Paediatric / Children’s Occupational Therapist, Expert Witness

Harrison Associates is respected within the sector as one of the long-standing Expert Witness, Case Management and Rehabilitation organisations. For over 35 years, Harrison Associates has been helping people with life-changing injuries to reclaim their lives. We pride ourselves on knowledge and expertise, outstanding quality of service and outcome-focused solutions.

We are looking for Children’s Occupational Therapists with extensive experience (8+ years) in the following:

• Managing care packages in the community
• Birth injury, including Erb’s palsy, Cerebral Palsy and other Neurological injuries
• Developmental / learning difficulties 
• Spinal and orthopaedic injuries, including amputations and hip dysplasia
• Visual/sight loss/hearing impairment
• Managing multi-disciplinary teams
• Dealing with equipment needs
• Working with children who have catastrophic injuries

We are particularly looking for experts in the following geographical areas:

• Wales – All areas
• Northwest England
• Midlands – any areas
• London and home counties
• South West England
• South East England

What’s on offer:

• A regular flow of referrals to suit your availability
• Excellent remuneration and flexible hours
• A self-employed contract that will work around your other work commitments
• Access to a professional peer support group and continuous development
• Industry-leading training package and ongoing development support to all our associates
• Administrative support, including external communications, deadline management, template preparation and proofreading/editing support

Responsibilities:

As an Expert Witness, you will have a unique opportunity to use your specialist experience to assist courts and legal professionals in liability and compensation decisions in serious personal injury and clinical negligence cases. Depending on areas of expertise, you may be required to:

• Perform a detailed assessment of the Claimant’s disability and performance in daily life tasks and roles
• Prepare detailed quantum reports, evidencing the client’s needs, your professional recommendations with objective justification of associated costs for past, present and future needs
• Consider evidence documentation and understand complex liability, causation, condition and prognosis evidence to assimilate the information to form one’s own opinions

You will be required to follow through the case from the initial instruction to case settlement, including: timely review of new evidence and documentation, responding to queries from legal professionals, attending case conferences with barristers, participating in joint experts’ meetings, and writing statements, as well as providing oral evidence in Court if required.