Team Lead Adult Speech

7 months ago

Wakefield, United Kingdom The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Full time

Key Responsibilities Non Clinical To assist the therapy service lead in the delivering of service strategy and objectives on a day to day basis, planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the therapy service provided. To manage and lead the designated team, offering clinical and management support and advice. To provide, leadership, supervision, training and appraisal for the designated team of staff..

To assist in the planning, development and evaluation of the service, holding responsibility for defined projects to develop services for patients using the service as set by the service lead. To work closely with other members of the hospital team to provide a co-ordinated and timely discharge service for patients within the Trust To contribute to the Trust and therapy service clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda, including the setting and monitoring of practice standards. To lead on clinical governance issues within relevant areas. To investigate incidents recorded in designated team / area of work.

To take responsibility as lead investigator to action plans as a result of incidents. To escalate outcomes of incident investigation to the therapy service lead. To input risks to the risk register for designated team / area of work, formulate action plans and escalate to therapy service lead as and when required. To investigate and formulate first draft responses to complaints in designated team / area of work with support from the therapy service lead, governance manger and head of therapies.

Ensure as team leader that their designated staff implement policy and service development changes. To be responsible for the sickness management of designated staff in line with the trusts policy and procedures. To escalate to therapy service lead as per trust policy and assist the therapy service lead and HR manager in the management of sickness for the designated team. To lead the teams annual audit plan and assist the therapy service lead and clinical specialists in the delivery of audits in line with the service strategy and objectives.

To ensure staff participation and completion of actions in a timely manner in the designated team. To deputise for the therapy service lead as required in their absence. Clinical Duties/Patient Contact Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care. Working to professional standards to ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and support staff within the designated team to do likewise.

Interpret and analyse complex clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognoses in a wide range of highly complex conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention and develop comprehensive treatment & discharge plans. Undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical & advanced skills and devise individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range or treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care. Ensure quality and standards of clinical care of patients treated within designated team, and to organise the team to deliver this effective and efficient care with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. Demonstrate highly developed advanced skills for assessment and treatment of patients.

Provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of interventions eg therapy, nutrition, and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care. Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise outcomes and / or rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of condition. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation and explanation to encourage patients to undertake their treatment programme. Use verbal and non-verbal communication skills to gain informed consent with patients where there will often be barriers to effective communication e.g.

loss of hearing, altered perception, expressive or receptive dysphasia, pain, fear, confusion, critical illness, pain, memory loss. Assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment. Undertake clinical decision making and practice as an autonomous clinician. Be responsible for the risk assessment of each clinical intervention and minimise each potential risk.

Clinical caseload will be determined by the therapy service lead with the team leader relevant to the service needs and requirements.

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