Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

We are looking to recruit competent and confident Band 5 Speech & Language Therapists to work across various sites in our Community team. This team works in clinics in Settle, Skipton, Ilkley, Keighley and Bingley. We would love to hear from you if you have completed your RCSLT competencies and have proven skills in working with and managing a paediatric speech and language therapy caseload, but the post is also open to recently qualified therapists. You will be able to demonstrate your experience and/or confidence in working with a range of professionals.

You will hold current Health and Care Professions Council registration and be a certified member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

In return, you will enjoy excellent support networks, peer review/supervision and a strong commitment to CPD, within our friendly and enthusiastic team.

Job Summary
- To prioritise, plan and deliver clinical case work withinPaediatric Speech and Language Therapywith support and supervision of a senior therapist.
- To work in partnership with patients, carers, the MDT, and wider statutory, private and voluntary sector services.
- To work with team members to ensure the effective functioning of the team
- To participate in quality improvements to improve theChildren’s Therapy service
- Contribute to student training and development

In pursuing these duties the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution and the Trust’s Right Care strategy.

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

**Principle Duties and Responsibilities**:
1. Clinical
- Provide timely and efficientspeech and language therapyto patients according to clinical protocols and service priorities.
- Ensure patients receive a high standard of clinical care and that you meet the standards expected fromRoyal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Health and Care Professions Council
- Use investigative and analytical skills to undertake a comprehensivespeech and language therapyassessment of the patient.
- Reflect on complex facts gathered or situations presented and use analysis and judgment skills to consider options for interventions, and outcomes.
- Formulate individual management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and a wide range of treatment skillsappropriate to paediatric speech and Language Therapy
- ImplementSpeech and Language therapyinterventions/care packages in partnership with the service user, with the carer as necessary and in consultation with colleagues.
- Plan and organise to carry out assessment and interventions in the most appropriate setting.
- Monitor and evaluate the outcome of interventions in partnership with the service user if possible, with the carer if necessary and in consultation with colleagues.
- Collaborate with the MDT to improve patient pathways.
- Respond to unforeseen situations that take precedence over planned work.
- Provide advice, teaching and instruction for relatives, carers, and other health professionals to promote understanding of the aims ofpaediatric Speech and language therapyand to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
- Provide specialist advice to therapy and dietetic colleagues working within other clinical areas across the Trust.
- Support the development of assistants and students.
- Use highly developed communication skills to establish good working relationships with colleagues, service users and carers.
- Use verbal and non-verbal communication skills and sensitivity with patients, relatives and carers to overcome barriers to communication e.g. loss of hearing, altered perception, expressive and receptive difficulties, anxiety, problems with cognition.
- Deal effectively with complex, sensitive or contentious communications with support of a senior therapist
- Complete documentation appropriate to the role in accordance with professional and service protocols.

1. Leadership and Management

2.1 Follow supervision guidelines and consult with senior therapists to ensure optimum outcome for patients with clear presentation of complex facts and analysis to enable effective decision making
- Contribute to the development of thepaediatric Speech and Language Therapy and Children’s Therapy services
- Take responsibility for delegated tasks and service development activities.
- Communicate effectively within the immediate team, MDT and