Advanced Speech and Language Therapist

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.

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Kaleidoscope Centre for Children and Young People

32 Rushey Green

Catford

SE6 4JF

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)