, community paediatrics, local education and support organisations) to facilitate safe onward planning and signposting within service scope.
Person specification
Qualifications and registration: HCPC registration and graduate-level qualification in Occupational Therapy (or other applicable course)
Experience: Significant post-graduate experience working with children in an Occupational Therapy role.
Knowledge and skills: Working knowledge of local children’s services, risk and safeguarding; strong written communication and clinic time management.
Values: Person-centred, fair, improvement minded, committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Location(s)
Vertis Health
38 Kenilworth Close
Crabbs Cross
Redditch
B97 5JX