Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two experienced Speech and Language Therapists to join the Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy team in Cambridgeshire as Team Leads. In these roles, the post holders will work independently to provide highly specialist input across outpatient clinics, home visits, and community hospital wards, delivering expert assessment and intervention for adults with complex communication and swallowing needs.
Alongside clinical responsibilities, the post holders will oversee a small team of therapists and clinical assistants within the Cambridgeshire or Huntingdon locality, ensuring high standards of care and professional development. There may also be scope for the successful candidates to continue to work with a specialist caseload relating to their prior experience, or to explore and develop a new area of specialism, offering both leadership and growth opportunities within a supportive and dynamic team.
The funding available enables us to consider both full time and part time hours or work.
Main duties of the job
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To work effectively within the integrated care team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies.
- To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and HCPC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate
- To provide specialist advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, service users and appropriate others, of changes involving current care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient.
- To work with clinical assistants within the team delegating work in line with clinical competencies and providing clinical supervision and support for assistants.
- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
- To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.
- To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.
- To comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information and to be aware of any changes in these.
- To comply at all times with the Trusts Information Governance related policies. Staffs are required to respect the confidentiality of information about staff, patients and Trust business and in particular the confidentiality and security of personal identifiable information in line with the Data Protection Act. All staff are responsible for ensuring that any data created by them is timely, comprehensive, accurate, and fit for the purposes for which it is intended.
*DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To work effectively within the integrated care team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies.
- To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and HCPC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate
- To provide specialist advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, service users and appropriate others, of changes involving current care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient.
- To work with clinical assistants within the team delegating work in line with clinical competencies and providing clinical supervision and support for assistants.
- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
- To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.
- To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.
- To comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information and to be aware of any changes in these.
- To comply at all times with the Trusts Information Governance related policies. Staffs are required to respect the confidentiality of information about staff, patients and Trust business and in particular the confidentiality and security of personal identifiable information in line with the Data Protection Act. All staff are responsible for ensuring that any data created by them is timely, comprehensive, accurate, and fit for the purposes for which it is intended.
*DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered Member of HPC
- Post Graduate dysphagia trained and fully independent in dysphagia management
Desirable
- Evidence of successful completion of post graduate short specialist courses
- Evidence of completion of leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with adults with a wide range of acquired communication and swallowing disorders in an inpatient/out patient setting.
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary team
- Able to work independently with patients with dysphagia
- Experience of AAC - low and high tech
- Experience of providing training to other health care professionals
- Experience of working with patients with progressive neurological disorders
Desirable
- Experience of providing line management and clinical supervision to junior staff
- Experience of overseeing the allocation of work
- Experience of leading a specialist field or pathway within a team
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Able to travel around the County to see patients and attend meetings
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered Member of HPC
- Post Graduate dysphagia trained and fully independent in dysphagia management
Desirable
- Evidence of successful completion of post graduate short specialist courses
- Evidence of completion of leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with adults with a wide range of acquired communication and swallowing disorders in an inpatient/out patient setting.
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary team
- Able to work independently with patients with dysphagia
- Experience of AAC - low and high tech
- Experience of providing training to other health care professionals
- Experience of working with patients with progressive neurological disorders
Desirable
- Experience of providing line management and clinical supervision to junior staff
- Experience of overseeing the allocation of work
- Experience of leading a specialist field or pathway within a team
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Able to travel around the County to see patients and attend meetings
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
