Advanced Speech and Language Therapist

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service are looking for a Band 7 Advanced Speech and Language Therapist to join our large and diverse team as a Clinic Lead in the Early Years Team.

This is an ideal opportunity for a motivated clinician who wants to further develop their skills and experience in clinical and operational leadership and providing supervision and support to therapists and assistants in the team.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the Early Years leadership team to coordinate service delivery for the clinic pathway, working with children under 5, and older children and young people who stammer or require support with their speech sounds.
Providing highly specialist assessment and intervention to children across the borough of Lewisham, including running drop-in clinics and providing nursery visits as needed.
Involvement in developing and delivering training to parents/carers, Speech and Language Therapists, education staff and a range of professionals.
Working with colleagues across pathways, on service delivery, audit and quality improvement projects.
Involvement in EDI workstreams with colleagues from the Therapies team (SLT, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy)
Providing supervision and support to therapists and assistants in the Early Years team.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream

Date posted

20 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata plus HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

197-RF5828

Job locations

Kaleidoscope Centre for Children and Young People

32 Rushey Green

Catford

SE6 4JF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Accountable to the Head of Children and Young Peoples Therapies

To provide clinical and operational leadership for the Early Years Clinic Pathway in collaboration with Early Years Team Lead.

To support the Clinic team in developing, testing out and implementing new ways of working including supporting implementation of National Initiatives for Early Years.

To ensure that the service provided is integrated (within the relevant multi/uni disciplinary care pathways), evidence based and delivered in accordance with care pathways/protocols and responsive to the needs of the local population.

To independently assess, diagnose, manage and evaluate outcomes for children and young people presenting with a range of speech, language, communication difficulties some of which may be highly complex, and provide second opinions as required.

To develop, implement and evaluate specialist training packages for parents, carers and education and health staff.

The post holder will hold a special interest within the broad range of speech, language and communication needs within the caseload.

Key Result Areas:

To provide clinical and operational leadership for the Early Years pathway in collaboration with the Early Years Team Lead.

To provide improved patient/client experience.

To ensure effective and efficient high quality service delivery by the Early Years Team.

To ensure strong professional development of self and others.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Accountable to the Head of Children and Young Peoples Therapies

To provide clinical and operational leadership for the Early Years Clinic Pathway in collaboration with Early Years Team Lead.

To support the Clinic team in developing, testing out and implementing new ways of working including supporting implementation of National Initiatives for Early Years.

To develop, implement and evaluate specialist training packages for parents, carers and education and health staff.

The post holder will hold a special interest within the broad range of speech, language and communication needs within the caseload.

Key Result Areas:

To provide clinical and operational leadership for the Early Years pathway in collaboration with the Early Years Team Lead.

To provide improved patient/client experience.

To ensure effective and efficient high quality service delivery by the Early Years Team.

To ensure strong professional development of self and others.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
Registration as a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Desirable

Successful completion of highly specialist post graduate study relevant to the field at Master's degree level or equivalent specialist advanced short courses

Experience

Essential

Significant post-qualification experience working with EY children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs
Significant experience of working with parents/carers, families and engaging them in interventions
Experience of clinically supervising staff
Experience of advising/providing second opinions for children with complex speech/language or communication difficulties
Experience of service development
Experience of working with education settings and delivering training
Experience of change management

Desirable

Experience of methods of involving users in service development
Experience of taking part in appraising and setting objectives for less experienced staff
Experience of writing protocols and/or policies
Experience of developing training packages for others
Experience of using technology to support therapeutic interventions

Skills

Essential

Leadership skills
Ability to motivate others
Flexible and adaptable to different environments and models of service delivery
To demonstrate effective communication skills written and verbal
To demonstrate problem solving and negotation skills

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
Registration as a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Desirable

Successful completion of highly specialist post graduate study relevant to the field at Master's degree level or equivalent specialist advanced short courses

Experience

Essential

Significant post-qualification experience working with EY children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs
Significant experience of working with parents/carers, families and engaging them in interventions
Experience of clinically supervising staff
Experience of advising/providing second opinions for children with complex speech/language or communication difficulties
Experience of service development
Experience of working with education settings and delivering training
Experience of change management

Desirable

Experience of methods of involving users in service development
Experience of taking part in appraising and setting objectives for less experienced staff
Experience of writing protocols and/or policies
Experience of developing training packages for others
Experience of using technology to support therapeutic interventions

Skills

Essential

Leadership skills
Ability to motivate others
Flexible and adaptable to different environments and models of service delivery
To demonstrate effective communication skills written and verbal
To demonstrate problem solving and negotation skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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