Senior Speech and Language Therapist

2 months ago

Barnstaple, United Kingdom Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for a part time B6 Senior Speech and Language Therapist to join the North Devon Team

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children’s community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.

As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.
- To assess, diagnose and provide specialist treatment for a complex caseload of all types of communication disorders and delays in children and evaluate outcomes.
- To supervise a small team of Speech and Language Therapists and Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
- To be responsible for flexible and responsive management of the pre school and school aged caseload between therapists
- To provide reports, feedback and statistics reflecting specialist knowledge to referral agencies.
- To inform carers and other professionals on details from specialist assessments

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon, including;
- Torbay and South Devon FT
- Devon Partnership NHS Trust
- Royal Devon and Exeter FT
- Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
- Livewell South West

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by TSDFT and DPT. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say “We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure”.

Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Communication and working relationships
- To communicate complex condition-related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions in a way that is accessible and easily understood. This will include facilitating strategies for people with communication disorders where barriers to understanding may exist
- To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers, families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers

to communication exist, or sensitive issues are being dealt with. Patient, carers and family will frequently have difficulty accepting the information provided
- To form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challenging difficulties
- To employ good presentation skills to promote multi-disciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences including other professionals and users
- To write reports reflecting knowledge of paediatrics that can be accessible to both lay and professional people
- To contribute to clinical pathways both multi and uni-professional by discussing own and others input around client’s needs, ensuring a well-coordinated care plan
- To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible
- To demonstrate good negotiation skills across a range of issues

Planning and organisation
- To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities. Readjusting plans as situations change/arise
- To be responsible for the supervision and co-ordination of assistants on a daily basis
- To be responsible for the supervision of Band 5 staff on a regular basis

Analytical and judgement
- To demonstrate specialist Speech and Language Therapy knowledge across a range of therapeutic interventions
- To use knowledge and experience to inform sound clinical judgement/decision making for case management
- To integrate evidence from a variety of sources to make a differential diagnosis, of occupational performance, seeking advice as appropriate
- To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and mentors and identify own strengths and development needs

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