Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking and innovative, qualified Speech and Language Therapist to work in the field of Public Health.
This is a brand-new discipline in our profession, both stimulating and challenging.
We are looking for an inspirational therapist with a clear vision and strategic approach who can work successfully to develop and promote a paradigm shift; motivating and encouraging at each structural level.
This post may require assessment centre and/or psychometric testing.
Main duties of the job
You will be able to horizon-scan, create new ideas and solutions. Your public health leadership, expertise and population insights will ensure the Community Services Business Unit always remains ready to take up new challenges in the planning and delivery of care.
As a successful candidate, you will be instrumental in helping progress the Trust's contribution to addressing health inequalities and health improvement for patients, their families, staff and the wider population.
You will lead a defined portfolio of work, develop and support new ways of working to make prevention and equity of access, experience and outcomes part of the organisation's core business.
A high level of intellectual rigour, political awareness, negotiation, motivation skills and flexibility are required. The ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and an ability to understand other cultures and advise, challenge and advocate to enable effective working across organisational boundaries is crucial. In particular, ensuring effective collaboration with the wider system; working with Local Authorities, NHS, professional and educational bodies and the Integrated Care System to ensure a coherent and strategic approach to improving population health across the health economy.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide public health leadership, expertise and population insight into the planning and delivery of care across clinical services, predominantly focusing on children and young people.
- To lead a defined portfolio of work, develop and support new ways of working to promote a public health approach; prevention, equity of access, experience and outcome.
- To contribute to health improvement and reducing health inequalities for patients, their families and the wider population.
- To provide expert public health advice and strategic direction across the three domains of public health and to actively support the General Manager and clinical services emergent needs in relation to the breadth of public health.
- To champion the implementation of relevant health intelligence capture, analysis and display techniques, to enhance the ability of the organisation to understand the care it provides, and to ensure continuing progress towards higher quality, cost effective, safer care for its population.
- To establish and maintain positive relationships and engagement with local, regional and national organisations to support the health of our local population.
- To undertake and contribute to research and audit where necessary and translate research findings into practice.
- To develop and improve the communication/feeding skills of the population through direct intervention, liaison and joint working with the wider workforce across agencies to increase access, experience and outcomes and enable maximum participation and integration in society.
- To be accountable for own professional actions and lead in a specialist area, contributing to the interpretation and implementation of national and local policy relevant to the specialist clinical area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide public health leadership, expertise and population insight into the planning and delivery of care across clinical services, predominantly focusing on children and young people.
- To lead a defined portfolio of work, develop and support new ways of working to promote a public health approach; prevention, equity of access, experience and outcome.
- To contribute to health improvement and reducing health inequalities for patients, their families and the wider population.
- To provide expert public health advice and strategic direction across the three domains of public health and to actively support the General Manager and clinical services emergent needs in relation to the breadth of public health.
- To champion the implementation of relevant health intelligence capture, analysis and display techniques, to enhance the ability of the organisation to understand the care it provides, and to ensure continuing progress towards higher quality, cost effective, safer care for its population.
- To establish and maintain positive relationships and engagement with local, regional and national organisations to support the health of our local population.
- To undertake and contribute to research and audit where necessary and translate research findings into practice.
- To develop and improve the communication/feeding skills of the population through direct intervention, liaison and joint working with the wider workforce across agencies to increase access, experience and outcomes and enable maximum participation and integration in society.
- To be accountable for own professional actions and lead in a specialist area, contributing to the interpretation and implementation of national and local policy relevant to the specialist clinical area.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional degree or equivalent.
- HCPC Registration.
- RCSLT licence to practise.
- Eligibility for membership of the RCSLT.
- Evidence of post-graduate study/advanced training (up to Masters level equivalent) in a particular clinical specialist area.
Desirable
- Leadership Course
- Management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent.
- Training qualification
- Specialist public health knowledge acquired through CPD/training to degree level or equivalent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional degree or equivalent.
- HCPC Registration.
- RCSLT licence to practise.
- Eligibility for membership of the RCSLT.
- Evidence of post-graduate study/advanced training (up to Masters level equivalent) in a particular clinical specialist area.
Desirable
- Leadership Course
- Management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent.
- Training qualification
- Specialist public health knowledge acquired through CPD/training to degree level or equivalent.
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).
