Clinical Specialist and Team Lead, Speech and

3 weeks ago


Lewes, United Kingdom Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This post offers a fantastic opportunity for a highly experienced speech and language therapist to provide advanced clinical expertise and leadership to the Speech and language Therapy team working at Chailey Clinical Services.

Chailey Clinical Services have a commitment to provide outstanding services to children and young people with complex neuro-disabilities. You will be an expert resource and provide advanced level of clinical expertise to professionals and families within Chailey Clinical Services and SCFT. You will manage a complex caseload and undertake a specialist role as an advanced practitioner in the assessment and management of children and young people with complex neuro-disability.

You will have the opportunity to lead on exciting projects, reviewing and improving the way services are provided whilst championing clinical excellence and embedding the CQC agenda within the team.

To be an autonomous Clinical Specialist working with children and young people with highly complex neurodisability within speech and language therapy department at Chailey Clinical Services.

To be an expert resource and provide advanced level of clinical expertise to professionals and families within Chailey Clinical Services and SCFT.

To manage a complex caseload as an autonomous Clinical Specialist.

To line manage the speech and language therapy team, including therapists and assistants, at Chailey Clinical Services.

To be involved in recruitment, appraisals, supervision, sickness and absence reporting and disciplinary/performance management of staff within speech and language therapy team.

To have responsibility for the speech and language therapy budget at CCS in conjunction with senior managers at CCS and SCFT.

To develop and deliver teaching and training courses/programmes to meet the needs of professionals and carers in specialist areas.

To work on service improvements and new services within CCS in conjunction with senior management at CCS and SCFT.

To work with Speech and language Therapy Professional Lead and colleagues within CCS and SCFT to ensure effective professional practice and to promote the principles of good governance.

To translate research into clinical practice to ensure and improve clinical effectiveness.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support

Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county

**Supportive flexible working patterns such as**: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Research opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton

Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks

Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces

Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)

Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast

Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff


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