Senior Specialist Speech

2 weeks ago

Huntingdon, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Fixed term to end of 01 June 2024. An internal secondment for the same period will also be considered.

We are recruiting an enthusiastic and innovative leader. This Band 7 Senior Specialist Speech & Language Therapist role will include co-ordinating the speech and language therapy locality team in a specific geographical area and working with a specialist clinical caseload.

With a strong ethos of clinical support and supervision, our dynamic, award-winning team provides evidence-based advice, training and interventions to children and young people.

We are a friendly and supportive team committed to providing effective services as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency service.

If you're a First Class clinician with strong communication, leadership and interpersonal skills and enjoy working flexibly with various teams, we'd love to hear from you.

Comments from therapists who recently joined our team include:

"My supervisors and colleagues are genuinely interested in my professional development and helping achieve my goals".

"There are many opportunities for additional training in areas you are interested in, such as stammering, dysphagia, or AAC".

"Everyone in the Trust is extremely friendly and approachable. I know there is always someone I can go to for support".

(Please note that should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert earlier than advertised)

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have delegated responsibility for co-ordination and clinical management of the community paediatric speech & Language therapy service to a specific geographical area.

They will independently manage a community caseload in that area. The client group is children who have a range of difficulties in understanding and/or using speech and language.

They will provide second opinions to other SLT colleagues. The co-ordinator's role may involve setting priorities, initiating developments and carrying out audit in discussion with the Service Lead.

They will provide training in the area of clinical specialism acting as a resource to the wider multi-disciplinary team.

They will assume delegated responsibility for appraisal of junior colleagues.

They will be a member of the senior staff team.

About us

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

To independently manage a caseload of pre-school and school age children who have speech, and language communication difficulties, working in East Cambridgeshire. To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical, social and educational factors, which combined with highly specialist theoretical knowledge will lead to differential diagnosis. To plan, deliver and evaluate intervention programmes following professional guidelines and agreed service standards. As part of that process, to plan appropriate long term and short-term goals working towards discharge. To undertake administrative duties connected with the caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards. To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in childrens care so that the approach to intervention and support is co-ordinated and comprehensive. To make onward referral as appropriate. To identify any variations to service delivery or demands and inform the Service Lead of the likely impact on the service. Communication To ensure effective communication of complex condition-related information to parents/carers regarding the assessment process, assessment findings and planned intervention, including engagement of parents/carers in intervention programmes To ensure children are involved in goal setting and decision making around their own care as appropriate to their age, developmental level and language skills. To ensure parents/carers are involved in decision making around their childs care including discharge from the service. To liaise effectively and work in partnership with other professionals (particularly teachers and teaching assistants), including the development of shared goals for intervention. To write reports on children, in line with service standards, including contributions to statutory assessment. To offer advice to others concerning support for individual children. To actively participate in multi-disciplinary meetings, case conferences and review meetings, agreeing and negotiating case management, recognising when there are difficulties in that process and generating possible solutions. To recognise how and when information may be shared within the bounds of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act. To attend SLT team meetings, actively contributing as appropriate. Training To initiate the planning and delivery of training for other professionals and/or parents as appropriate. To actively participate in and /or organise in-service training and other courses as appropriate to promote professional development. To identify training needs in the multi-disciplinary team needed to support the care of children on the caseload. To remain compliant with all mandatory training. Research & Development/Audit To maintain and update skills and knowledge in relevant areas. To develop and monitor own clinical expertise in area of clinical specialism through planned CPD and specific objectives. To initiate and undertake research/audit/outcome measures to develop the evidence base and improve the effectiveness of the service including collaborative working with colleagues in education. To actively reflect on practice with peers to promote professional development and evidence based decision making. To advise colleagues on developments in current practice within area of clinical specialism Policy & Service Development To initiate, develop policy, clinical guidelines, clinical governance and service development within the clinical specialism and East Cambridgeshire, in discussion with the Service Lead; this will involve piloting of new initiates with a view to implementing changes across the whole service. To develop care protocols and innovative practice in area of clinical specialism interpreting national and local initiatives. To be familiar with local and national standards and to work in line with these. To ensure that parents/carers are aware of the standards they should expect from the speech and language therapy service. People Management To take delegated responsibility for co-ordination and clinical management of the community paediatric service in the specific geographical area. Responsible for day to day supervision of staff in the specific geographical area. Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process. To supervise and clinically support SLT assistants/ teaching assistants/volunteers as appropriate. To act as lead clinician across the service for clinical specialism including representing the SLT service in multi-agency working in that area delegated by the Service Lead. To provide second opinions to speech and language therapy colleagues in specialist area. To mentor/supervise more junior SLTs providing support, including objective setting and review and contributing to induction. To provide clinical placements for SLT students including contributing to the assessment of exam placements. To take on delegated responsibility for the recruitment and selection process when required To be an active member of the Senior Staff Team, attending meetings and taking on tasks as necessary.

Please see attached JD & PS for more details

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

Degree or Post graduate equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy Registered Member of RCSLT Registered Member of HCPC Evidence of successful completion of short specialist courses Successful completion of management short courses or evidence of management gained through experience Membership of a relevant Clinical Excellence network

Desirable

Licensed Elklan trainer

Experience

Essential

Experience of developing and delivering training Relevant post graduate experience Experience of working in a range of multi-agency settings and with interagency teams

Desirable

Previous experience supervising less experienced colleagues Experience of advising/providing second opinions

knowledge & Skills

Essential

Well established knowledge about developmental speech and language disorders Well established specialist knowledge about speech, language and communication disorders associated with complex conditions In-depth knowledge of a broad range of assessment procedures relevant to the client group In-depth knowledge of a broad range of therapeutic interventions appropriate to the client group and the ability to compare and contrast relative benefits

Desirable

Ability to use various Microsoft programmes to collect data, prepare reports and presentations Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc.

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