Band 7 Team Lead Speech and Language Therapy

6 months ago

Solihull, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job summary**:
**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
To lead and manage speech and language therapists and assistants working within the community team, providing a core service across the Borough on a day to day basis, taking into account new developments and strategies within Children's services and the wider community setting.

To ensure the level of service is appropriate and Clinical Standards are met taking into account national guidance, evidence based practice and new developments and strategies within the community setting.

To participate in annual appraisal and review of staff within the team.

To support members of the team in their training and development needs.

To act as deputy to the Clinical Team Leader or Professional Lead for Children's Community Speech and Language Therapy in their absence, when requested.

To attend monthly Team Leaders meetings and other departmental and Therapy meetings as appropriate.

To communicate effectively to team members and to facilitate regular meetings and good communication across the team.

To support and advise Therapists in designated area of service.

To support new graduates in achieving full competency using the framework provided by RCSLT.

To take an active role in ensuring Trust policies are followed.

To take an active role in regional groups.

To develop and maintain effective multi-professional and multi-agency working.

To carry out any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of the post at the request of the Clinical Leader.

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

**Job description**:
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:

- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree
- HCPC registration
- Membership of RCSLT
- GCSEs (including A-C grades in English and Maths or equivalent)
- 3 passes at A level (or equivalent)

**Desirable**:
Specialist level clinical experience working with an Early Years caseload.

Experience of service change and development.

Experience working with the Balanced System model of service delivery.

**Experience**:
**Essential**:

- 3-5 years experience in paediatrics
- Evidence of a wide range of CPD activities relating to paediatric SLT and service development
- Able to identify development needs of self and support others to do the same
- Demonstrates in-depth knowledge about children's communication difficulties
- Sound understanding of SEND Code of Practice

**Desirable**:

- Able to contribute to the development of local clinical guidelines
- Some knowledge and experience of working with children with a wide range of complex communication disorders, providing support in a variety of settings

**Additional Criteria**:
**Essential**:

- Able to make appropriate decisions based of a range of information
- Able to manage own time and prioritise tasks
- Able to prioritise team tasks
- Able to contribute to service and team plans
- Able to develop appropriate packages of care
- Potential to develop skills in supporting members of staff with a lower level of responsibility, including mentoring
- Directs and monitors team and reports issues to line manager
- Able to use highly developed perceptual and observational skills to assess, plan and formulate treatment plans with internal and external partners.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to share distressing information in a sensitive manner with staff as well as clients and families
- Meet travel requirements of the post which involves driving your car to and from visit

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