Clinical Lead Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy

13 hours ago


Enfield, United Kingdom North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

This Clinical Lead post for North Mid in the Community is the perfect challenge for someone looking to combine their clinical and managerial skills. The team you will be leading comprises of SLTs Band 7/6/5 and SLT assistants. You will be working closely with the Adult Community Therapy leads with support from the Therapies Service Manager and liaising with acute colleagues at both The North Middlesex Hospital and The Royal Free Foundation NHS Trust.

We invite experienced Band 7/8 to apply. We are expecting candidates to demonstrate advanced communication, clinical reasoning, analytical and problem-solving skills. You will act as a resource of highly specialist advice to the rest of the community rehabilitation and therapy services and others within wider Trust multidisciplinary services. The Trust supports identified CPD needs and your individual clinical and leadership development. We are committed to staff wellbeing and provide a collection of services and initiatives to promote the emotional and physical health and wellbeing of all staff which includes the employee assistance programme, occupational health services and the staff wellbeing forum.

Main duties of the job

To have ultimate responsibility for the organisation of the service including ensuring appropriate cover. To be aware of and manage any clinical governance issues pertaining to the service and to highlight these in line with policy To perform comprehensive highly specialist SLT assessments of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme. Hold full responsibility for own caseload within this specialty, working without direct supervision. Clinical work is not routinely evaluated To ensure an appropriate supervision for all staff in place Working in partnership with the Trust's Quality Improvement lead to identify the need for audit, evaluation and research projects, co-ordinating their implementation to further own and team's performance. To lead the implementation of specific changes to practice and service protocols for the team. Ongoing review of effectiveness of service delivery introducing where appropriate new ways of working Work with the AHP Lead and other lead therapists across the Trust to develop and implement a Trust wide AHP strategy which develops and strengthens networks across the Trust and beyond with relevant professional groups ( GPs with special interests, nurse practitioners and other AHPs and health care professionals)

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

On a daily basis to make decisions on allocation of available resources which directly affect level of SLT intervention to specific patients and be able justify those decisions to patients, carers and others. To deal sensitively at an advanced level with patients and carers who have high levels of anxiety as a result of their condition pain, loss of mobility, poor prognosis, cognitive impairment ( dementia, learning difficulties) To support and educate patients and carers in managing complex SLT needs. To undertake a comprehensive highly specialist assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies: use highly advanced clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis of their conditions Formulate and deliver individual SLT treatment programmes based on an extensive knowledge of evidence based practice and ability to apply a wide range of treatment options. Evaluate patient progress, reassess and modify treatment programmes as required. Develop comprehensive management plans in conjunction with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. This includes recommendations based on sound clinical judgment, for referral/transfer to other in or outpatient services for specialist ongoing management. This will include discussion of patient care, patient progress and prognosis and involvement in ongoing management planning To comply with the Child Protection Policy and Enfield Protection of Vulnerable Adults policy where appropriate. To monitor that the service delivery is patient goal led and in line with best practice.

People (HR) Management

Lead on day to day supervision of staff/local induction for the service. Teach, assess and contribute to the performance assessment and appraisal of less experienced SLTs, TIs and assistant staff, evaluating competence as appropriate. Participate in the staff appraisal scheme both as an appraisee and as an appraiser and be responsible for complying with your agreed personal development programmes to meet individual and service objectives. Performance manage staff within own service and, where appropriate, dealing with competency issues as required. Be responsible for the SLT in-service training programme, including tutorials, individual training sessions, delivering presentations and peer review. Attend external training as appropriate and identified in own PDP. Lead in recruitment for the service and skill mix reviews as appropriate To take responsibility for operational management of the adult SLTteam, allocating and organising the work of all staff both senior and less experienced staff to meet service priorities. Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

HCPC Registered.

Desirable

Member of relevant CEN. A qualification at Master's Degree level or equivalent, in a relevant subject relating to this client group

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