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Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Band 7, School
2 months ago
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly specialist speech and language therapist to join our school therapy team. This role will require the successful candidate to provide specialist speech and language therapy and clinical leadership to children, young people, and families accessing our services.
Main Duties of the Job
Provide high-quality, evidence-based speech and language therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people with neurodisabilities and neurodevelopmental concerns, within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency setting.
Lead the provision of high-quality, evidence-based speech and language therapy provision for children and young people attending our school, in partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team and education services.
Support the multidisciplinary team regarding the impact of tracheostomies on speaking and swallowing, following assessment of laryngeal integrity, secretion management, and swallow.
Undertake specialist speech and language therapy assessments of children with highly complex needs, multiple co-morbidities, neurodisabilities, and chronic conditions, through standardized and non-standardized assessments and clinical observations.
Devise suitable, individual, speech and language therapy plans that fit within the child's daily routine, whether to be carried out by parents or members of the multidisciplinary team; these should be monitored, evaluated, and adjusted appropriately according to the needs of the child.
Be an autonomous practitioner with responsibility for assessment, treatment, and planning for an allocated caseload of children/young people.
Be a key point of support and advice for the speech and language therapy team and multidisciplinary team.
Work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team, as well as the child and family, to provide a fully integrated approach to the overall management of the child. This will include any home/school visits, professional child-related meetings, and appointments as required.
Liaise with all appropriate medical staff, whether employed by The Children's Trust, visiting consultants, or at off-site clinics, and attend clinics with the child as required.
Contribute to the assessment and discussion of new referrals to The Children's Trust, carrying out off-site referral assessments around the United Kingdom as required.
Contribute to child-related reports, including looked-after children and annual review reports as required, and assist with the collation of these as and when required, in a timely manner and in line with organizational targets.
Utilize patient-reported and standardized outcome measures for each allocated child/young person and complete in a timely manner.
Assess, evaluate, and recommend discharge/transition plans for children/young people within the multidisciplinary team framework.
Provide assessment and management guidelines for young people with assistive technology needs, sharing information with the assistive technology team, and referring to national hubs where appropriate.
Provide assessment and intervention in the clinical area of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) for school, teaching, and integrating skills with members of the multidisciplinary and educational teams.
Support the multidisciplinary and education team with measuring short-term targets through using the IMpacts curriculum, therapy outcome measurement tools, Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS).
Teach, integrate, and monitor speech and language therapy interventions in the child's environment, whether carried out by parents, school staff, therapy staff, nursing, and care staff or volunteers.
Assess and organize the provision of necessary speech and language therapy/eating and drinking equipment.
Keep appropriate and accurate intervention records, fulfilling legal, professional, and all other requirements of The Children's Trust.
Contribute to child-related reports, including looked-after children and annual review reports as required, and assist with the collation of these as required, in a timely manner in line with organizational targets.
Escalate any concerns around dysphagia to our specialist providers and medical teams, where appropriate.
Leadership and Management
Working alongside the school leadership team and head of therapy, lead on identified and agreed areas of service development and quality improvement within a defined clinical area, including designing, implementing, and reviewing these.
Participate in the overall day-to-day management and development of the speech and language therapy service, to ensure an efficient and safe service for all.
Provide day-to-day leadership, support, and supervision for junior staff, technicians, volunteers, and students, within the area of responsibility, providing direction, motivation, and support to achieve key objectives.
Represent the therapy team on behalf of the head of therapies for rehabilitation/school, when requested.
Take on the role of lead professional or coordinating therapist, following team discussion or as requested by the head of therapy, in accordance with the current profile description.
Participate in the annual performance development review and monthly supervision sessions, as required by The Children's Trust, both as appraiser and appraise.
Advise the head of therapy regarding resources and equipment needs, including shortfalls.
Manage time effectively, prioritizing and delegating work, as required.
Communication
Facilitate effective communication with families and members of the multidisciplinary team, supporting others to embed the advice regarding management of needs around communication and eating and drinking and tracheostomy care.
Recognize barriers to communication and be able to reduce these as appropriate.
Communicate regularly and effectively with the heads of therapy.
Maintain clear and concise documents and records, in accordance with The Children's Trust policy.
Ensure documents are managed confidentially at all times.
Involve children and families in areas of service development.
Use a range of advanced communication skills, to share specialized information and discussions with a range of audiences, with different levels of knowledge and expertise.
Attend, contribute, and chair multidisciplinary team meetings, to discuss individual children/young people.
Develop and promote relationships with external networks, including professionals, stakeholders, and specialist centers, in order to ensure excellence of care, while representing the organization and reflecting The Children's Trust core values.
Manage informal complaints, in line with The Children's Trust policies, and contribute to the resolution of written complaints as they occur, taking immediate action where necessary.
Career Long Learning, Education, and Research
Undertake all mandatory training, in line with The Children's Trust policies.
Independently advance personal knowledge, understanding, and skills, in line with identified learning needs, by making appropriate use of a variety of learning and development resources and opportunities, by attending courses/lectures, contact, and involvement with relevant special interest groups, and/or visiting other departments.
Develop and deliver external training courses in the area of specialization, where potential demand is identified.
Disseminate and ensure the embedding of relevant new practice, through attendance at and contributing to in-service education, literature reviews, mentoring, and shared sessions.
Record outcomes of learning activities, in a format that reflects personal preferences and professional requirements, in line with the RCSLT competencies for dysphagia and tracheostomies.
Take an active part in the training of junior colleagues and lead the development of reflective practice in others.
